Role Description:
About the company
At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core and innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than just datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We're the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journey you take. The sights you see and the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.
In fact, that's what we do at Booking.com. We make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
Across our offices worldwide, we continue to innovate. To solve for some of the most complex challenges in travel and technology, and to plan for the exciting developments that lie ahead. With strategic long-term investments into what we believe the future of travel can be, we are opening up new career opportunities that will have a strong impact on our mission.
We are united in the belief that our very human desire to explore the planet's appeal and discover more about other people and cultures will endure. The world is waiting for us.
About us.
At Booking.com we're working to seamlessly connect every aspect of travel, and the TBU team is one of the cornerstones of our connected trip vision. We're dedicated to helping travellers uncover the best transport options available to them around the world. To do this we need to offer the broadest selection of bookable transport options, and effortlessly match the right options to the right person at the right time. Our goal is to offer travellers the widest choice and the best customer experience no matter what transport option they choose.
Job Summary.
A Test Engineer is an expert in testing and quality, and ensures these practices are embedded in the development of software changes from design to release. Through collaboration with the whole team, they aim to deliver an exceptional customer experience of both new and existing products at the first attempt.
They test the product, coach the team in best test practices, coach and mentor test engineers across different product groups, and drive the implementation of effective test automation. The Test Engineer will identify and drive improvements to engineering practices and ways of working. Their proactive involvement ensures that testing is part of the conversation from the beginning, aligning with our Test Vision and reduces downstream risks and costs associated with late defect discover
A Test Engineer is the go-to person for major and complex work projects, contributes to implementing strategic test engineering initiatives within their team, and works with the team to prevent defects and rework of changes occurring. They champion Booking.com's customers, ensure non-functional testing is planned and executed, and make sure the right features are delivered in the right way.
Key Skills.
4+ years of experience in a high technological environment in a similar role.
Experience with one or more of the following programming languages is essential (note: candidates will be assessed with a coding challenge): Python, Perl, Java, Javascript
Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Appium/Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, Rest-Assured, or similar, and can independently implement.
Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman or similar.
Experience with fully automated CI/CD pipeline, working with CI & source control tools & using Jenkins, GitHub, Gitlab, Octopus, TFS/other.
Experience in choosing the right test framework in accordance with the needs of the project.
Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures
Passionate about Continuous Improvement, Innovation, New technologies.
Clear understanding of various software testing methodologies : unit, integration, smoke, performance, stress, load, regression, acceptance, usability, security etc.
Strong knowledge of SOA/Microservices and web architecture and experience around distributed systems.
Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience with mentoring and training other developers on software quality topics.
Strong work ethic.
Key Responsibilities.
Embed automation testing in the development process, where applicable;
Support the CI/CD efforts, proposes test automation tooling and infrastructure and works with developers to build and maintain it;
Actively contribute to the tech strategy by providing valuable insights on test automation and software quality in general;
Stay up to date with new test automation technology and plan strategically for possible changes;
Sometimes you will go technically deep and write automated tests that are resilient to changes in the applications UI;
Become the Go to person for the test automation topic for both business and tech stakeholders;
Working with development teams to understand the business needs and identify the quality requirements;
You keep your cool and see possible outages as a critical learning opportunity to improve;
Inspire developers, Designers and Product Owners to be quality conscious by providing extensive trainings and workshops about testing culture and best practices;
Show that testing is a shared responsibility, have the ability to collaborate, demonstrate, and incorporate testing feedback quickly with the rest of the team
Plan and prioritise the different strategies according to business needs;
Evaluate our internal testing tools and introduce new ones in order to improve ROI
Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive
