Test Engineer Flights

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.

Our flight business is one of the cornerstones of the connected trip. We ought to offer the best and most convenient flights to every customer, those that start their trip by buying a flight or those that are complementing their existing journey with a flight. We will do this by having the best user experience available in a product that solves all the pain points of booking a flight today.

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.

A Test Engineer is the go-to person for major and complex work projects, contributes to implementing strategic test engineering initiatives, 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.

• At least 3-5 years of experience in high technological environment in a similar role
• Proficient in at least one of the following languages (there will be 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.
• Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman or similar tools.
• Experience developing fully automated CI/CD pipeline, working with CI & source control tools & using Jenkins, GitHub, Gitlab, Octopus, TFS/other.
• Ability to choose the right test framework in accordance with the needs of the project balancing against trade-offs.
• 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.