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Team Quote:
Payments are an ever-changing, complex, competitive and extremely exciting industry. More than ever before, in order to accomplish Booking.com's mission, we need to offer a frictionless payment experience. In that context, the Payments department is in charge of creating delightful payment experiences for bookers and merchants alike, and help internal clients (Accommodations, Transportation, Flights, Attractions) grow their businesses.
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PayQuality Team in Payments Horizontal Services enables payment teams to ship features with confidence and accelerate their productivity by providing reliable test frameworks and testing tools. We are looking for a Test Engineer - an expert who testing and quality practices are embedded in the development of software changes from design to release. Through collaboration with the whole team, you aim to deliver an exceptional customer experience of both new and existing products and reduce rework.
Role Description:
You work within a team ensuring quality is built in from inception to customer benefit realisation and throughout the entire product life cycle. You advocate delivering customer value with minimal waste, and ensure products are usable, accessible, secure, and performant.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
- Embed automation testing in the development process, where applicable;
- Support the CI/CD efforts, proposes test automation tooling and infrastructure and work 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;
- Plan and prioritise the different strategies according to business needs;
- Evaluate our internal testing tools and introduce new ones in order to improve ROI
Qualifications & Skills:
- 3-4 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, Objective-C, C, C++ or C#.
- An expert in unit or automation test frameworks like JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, Selenium, Nightwatch, Postman, JMeter, TestComplete etc.
- Experience developing fully automated CI/CD pipeline, working with CI & source control tools & used 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 mentoring and training other developers on software quality topics.
- Strong work ethic
Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:
Booking.com's Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:
- Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
- Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
- Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.
Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: "At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn't just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It's a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech."
We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Application Process:
- Let's go places together: How we Hire
- This role does not come with relocation assistance.
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, color, 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.
Pre-Employment Screening
If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.