Test Engineer

Job Description

At Booking.com, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world. We began by taking hotel bookings online over 20 years ago and we’ve been shaping the travel industry ever since. Today, we’re building a platform that connects all parts of the trip – from accommodation to transport, tickets, tours and more.

Our Transportation team helps people get where they want to go, anywhere in the world. Whether customers want the freedom of a car, the ease of a taxi or the economy of public transport, we make it all possible.

Our team is passionate about helping people travel. They see challenges as opportunities. And they’re always ready for change.

About the role

We are looking for a highly motivated Test Engineer to join our Public Transport team and help in the testing of new features for a brand-new product that offers train, bus and metro options to booking.com customers.

You will be part of our London Rides team - a product innovation group building the next generation of transport solutions for our customers.

We launched our Rides team two years ago with the goal of becoming the best way to get to and from the airport. We are now rapidly expanding Rides as well as building additional new transport products to get our customers from A to B in the best way possible.

We have set the team up as an internal start-up based in London. The team shares the upsides of being part of a bigger company - but with the speed, drive and autonomy of a fully independent, early-stage business.

Who you are

• You enjoy collaborating with other people to solve problems
• You enjoy getting into the details diving into technical problems and pursuing project risks
• You love working with tech because there's always something new to learn
• Someone who will challenge yourself to grow everyday
• A generous teammate who offers to help others when needed
• You like using the right tool for the right job, you're flexible about how you get the task done
• Passionate about refining and improving both working practices and the customer experience

Our responsibilities

• To teach you about - and behave in accordance with - our core values:
• Think Customer First
• Own It
• Learn Forever
• Succeed Together
• Do The Right Thing
• To give you everything you need to take your career in the direction you want
• To set you up to contribute to Booking.com’s mission in the best way you can

Requirements

• A good understanding of exploratory testing and the ability to explain how this affects the quality of a product
• A strong grasp of agile methodologies and frameworks
• Comfortable communicating with stakeholders
• Able to coach the team in different testing practices
• Experience with web testing tools (e.g. Charles Proxy, Postman, BrowserStack)
• Eager to learn new tools and technologies
• Understands the value of automated testing and a willingness to get involved in writing tests
• A minimum of 2 years demonstrable experience in a web testing role

Nice to Have

• An understanding of Selenium WebDriver and the Page Object Model
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript or Java
• Experience with API testing frameworks like RestAssured or Pact
• The ability to query databases with SQL
• Exposure to source control management tools like Git
• Experience with logging and monitoring tools

What you'll be doing

• Exploring and evaluating features through the development process, from inception to delivery (and beyond)
• Engaging closely with developers, product owners, designers, and other test team members to deliver a world-class product
• Analysing acceptance criteria and understand testing requirements
• Raising possible risks, estimating testing activities and advising on resources as part of an agile team
• Using your Agile experience to advocate for testing best practices and representing the discipline in Agile ceremonies
• Writing test charters to structure exploratory testing
• Keeping relevant documentation up to date
• Contributing to the internal testing community (and external if you wish to do so)
• Raising issues in Jira and progressing them through the product life cycle

What we offer

• Working on a brand new product as part of a globally recognised brand
• Great office space in central London near London Bridge.
• Opportunity to improve the experience of millions of travellers who use booking.com products on a daily basis.
• Clear career path with long term opportunities for growth either as an individual contributor or as a manager
• All the security and potential of a company that is FTSE-100 equivalent, but with the autonomy, pace innovation of a start-up environment.
• Budget for training, conferences and books
• Great discounts on car rentals, ground transport, hotels and other group benefits.
• Access hundreds of discounts and freebies from leading brands through Perkbox.
• Opportunity to shape the future of the team alongside a friendly bunch of highly-motivated individuals
• 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• Discounts at local eateries (daily food vouchers)
• Attend regular hackathons and internal test conferences
• Freaky Friday - Monthly social