KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car, cruise, or vacation package. We’re also transforming the in-travel experience with our app and new accommodation software. For more information, visit www.KAYAK.com.
As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a global network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK's portfolio of metasearch brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. Many employees are dedicated to one brand, but we all have the benefit of using each others strengths and insights. Together, we're able to help people experience the world through dining and travel.
In this role, you will:
As a Senior Quality Engineer at KAYAK, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and world-class customer experience of a major international travel website. In collaboration with development, design, and product to define features and products and then complement our extensive test automation base with your user-centric creative exploration, identifying and reporting issues and user experience improvements. You will mentor several other QA Engineers and coordinate their work. This is a great opportunity for a skilled professional who is passionate about testing and is eager to contribute to the successful delivery of their team.
We are seeking a team member who could work from the office for at least 3 days each week.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with development and product managers to identify, document, and analyze product quality requirements and acceptance criteria using best practice of early involvement.
- Own testing process in your team, making sure testing is done on time and with good coverage.
- Mentor and coordinate work of several other QA Engineers.
- Plan and monitor the development, implementation, and execution of test automation in your area.
- Assist with triaging defect backlogs to manage the backlog size well.
- Identify high-priority issues using an array of production observability tools to ensure timely resolution.
- You are the “voice of quality” in your team, suggesting process improvements throughout the development lifecycle.
- Work on scheduled and unscheduled releases based on On-Call rotation.
Please apply if you have:
- Proven experience of 3+ years in software testing.
- Demonstrable experience in creating and implementing comprehensive test plans and providing early feedback to the requirements.
- Hands-on experience in exploratory testing techniques.
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes, including Agile and Kanban.
- Knowledge and experience with web test automation tools like Selenium, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Playwright.
- Solid understanding of bug lifecycle.
- Proficiency in written and verbal/oral communication
- Excellent problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong teamwork skills with clear and timely communication, pro-activeness, and a sense of ownership for team results.
- Continuous improvement mindset, able to work with your development team on process self evaluation.
- Time management and task prioritization skills.
The following will help you stand out:
- Experience with Atlassian products (Bamboo, JIRA, Bitbucket, etc.).
- Experience with or exposure to software development in a CI/CD environment.
- Good understanding of version control tools like Git and their workflows.
- Experience with observability/monitoring tools like Kibana.
- Experience with a large-scale, customer-facing, continuously available web-based product or service.
- Experience in accessibility testing would be advantageous.
- ISTQB Foundation Level Certification.
- Mobile testing experience would be a substantial benefit.
- API testing experience would be a bonus.
- Empathy for understanding different user perspectives.
Benefits and Perks
- 4 weeks paid vacation
- Ability to work from almost anywhere
- Day off on your birthday
- Generous retirement plans
- Amazing health, dental and vision insurance plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Headspace Subscription
- No Meeting Fridays
- Drinks, coffee, snacks, games etc.
- Weekly catered lunches
- Flexible hours
- Regular team events/excursions
- Universal Paid Parental leave
Diversity and Inclusion
We aspire to have a workplace that reflects all of the diverse communities we serve. We know that when we have diverse teams we produce more creative ideas, products, and better outcomes for our team members. OpenTable/KAYAK is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply for roles on our team. Whoever you are, just be you.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
