Test Engineer I - Fintech

Role Description:

During 2019, the Company had consolidated revenues and net income of $15.1 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively, and a current market value of approximately $90 billion.

Booking Holdings Bangalore is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and a legal entity of Booking Holdings Inc. The Center was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of the Booking Holdings brands and business units.

Payments is one of the most dynamic, complex, and rapidly evolving industries today. To support Booking.com’s mission, we strive to deliver a frictionless and reliable payment experience for both customers and partners.

The Payments department is responsible for building scalable and dependable payment solutions across Accommodations, Transportation, Flights, and Attractions.

Within this space, the PayQuality team (Payments Horizontal Services) enables product teams to ship features with confidence by providing testing frameworks, tools, and quality practices.

We are looking for a Test Engineer I (SDET) who can contribute to embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle — from design to release — while working closely with developers and product teams to deliver reliable and well-tested software.

• Contribute to test automation efforts by writing and maintaining automated test cases (API & UI)
• Support integration of tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable faster and reliable feedback cycles
• Work closely with developers to understand features, identify test scenarios, and improve test coverage
• Participate in test planning, regression testing, and release validation
• Help improve test stability, reduce flaky tests, and maintain existing test suites
• Contribute to quality discussions during development and bug triaging
• Assist in identifying gaps in testing and opportunities for improvement
• Stay up to date with testing tools and practices, and apply them where relevant
• Collaborate with team members to ensure quality is considered early in the development process
• Participate in root cause analysis of defects and production issues, and support improvements

• 3–5 years of experience in a Quality Engineering / QA / SDET role in a technology-driven environment
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, etc.)
• Experience with API testing using tools like Postman, REST Assured, or similar
• Exposure to CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Solid understanding of software testing fundamentals (unit, integration, regression, etc.)
• Basic understanding of microservices or service-oriented architectures
• Ability to write clear test cases and debug issues effectively
• Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Interest in learning and improving testing practices and tools

• Experience with both UI and API automation
• Familiarity with distributed systems or cloud-based applications
• Exposure to performance or security testing concepts
• Experience contributing to test framework improvements or shared tooling
• Basic knowledge of test data management or mocking techniques

• A mindset focused on continuous learning and improvement
• Attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership of quality
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product managers, and designers
• Willingness to learn from failures and production incidents
• Focus on delivering customer value with reliability and efficiency