Job Title QA Engineer - Hotel Channel ManagementBusiness & PurposeWant to join hospitality business in its massive growth? We are recruiting a talented developer to join our Amadeus Channel Manager Direct (ACMD) team in Nice and build our next generation cloud native Channel Manager product.Channel Manager connects tens of thousands of hotels with all the distribution channels. Its goal is to facilitate the distribution of Availability, Rate and Inventory (ARI) and Reservation delivery from hundreds of OTAs, Wholesalers, Tour Operators, Channel Managers and Meta Partners. Amongst them we of course connect to world-known partners like Expedia, Booking.com, Ctrip, Agoda...This component is mission critical with stringent availability and must allow for massive scalability to sustain our future growth ambition. The key design characteristics of ACMD are:Speed, scalability, and stability to support 20 million ARI events per day.Facilitation to perform the necessary orchestration, data model translation and translation of messages between ACMD and the Partner.By joining this team, you will discover a brand-new architecture, learn a lot technically and functionally in a global environment embracing and taking the best of TravelClick and Amadeus cultures, as it is serving our iHotelier CRS (Central reservation System) for mid-size chains as well as our Enterprise grade CRS.We are looking for a motivated QA Engineer, autonomous, proactive, willing to face challenges and/or eager to learn how to face them, and participate to the teamwork, accompanying infrastructure and functional evolutions within Hotel IT.Your Main ResponsibilitiesCommon accountabilities:Has the required technical/functional knowledge and experience in own discipline. Knowledge of the Amadeus business and how it is related to own area. Works using existing procedures or guidelines and provides inputs to support/influence area decisions. Makes recommendations on new solutions and proposes improvements by analyzing different sources of information.Works with a moderate level of guidance and direction from manager.Specific accountabilities:Test strategyAttend to specification/architecture reviews (also on customer specification reviews when applicable), and provide feedback along with any potential impact, risk, issue or missed gap based on experienceDefine test strategy and test plan containing test cases (functional and non-functional), ensure traceability with specifications and customer requirementsEnsure compliance of test strategy with CI/CD guidelines, Green IT guidelines and all quality guidelines (SDL, STDL), QA best practices/standards from the industry (ISTQB..)Test expertiseDesign test cases and write test case scriptsPrepare test environment, test data, and execute test casesProvide sign-off (go/no-go) on tested features based on defined exit criteriaContinuously assess the need to add/update/remove test cases to existing regression and CI/CD pipeline when new product features are delivered and based on metrics (stabilization, deletion of flaky tests...)As part of maintenance activities, investigate PTRs, test the fixes, and enrich test suites accordinglyTest automationAssess necessity to automate subset of (or all) test scriptsUse test automation framework and contribute to its improvementDefect managementOpen defects for software or documentation, assign relevant level of severity based on the importance of the issue, provide relevant investigation and information in order to fix defectsCheck defect fix, and give go/no-go for the load of production defectsReportingReport and communicate on test activities to the line organization, software developers and product definitions analystsProvide visibility on testing campaign/milestones to all stakeholdersSupportProvide mentoring and adapted support to newcomersProvide adapted support to QAE peers based on experienceKnowledge sharingShare knowledge on a specific topic (technical/functional) and spread it among the QA community as well as other stakeholdersQuality assurance ambassadorShow accountability for the project, product or release quality controlPropagate quality assurance best practices based on highest standards in relevant teams and quality communitiesTechnicityEfficiently use QA tooling stack and frameworksBe a force of proposition for improvement of existing ones, or development of new onesBe proactive about any issue/change that is likely to affect QA peers daily jobContinuous and sustainable improvementBe a driving force behind proposals to improve current quality processes in a constantly evolving development lifecycle framework (SAFE...)Participate to the understanding, measurement and reduction of the environmental impact of the tested applications and associated QA activitiesWhat we can offer youBe rewarded with a competitive remuneration, an individual and company bonus and enjoy many benefits.Work from anywhere: Flexible teleworking from 1 to 3 days per week. You will also benefit from a home office set-up premium & monthly allowance.6 weeks holiday, plus pension contribution and healthcare insurance.Experience in an environment with unique complexity and a hardly matched criticality among the leading tech companies.Professional development in a truly international and multisite environment with a great mix of people.A wide set of trainings available to broaden your knowledge and enhance your soft skills including onsite and on-line learning hubs packed of technical and soft skills to help to develop any competencies.Enter a diverse and inclusive workplace.Enjoy your office life: Coffee hubs to work or relax, quiet zone, flexible desks and agile areas, on site restaurants, tennis, soccer, yoga, dance, on-site sport center and classes and on-site concierge services.How do we hire?Online application: Submit your online application and our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch if your skills match the role.Phone Interview: We'll get to know each other with a short casual conversation. You'll also have the chance to ask questions.Online Testing: Depending on the role you applied for, you may have to do some online tests.Interviews: First, you'll meet one of our talent teams. Then you'll have an interview with a member or members of the team you're looking to join.Offer: Our Talent team will make you a job offer and welcome you to your new role with us.Join our global team: Where you can develop your skills and build an international career that matters.100% of the people we’ve recruited started by applying. Take a chance!Diversity & InclusionWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and seek to hire the best candidate regardless of age, beliefs, disability, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
