Test Engineer II

Role Description: Test Engineer II - Tax Acceleration Location: Bangalore,India. Job Type: Full-time. Experience: Minimum 6 Years About Booking Holdings Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world's leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @BookingHoldings. We’re a truly global e-commerce company, with business operations in nearly every country and city on the planet. And we want to make it easy for everyone, anywhere in the world, to pay for their travel or do business with our platform – whenever and however it’s convenient for them. Our FinTech business unit – with teams in Amsterdam, London, Shanghai and Bangalore – develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travellers and partners. Booking.com is looking for a Test Engineer II - Tax Acceleration to join the Financial Systems team of our Fintech business unit, to play a pivotal role in helping us shape our ambitions. Role Overview We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Tax Test Engineer to join our BHI Center of Excellence in Bangalore. In this role you will play a key part in managing the global tax E2E Testing & Validation part. Take responsibility for identifying test scope for each change. Also plan, track, manage and report status of the project deliverables, and ensure the testing process is defined and adhered to. You should handle the tax area testing and coordinate with the automation team where possible to automate the process for easy validations and work with a team to plan E2E testing delievrables. Test management tool JIRA needs to maintain all the testing artifacts. You will be responsible for coordinating different stakeholders, conducting daily status meetings, follow up on open issues with different stakeholders and make sure defined processes followed throughout testing phases. Key Responsibilities: The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of Testing & Domain knowledge. Tax domain knowledge, data analytics expertise, and reporting skills, enabling them to deliver high quality, compliant, and audit-ready tax deliverables across jurisdictions. - Define and develop comprehensive test plans for Tax modules based on project requirements, mentoring team members in creating test scripts. - Implement standard testing lifecycles(Agile/Waterfall) with hands-on leadership in end-to-end test execution across all phases (Unit, System Integration, Regression Testing). - Partner with Test Automation Engineers to convert Key manual test scripts into automated tests. - Collaborate closely with the functional team to understand business needs, translating them into robust test scripts. - Track and document defects with established defect management tools and participate in defect triage meetings. - Provide accurate, timely updates on testing progress, risks, and defect status to Test Managers and stakeholders. - Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Understand global tax reporting requirements (both for direct and indirect taxes), convert into Test scenarios. - Experience with global tax engines Knowledge on implementation of tax data reporting solutions in systems and tools Experience as in-house direct (corporate) and in-direct tax person of an Indian subsidiary of a foreign parent - Respond to ad hoc tax data reporting testing requests and regulatory inquiries from various stakeholders (internal and external) - Ensure integrity and compliance of submitted (tax) data through reconciliations, quality checks, and process controls Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Tax, Finance, Tax Accounting, etc.) to enhance reporting processes and drive automation Role Qualifications and Requirements - Minimum 8+ years experience in Tax,, Finance/Fintech area experiences - Critical thinking & problem solving attitude. - Good to have Testing experience or knowledge in the E2E Testing process. - Proficient in JIRA, XRAY and other test management tools. - Result orientation and ability to meet and establish deadlines. - Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams, good communication skills (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Team player - Flexibility and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with ongoing and future organizational changes - Outstanding interpersonal skills, fast learner, independent worker, high personal responsibility, self-driven, and a proven ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment - Prepare working files for Direct and Indirect tax returns. - Assisting team with tax accounting issues and queries - Identify opportunities to enhance tax accounting and reporting processes, systems, and tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance with local statutory requirements. - Open and able to complete varied tasks within tight deadlines - Detail-oriented and strong analytical skills - Outstanding organizational and time management skill