Come here, work with me. Mention my name and we both get a golden hello bonus! Well, possibly a silver or a bronze but KERCHING cash anyway. We're also looking for programmers too:
We make sure Holiday Extras has the BEST websites and the BEST systems so our customer has the BEST experience when booking online.
The Web Team started out life in 2002 with 5 people; now we are 40 strong in Web Development. The team is made up of Web Developers and Software Testers working together in harmony to create and deliver exceptional solutions. We believe in data driven decision making, exceeding customer expectations, using technology to make travel easy for every HX customer.
We work with every area of the business delivering the highest quality projects to our customers, using new types of web technologies on our sites, so there is always the opportunity to innovate. With our new Learning Academy you get the chance to use resources and attend courses in order to develop new skills, plus the opportunity to attend conferences across the globe!
The role (salary D.O.E + profit share + awesome benefits)
We're looking for
1 Software Tester for our UK Team
1 Software Tester for our German Team (for this role German language skills are required).
A software tester at HX is the most knowledgeable person in the team! They are involved from project concept through to completion, and use their fantastic knowledge of business rules to solve problems. A tester knows the importance of quality and is also able to compromise on deliverables to meet deadlines. The role is focused on our customers, and a tester is fantastic at engaging with those customers, whether that's someone using our website to book with us for the first time or a colleague using one of the internal systems. Most importantly a tester tests! A HX tester will look to drive the increased use of automated testing while also manually testing to the highest standard.
The purpose
To use excellent communication and analytical skills to test our sites' and systems' functionally, and from the user perspective. To ensure that the work deployed to our websites is done frequently. To report clear and relevant information to product owners. To help and support others in the business by responding to web enquiries.
Must have!
An inquisitive, probing and innovative nature
The ability to quickly change focus, prioritise and organise own workload
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
A level head in pressure situations
A keenness to learn
An interest in technology or a technical background
A good sense of humour!
Would be good to have!
Programming skills (preferably Javascript)
Experience of automated testing (e.g. Selenium, Cucumber, QTP, LoadRunner)
Experience of working in an agile team
Awareness of cross browser and device issues
If you're interested in this fantastic opportunity please send your covering letter & CV to recruitment@holidayextras.com with the subject header "Software Tester" by no later than Monday 21st April 2014.
We look forward to hearing from you!
js: Programming language of the web, mostly how I make my living.
Paul Clarke's blog - I live in A small town. Wed + dad to 2, I'm a full-stack web developr, and I do mostly js / nodejs, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, parkrun, restaurants, home-automation and other diy stuff, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, and TIME TRAVEL.