Associate Software Engineer

Priceline; Mumbai City; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Generous PTO

Work flexibility

Retirement plans

Travel perks

Discounts & benefits

ERGs & culture

Job summary

Priceline is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to help build the engine behind our development lifecycle. You will design scalable E2E architectures, optimize distributed execution, and create AI-augmented internal tools to improve developer experience.

You’ll contribute to a QA Enablement initiative focused on scalable, automated testing across multi‑platform environments. This role emphasizes internal tooling, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with product teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in an engineering role.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or Kotlin and cross‑stack work (Angular/React).
• Willingness to learn other languages and tools for automated testing at scale.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Experience building shared frameworks, internal tools, or platforms.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Systems thinking and a drive to make automation the default.
• Demonstrated commitment to Priceline values (customer, innovation, team, accountability, trust).
• Integrity and ethical standards aligned with Priceline culture.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain centralized E2E test suites for core user journeys using modern frameworks.
• Implement AI-powered solutions to diagnose test failures and categorize flaky vs real regressions.
• Operate and scale E2E execution with automation tools.
• Integrate team tests into shared sanity and regression pipelines.
• Define test execution strategies, tagging, and ownership models.
• Architect and maintain high-concurrency CI/CD workflows for automated testing.
• Create Golden Path pipeline templates with zero configuration adoption.
• Integrate automated tests with PRs, scheduled runs, and release workflows.
• Improve execution reliability, speed, and parallelization.
• Develop internal beta tools to enable automated testing for teams.

Skills

Java

Python

Kotlin

Angular

React

CI/CD

Test automation

E2E testing

AI-powered tooling

Job description

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.

Associate Software Engineer

As an Associate Software Engineer on this team, you will build the “engine” behind our development lifecycle. You will design centralized E2E architectures, optimize distributed execution environments, and build AI-augmented internal tools that improve the developer experience. We are looking for engineers who want to build products for other engineers. Whether your background is in Native Mobile, Web, or Backend Infrastructure, we value a “platform-first” mindset.

Why this job’s a big deal:

We are building a QA Enablement team dedicated to treating quality as an engineering problem, not a manual process. This team does not perform manual testing or feature-level QA. Instead, we build high-scale platforms, AI-driven tooling, and CI/CD integrations that allow product teams to ship code with total confidence.

Our mission is to eliminate developer friction. While our initial focus is on native mobile (iOS and Android), we are building a multi-platform ecosystem that leverages the latest technology and patterns to reduce “flaky” signals and automate the toil of test maintenance.

In this role, you will get to:

• Build and maintain centralized E2E test suites for core user journeys using modern frameworks (sanity and regression)

• Implement LLM-powered solutions to automatically diagnose test failures, suggest selector fixes, and categorize “flaky” vs. “real” regressions.

• Operate and scale E2E execution using automation tools

• Integrate team-owned E2E tests into shared sanity and regression pipelines

• Define test execution strategies, tagging, and ownership models

• Architect and maintain high-concurrency CI/CD workflows for automated testing

• Build “Golden Path” pipeline templates that teams can adopt with zero configuration.

• Integrate automated tests with PRs, scheduled runs, and release workflows

• Improve execution reliability, speed, and parallelization

• Design, build, and maintain internal/beta tools to enable automated testing for:

• Prototype and evolve beta tools to improve:

• Act as a consultant to product teams, helping them integrate their own tests into your high-speed pipelines.

• Build and scale AI-augmented internal tools that improve the developer experience

• Architectural Guardrails: Define and implement organization-wide automation standards and “Golden Paths” that make the right way the easiest way.

• Reference Architecture: Build and maintain high-quality reference implementations and modular templates that product teams can fork and deploy instantly.

• Strategic Consulting: Act as a specialized lead, partnering with product squads to solve complex automation bottlenecks and architect scalable test strategies.

• Technical Evangelism: Drive the internal adoption of quality-first engineering through high-impact technical workshops and design reviews.

• Test Observability & Insights: Build sophisticated telemetry dashboards to track test performance, bottleneck latency, and failure patterns across the entire SDLC.

• Automated Flake Detection: Engineer “Self-Healing” mechanisms and algorithmic noise-reduction tools to identify and quarantine flaky tests automatically.

• Feedback Loop Optimization: Continuously prune and tune CI/CD workflows to ensure developers receive high-signal results in minutes, not hours.

• Root Cause Automation: Develop internal tooling that aggregates logs, stack traces, and screenshots to provide developers with instant, actionable failure analysis.

Who you are:

• 2+ years of experience in an engineering role.

• Proficiency in one or more languages (Java or Python/Kotlin) and a desire to work across the full stack—Angular/React

• Strong willingness and ability to learn other languages and tools to enable automated testing at scale

• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD workflows

• Experience building shared frameworks, internal tools, or platforms

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

• Systems Thinking: You don’t just want to fix a test; you want to build a system that prevents it from breaking in the first place.

• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: customer, innovation, team, accountability, and trust.

• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics are essential.

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Who We Are

WE ARE PRICELINE.

Our success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers.

Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what our employees tell us). We’re a grown‑up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn’t stabilized.

We’re on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Priceline is part of the Booking Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKNG) family of companies, a highly profitable global online travel company with a market capitalization of over $80 billion. Our sister companies include Booking.com, BookingGo, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.

If you want to be part of something truly special, check us out!

Flexible work at Priceline

Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.

Perks & Benefits at Priceline

Our benefits are designed to support your health, wellbeing, and life inside and outside of work. Eligible Priceliners have access to:

Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources

Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days

Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location)

Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts

Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits

Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits

A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together

Specific benefits and programs vary by location.

Inclusion is a Big Deal!

To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, we believe our team should reflect the broad range of customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work.

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. We’d love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.