Software Engineer - Accommodations Tech

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.

Role Description

The scope of the Accommodation Tech team touches all the products that relate to Accommodations, from the platform to the end-user and everything in between. This is the largest and fastest growing department at Booking.com. You will have a chance to help one of the largest travel websites in the world!

As a Software Engineer, you are responsible for the development, performance, and scaling of our mobile apps, public website, and internal systems. You will work independently and will also be responsible for making technical decisions within a team.

The role is based in Amsterdam.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

Important aspects of the job include:

• Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systems, with end-to-end ownership by monitoring and adjusting SLIs and SLOs.
• Solving issues with the mobile apps, website and internal systems, prioritizing based on customer and business impact
• Acting as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Testing; we have thousands of experiments running at the same time, interacting with each other.
• Evaluating customer needs and coming up with ideal solutions for it, assessing different languages (Perl, Java, etc), architecture and risks.
• Contributing to the growth of Booking.com through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment efforts

Role Qualifications & Requirements

We are looking for driven Software Engineers who enjoy solving problems, who initiate solutions and discussions and who believe that any challenge can be scaled with the right approach and tools.

We have found that people who match the following requirements are the ones who fit us best:

• Minimum of 3 years software development experience; using 2 or more server side programming languages. Preferably Perl, Java, Python, Scala, C++ etc.
• Demonstrable experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Previous experience with distributed systems
• Familiarity with Javascript ecosystems (Node.js, Typescript, JSX)
• Familiarity with mobile app development & developing mobile app backends
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
• Experience of working on products that impact a large customer base is an advantage
• Excellent communication; written and spoken

Benefits & Perks: Global Impact, Personal Relevance

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parental (22-weeks paid leave), grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, working from home furniture and ergonomic support, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
• A beautiful sustainable HQ Campus in Amsterdam, that offers on-site meals, coffee, and snacks, multi-faith and breastfeeding rooms at the office
• Commuting allowance and bike reimbursement scheme
• Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products, upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3, and friends & family Booking.com discount vouchers
• Free access to online learning platforms, development and mentorship programs
• Global Employee Assistance Program, free Headspace membership