Full Stack Software Engineer I

Role Description

Our FinTech business unit 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 travelers and partners. The FinTech business unit is in charge of creating best in class payment experiences for bookers and merchants, and helps internal clients grow their businesses.

FinTech is a complex, competitive and exciting industry. To accomplish Booking.com’s mission (“making it easier for everyone to experience the world”), we aim to offer frictionless payment experiences to our guests and partners. The FinTech business unit creates best in class payment products that offer choice to guests and help Bookings business partners grow their business.

Wallet, Cards & FX is a key part of Traveler Payments, dedicated to delivering seamless fintech solutions that enhance the travel experience. Our Wallet empowers travelers to earn credits on reservations and redeem them for future bookings, while our FX product, Pay In Your Own Currency, ensures travelers can confidently pay in their preferred currency with transparent fees. Additionally, our Card solutions drive and reward customer loyalty.

We aim to make a real impact on travelers, solving practical problems and helping them explore the world with ease. From offering flexible payment options to addressing foreign exchange challenges, we focus on excelling in the fundamentals while continuously innovating.

Role Overview

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and delivery of software solutions, deploying, and monitoring code in production. You should have a keen interest in modern web applications, APIs, and their relation. You integrate them in a clean and structured manner through planning and collaboration with your colleagues. You are eager to learn, improve your skills and help our platform evolve. You will work side-by-side with designers, product owners, copywriters and other developers to create new features, test, and push changes live for billions of users.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Design and implement end-to-end product features in collaboration with UX Designers, Data scientists, and other Developers.
• Evaluating customer needs and coming up with ideal solutions for it, assessing different languages (Perl, Java, Javascript, Python, etc), architecture and risks.
• Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systems, with end-to-end ownership by monitoring and adjusting SLIs and SLOs.
• Continuously learn and apply modern development methodologies and tools
• Deploy and maintain software in production
• Proactively propose improvement ideas to reduce technical debt and increase business impact of your team

Role Qualifications and Requirements:

• 3-5 years of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Java, Python, Scala, C++, Perl.
• Knowledge of frontend platform — WEB
• You have experience working with applications, distributed systems and product(s) that impact millions of customer
• Experience with data-driven product development: analytics, A/B testing, etc.
• Having experience with Kafka, Maven, Docker, AWS and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills
• You have a ‘can do’ attitude and you act proactively and not reactively
• You are creative and not afraid to step outside of your comfort zone
• Passionate learners and have a desire to work with new tools and technologies to build a great end-to-end customer experience.

In return, we’ll provide:

• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
• Be part of a truly international fast paced environment and performance driven culture.
• Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-job opportunities to grow via side projects, hackathons, conferences and your involvement in the community.
• Discount on Booking.com accommodations with the “Booking Deal” including other perks and benefits
• Diverse and creative colleagues from every corner of the world
• With over 70 different nationalities within the technology department alone, you will be able to absorb new skills and grow your career in a multicultural environment.

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

“At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.” Paulo Pisano, Chief People Officer

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.