Backend Software Engineer - Metasearch team - Marketing

About Booking.com

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.

About the team:

​​Marketing Technology is at our core so that is why we are constantly evolving and adapting our systems to be able to work with the best technology out there. Working in the Performance Marketing department you will be exposed to Java, Python, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and more. You will not only get the chance to utilize these technologies to solve the problems on hand in a scalable and reliable way but you will also be contributing to our goal to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

The Metasearch team is composed of world class engineers, data scientists and marketers passionate about driving acquisition of customers via paid advertising and optimization. Behind this is a highly scaled infrastructure of systems, tools, data pipelines and ML infrastructure that makes sure we spend our money wisely and attract traffic to our website as efficiently as possible. This means you will be working in a dynamic and commercially oriented setting using the latest technologies, and with a lot of autonomy to make a direct impact on our business.  

Role Qualifications and Requirements: 

We are looking for self-starters who are great at solving problems, who initiate discussions, are solutions-oriented, customer focused and believe that any challenge can be scaled with the right mindset and tools. We are looking for:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in software development with any of the following server-side programming languages (for eg, Java, C++, Python, etc)
• Prior experience with distributed systems which are highly scalable and available
• Solid understanding of Service Oriented Architecture and Microservices

• Demonstrable experience with MySQL or similar relational databases

• Experience working with cloud solutions is a plus (e.g. Kubernetes, AWS, GCP)
• Good communication; written and spoken, and experience working with non-technical stakeholders
• High level of ownership - own your systems end-to-end and be comfortable performing incident management.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties: 

As a Software Engineer - II, you will be responsible for the development, performance, and scaling of our online marketing and advertising systems. Important aspects of the job include:

• Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systems with a focus on building, maintaining, and monitoring high-load services and data pipelines in the public and private cloud.
• Ensuring reliability and increasing the maturity of all systems via the use of system health monitoring tools and building new health indicators as needed
• Working independently, taking ownership, acting as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Solving issues with the existing systems, prioritising based on business and technical needs and communicating impact to the team and users
• Collaborating with adjacent teams and other stakeholders to deliver on business objectives
• Contributing to the growth of Booking.com through on-boarding and internal knowledge-sharing.

Benefits & Perks: Global Impact, Personal Relevance: 

• Living and working in Amsterdam, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe
• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travellers worldwide
• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
• Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
• Technical, behavioural and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
• Competitive compensation and benefits package and some great added perks of working in the home city of Booking.com

#ThinkInclusion: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Booking.com

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) 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. Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just create a unique workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the interview process. Please contact us to request adjustments.

Read all about IDBW and the Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) at Booking.com here