Full Stack Software Engineer I - FinTech

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.

Our FinTech business unit – with teams in Amsterdam, London and Shanghai – 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.

Customer Payments is part of the FinTech business unit and is focused to offer a frictionless payment experience to our guests. Creating payment experiences is a big responsibility and a big challenge, but we have a real opportunity to have a true impact on our travelers, solve real problems and enable them to experience the world better. From offering unique payment timings to solving customers FX problems we focus on excelling in the basics but constantly innovating at the same time. 

What you’ll be doing:

As a Full Stack Software Engineer I, 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.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Java, Python, Scala, C++, Perl and Web development with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, Angular, VueJS and HTTP.
• 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:

The Full Stack Software Engineer I position is open to worldwide candidates. We provide assistance to you and your family with a relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to working and living 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
• 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, behavioural 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
• Performance-based company that offers 29 vacation days, career advancement, and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and stock potential
• Full relocation support for you and your family (if the case) to move to Amsterdam - one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe.
• Company-sponsored family and social activities to help our employees become integrated with each other and Dutch culture
• 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.

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.