Full Stack Software Engineer II - Growth Marketing

About Us: 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 encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Team Quote:

The Advertising Technology (“Ad-Tech”)  team sits within the Growth Marketing organization, working directly with our paid social advertising teams. We build solutions to enable stakeholders to grow their customer activation, retention and return on ad spend, whilst protecting the brand experience of our customers.

Role Description:

We are constantly evolving and adapting our systems to be able to use the best technology to solve our challenges. Working on our team you will be exposed to a diverse set of technologies including; Perl, Java, Python, MySql, Kafka, Kubernetes, Hadoop, BigQuery, AWS, ElasticSearch and more. You will apply these technologies to solve the problems on a highly scaled platform used to book more than a million room nights a day in a highly reliable way, contributing to our overall goal to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties: 

• Working in collaboration with our online advertising partners, such as Facebook and Google, in order to implement new features and improve existing ones
• Directly impacting Booking.com online ads, marketing investment, and return on investment
• Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance distributed systems and services with end-to-end ownership
• Collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver on business objectives
• Mentoring and growing other software developers

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of 3 years software development experience.
• Strong working knowledge and experience with one or more server-side programming languages
• Experience building interactive front-end web UIs with HTML, CSS and modern web development frameworks, like React.
• Experience with distributed systems and solid understanding of Service Oriented Architecture and Microservices
• Excellent communication; written and spoken and experience working with non-technical stakeholders
• Previous experience with marketing systems (such as automatic bidding, dynamic ads, etc) is a significant advantage
• Previous experience with cloud platforms like AWS is a plus

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 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. 

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “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.” 

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.