Senior Software Engineer (API Platform - Java, AWS)

We believe that we are better together, and at Tripadvisor we welcome you for who you are. Our workplace is for everyone, as is our people powered platform. At Tripadvisor, we want you to bring your unique identities, abilities, and experiences, so we can collectively revolutionize travel and together find the good out there.

The Content Solutions team is a partner-focused B2B pillar within Tripadvisor Engineering, responsible for powering data exchange deals for AI and content-focused partnerships with high-profile players in the tech industry and beyond. We develop and maintain a modern API product platform designed to serve diverse partners with high scalability, reliability, and SLA compliance requirements.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help drive the evolution of our API-driven platform and infrastructure. In this role, you will play a key part in designing and implementing scalable, high-performance systems, ensuring that our platform meets the complex demands of our partners. You will collaborate with engineering peers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design and implementation of complex, high-scale API-driven systems, ensuring they meet performance, security, and reliability standards.
• Work closely with stakeholders (e.g., product managers and partners) to define system requirements, weighing trade-offs to recommend scalable, maintainable, and robust technical solutions.
• Own and be accountable for the reliability and scalability of critical systems, troubleshooting complex issues, and driving them to resolution.
• Develop and maintain services and APIs that power data exchange and content delivery partnerships, with a strong focus on performance and SLA adherence.
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries (PostgreSQL) to handle large-scale data processing workloads efficiently.
• Deploy and manage cloud-based infrastructure, leveraging AWS services such as EC2, CDK, Lambda, and more.
• Promote engineering excellence by conducting thorough code reviews, providing mentorship to junior engineers, and fostering a collaborative, high-performance development culture.
• Actively contribute to architectural discussions, ensuring that platform evolution aligns with long-term business and technology goals.
• Be responsible for all aspects of software engineering, from design to implementation, QA, operations, and ongoing maintenance.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in large-scale, full life cycle software development.
• Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, including services like EC2, CDK, S3, and Lambda.
• Expertise in designing and developing high-performance APIs and understanding of API economy.
• Experience in Java and Spring Boot for building scalable backend services.
• Experience leading the design and implementation of complex software architectures.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g.: PostgreSQL).
• Experience in a senior capacity, mentoring engineers, coordinating and leading engineering efforts.
• Previous exposure to data processing systems is a plus.

If you are passionate about API-driven architectures, scalable cloud solutions, and working on high-impact projects with global reach, we’d love to hear from you!

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