About the job
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. We can empower everyone to experience the world through our products, partners, and people.
We’re a truly global e-commerce company, with business operations in nearly every country and city on the planet. And we want to make it easy for everyone, anywhere in the world, to pay for their travel or do business with our platform – whenever and however it’s convenient for them.
Our brand new FinTech business unit – with teams in Amsterdam 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.
We are looking for Senior Software Engineer to contribute several areas in Payments - Customer Payments, Partner Payments, Finance platform, Regulatory Technology - your work will impact modern and highly scalable Booking.com's payments products.
What You’ll Be Doing
Combine hands on coding with working on impactful project(s) and supporting other team members,
Solve business problems, work cross-functionally and lead initiatives to improve our development process and business opportunities within Booking.com
Take initiative to address the larger technical needs of the product you work on and always keep the customer at the center of everything you do
Contribute to the growth of Booking.com through recruitment efforts and proactively share your knowledge to help your colleagues grow
Represent Booking.com values, both within the company and in the external community
Advocate for a collaborative working environment – turn “my ideas” into “our ideas”
What You’ll Bring
You have strong programming skills and experience for more than 10 years, programming on server-side Java is a plus
You have experience working with applications, distributed systems and product(s) that impact millions of customer
You are an excellent communicator and you are able to influence and cooperate with people at all levels
You have driven successful technical, business and people related initiatives that improved productivity, performance and quality
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
You have experience with mentoring, coaching and training team members, formal and informal
Working experience in building payments products is a plus
In Return, We’ll Provide
An opportunity to contribute 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.
Various opportunities to grow technically and personally via side projects, hackathons, conferences and your involvement in the community.
Headquarters located in one of the most dynamic cities in Europe: Amsterdam
Performance-based company that offers 29 vacation days, career advancement, and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and stock potential
Discount on Booking.com accommodations with the “Booking Deal” including other perks and benefits
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. We value Diversity of all types and in an open, dynamic workplace. This has been a pillar at Booking.com since day one, and something we continue to strongly believe in and build today.
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, color, 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.
