Build products to address the needs of our partners and customers
Optimise our existing products
Contribute to our modernization efforts by transitioning to service-oriented architecture (where applicable)
Collaborate with top notch senior engineers and learn best practices
You will be assigned a buddy who will help you navigate a high-paced business environment.
Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systems.
Solving issues with the site and internal systems, prioritizing based on customer impact
Acting as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiences
Testing; we run thousands of experiments at one time. We built one of the most advanced A/B testing platforms in the industry.
While most of our products are developed in Perl, we are expanding our tech stack as we move more towards a microservice architecture and to the cloud. Our tech stack for backend includes: Perl, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Cassandra and MySQL. Perl is very effective when it comes to rapid prototyping, which our product development teams do a lot. It’s not necessary to know Perl before you start. We are not just using the language, we influence the future of the language.
We have found that people who match the following requirements are the ones who thrive with us:
1-3 years of software development experience; using one or more server side programming languages. Preferably Perl, Java, Python, Scala, C++ etc.
Demonstrable experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
Bachelor in Mathematics, Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent is preferred
Excellent communication; written and spoken
Fluent English & Chinese communication
Previous experience with distributed systems is an advantage
Experience working on products that impact a large customer base is an advantage
Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , 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
Let’s go places together:
The general recruitment process may entail: online test, a phone discussion with the recruiter and business interviews
If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.
