Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
As an Android Software Engineer II in the Multi Vertical Search Apps Experience team you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and evolving core search capabilities that power this experience for our customers using Booking.com’s Android app. Your work will focus on enabling travelers to search intuitively, ensuring their intent—whether broad or specific—is accurately understood and matched with relevant results. You will work side-by-side with designers, product managers, copywriters and other developers to create new features, test your own ideas, and push changes live for billions of users. You will:
You will be involved in the development, optimisation and maintenance of core search features, collaborating with other Android developers.
You will collaborate with the rest of the Multi Vertical Search teams in order to create a seamless experience across mobile platforms.
Ensure the utmost high quality of the Booking.com app in production, by monitoring crashes, firefighting incidents, solving complex bugs, etc, and leading incident investigation if necessary.
Identify, foster, and proactively help colleagues grow professionally, taking a significant role in on-boarding new team members;
Continuously improve services you own making them more performant, and utilising resources in the most optimised way;
Ensure that the Multi Vertical Search Android products and new features are always kept up-to-date with the latest technology standards and department guidelines.
Ensure that service-level-agreements for test coverage and quality are met by implementing tests and processes.
Perform profiling to find bottlenecks and optimise performance, and ensure that performance metrics are set up and monitored for app health.
Able to connect business and product goals to complex technical tasks.
Solve issues prioritising based on customer impact.
Collaborate with app developers, backend developers, product managers, and quality specialists, to constantly improve customer experience within the app platform.
Contribute to Booking.com's growth through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment efforts.
Qualifications & Skills:
We expect our Android Software Engineers to know the ins and outs of the Android framework and to deliver polished products that customers want to use. We need self-starters who are great at solving problems, initiate solutions and discussions and are not afraid of solving challenges due to our large scale.
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with Java and/or Kotlin and other languages.
At least 3 years of this experience must be from working with the Android SDK.
Experience working with our in-house server driven UI framework - Saba - is a plus.
Self-motivated to explore new technologies, applications and environments.
Excellent degree of communication skills - Being able to effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Excellent attention to detail.
Self-starter, highly motivated, team-player.
Fully comfortable working in English, both in writing and spoken.
Bonus points for
Experience with Google Play Store & Apps Distribution Process.
An approved Play Store app.
Experience with server-driven UI framework development.
Experience working with A/B testing.
You have an intrinsic curiosity in technological innovations and you are always on top of the latest trends.
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: parental (22-weeks paid leave), grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, working from home furniture and ergonomic support, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
A beautiful sustainable , that offers on-site meals, coffee, and snacks, multi-faith and breastfeeding rooms at the office*
Commuting allowance and bike reimbursement scheme
Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products, upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3, and friends & family Booking.com discount vouchers
Free access to online learning platforms, development and mentorship programs
Global Employee Assistance Program, free Headspace membership
Application Process
- Let’s go places together:
- The interview process entails: an online coding challenge, a take home test assignment, a skills interview and a behavioral interview
- This role does not come with relocation assistance.
Pre-Employment Screening
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.
