At Booking.com we combine the best traits of a start-up with the resources of planet Earth’s #1 accommodation website. We
are working towards creating the ultimate travel experience, building
and improving great products for both travelers and the accommodation
partners.
We are not afraid to experiment, think big or aim high!
Based in the beautiful city of Amsterdam, our technology department is over 1500 strong.
We believe that diversity makes us
stronger – with over 60 different nationalities in the technology
department alone, you will be able to absorb new skills and develop your
career in a multicultural environment.
As well as working independently, you
will also be responsible for making technical decisions within a team
and across teams/sub departments. Our development strategy is agile and
we work in small Scrum teams of 5-7. We do several code rollouts every
day, are data-driven and do extensive A/B testing on both user and
partner facing platforms.
B.responsible
- 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”.
B.skilled
- You are a
humble and thought leader, you lead by example and gain your teammates
respect through your actions and not your title,
- You have strong programming skills and experience with 2+ server-side programming languages,
- You have
10+ years of experience as a Software Developer, you’ve worked with web
applications, distributed systems and product(s) that impact millions of
customers,
- 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,
- It would be great if you have prior experience with mentoring, coaching and training team members.
B.offered
- Living and working in Amsterdam, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe
- Contributing
to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real time
impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
- Working in a fast paced and performance driven culture
- Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
- Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
- Technical,
behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job
opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active
community participation
- Competitive compensation and benefits package and some great added perks of working in the home city of Booking.com
This position is open to worldwide
candidates and, in the case of relocation, we will assist you with a
generous relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to working and
living in Amsterdam. We have successfully relocated 300+ Technology
professionals to Amsterdam in the last year!