Full Stack Software Engineer II

at  Bookingcom

Role Description:
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. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.
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.
Do you want to work on a software that impacts millions of customers around the world, solving some of the world’s most sophisticated ecommerce challenges? We are looking for talented Full-Stack Engineers to join our Amsterdam HQ.
We are looking for Full-Stack Engineers across multiple teams in our Business Units; Marketplace, ABU and Trips.
More information on the different teams and business units can be found here.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Design and implement end-to-end product features in collaboration with UX Designers, Data scientists, and other Developers.
• Evaluating customer needs and coming up with ideal solutions for it, assessing different languages (Perl, Java, Javascript, Python, etc), architecture and risks.
• Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systems, with end-to-end ownership by monitoring and adjusting SLIs and SLOs.
• Continuously learn and apply modern development methodologies and tools
• Deploy and maintain software in production
• Proactively propose improvement ideas to reduce technical debt and increase business impact of your team

ROLE QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of experience in a relevant role, preferably in a commercial environment
• 3+ years of software development experience working with at least one server-side programming language (Perl, Java, Python, Scala, C++, etc), Javascript, HTML, CSS and one of the modern frameworks (React,Vue, Angular etc.) using modern tools and methodologies.
• Expert understanding of core front end web technologies (Javascript, HTML, CSS)Demonstrable experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Understanding of modern front end architecture principles and design practices: micro frontend architecture, SSR, SPA, responsive design, progressive enhancement, graceful degradation
• Knowledge of GraphQL is a plusAbility to write high-performance, reusable code
• Writing unit and integration tests for the codeExperience with data-driven product development: analytics, A/B testing, etcExcellent English communication skills, both written and verbal