Backend Software Engineer I – Build Scalable Travel Services

Booking Holdings, Inc.; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual paid time off

Product discounts

Job summary

Booking.com, a global travel technology company, is seeking a Software Engineer (Backend) to join our backend team. You will help develop, improve performance, and scale our services and internal systems.

We value 1–3 years of software development experience and knowledge of server-side languages (Java, Perl, Python, Scala, C++), plus relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL). Hybrid work is offered, with a strong focus on collaboration, Git for version control, Kubernetes for containerized

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of software development experience with server-side languages.
• Proficiency in Java, Perl, Python, Scala or C++.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL/PostgreSQL.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Software Engineering or Computer Science.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust and scalable backend services.
• Collaborate with developers to create cohesive and functional code.
• Optimize applications for performance and scalability.
• Manage and maintain code repositories using Git.
• Develop and maintain containerized applications with Kubernetes.
• Write and maintain Perl scripts.
• Work with teams to integrate automated testing and deployment processes.

Skills

1-3 years experience

Java

Perl

Python

Scala

C++

Git

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics

Bachelor in Software Engineering

Bachelor in Computer Science

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Booking.com, a global travel technology company, is seeking a Software Engineer (Backend) to join our backend team. You will help develop, improve performance, and scale our services and internal systems.

We value 1–3 years of software development experience and knowledge of server-side languages (Java, Perl, Python, Scala, C++), plus relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL). Hybrid work is offered, with a strong focus on collaboration, Git for version control, Kubernetes for containerized