Back-end Engineer – Travel Tech, On-site Reykjavík

Tripadvisor; United States; On-site; USD 99,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in Reykjavík

Lunch provided

Coffee & snacks

Parking

On-site gym with hot tub

Wellness benefits

Team events

Job summary

Bókun, a Tripadvisor company, is seeking a Back-end Engineer to join our Icelandic team on-site in Reykjavik. You’ll build scalable backend services in Java, collaborate with product and frontend teams, and help modernise the codebase while delivering impact for thousands of tour operators globally.

We value hands-on engineers who enjoy shipping code daily, shaping architecture, and contributing to a dynamic travel tech product. Start date January 2027, on-site in Reykjavik.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java and modern back-end architectures.
• Comfortable communicating in English (our working language).
• 4+ years experience in back-end development.
• Nice to have: comfortable working across the stack.
• Nice to have: background in travel, e-commerce, or marketplace platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build software used by thousands of tour and activity businesses globally.
• Write code daily and focus on hands-on development.
• Work end-to-end with product, design and front-end to ship features to production.
• Refactor, modernise, and reduce technical debt in a mature codebase.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and guide back-end direction.
• Collaborate with a high-performing team to deliver quality software.

Skills

Java

Back-end architectures

English communication

4+ years experience

Job description

Bókun, a Tripadvisor company, is seeking a Back-end Engineer to join our Icelandic team on-site in Reykjavik. You’ll build scalable backend services in Java, collaborate with product and frontend teams, and help modernise the codebase while delivering impact for thousands of tour operators globally.

We value hands-on engineers who enjoy shipping code daily, shaping architecture, and contributing to a dynamic travel tech product. Start date January 2027, on-site in Reykjavik.