Senior Software Engineer - Product & AI (Remote)

Tripadvisor; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Remote-first with in-person gatherings

Flexible schedule

Donation matching

Tuition assistance

Travel perks

Employee assistance program

Health benefits

Referral program

Job summary

Tripadvisor is seeking a product-focused Senior Software Engineer to join the Experiences Engineering team. This full-stack role leverages Java, SQL, React, AWS and AI tools to build scalable systems powering travel experiences for millions globally.

We offer remote-first work with periodic in-person gatherings at select offices; open to candidates within commuting distance to our European hubs in London, Oxford, Krakow, or Lisbon.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
• Experience building high-performance, scalable backend systems in cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of modern backend languages (Java, C#, Go, Python) and front-end familiarity.
• Experience with AI coding tools or AI-assisted development.
• Ability to balance non-functional requirements with delivery speed in evolving environments.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate trade-offs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design of end-to-end features with emphasis on security, privacy, and performance.
• Translate product strategy into actionable technical specs and drive multi-quarter initiatives.
• Elevate the team by setting coding standards, reviews, and mentoring engineers.
• Harness AI tools to plan approaches, decompose work, and set reliability standards.
• Architect resilient, fault-tolerant systems and define automation and monitoring standards.
• Identify simplifications or retire legacy code to improve velocity.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Analytical Mindset

Full-Stack Proficiency

AI Coding

Navigating Ambiguity

Collaborative Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NoSQL

GraphQL

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Tripadvisor is seeking a product-focused Senior Software Engineer to join the Experiences Engineering team. This full-stack role leverages Java, SQL, React, AWS and AI tools to build scalable systems powering travel experiences for millions globally.

We offer remote-first work with periodic in-person gatherings at select offices; open to candidates within commuting distance to our European hubs in London, Oxford, Krakow, or Lisbon.