Java Developer, FinTech

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Job 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.Our brand new FinTech business unit - with teams in London, Amsterdam and Shanghai - develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travellers and partners.We have multiple openings across our fast-growing FinTech (300+ people in tech) department!B.responsibleAs a Software Developer, you are responsible for the development, performance, and scaling of our services as well as internal systems. You will work independently and will also be responsible for making technical decisions within a team.Important aspects of the job include:Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systemsSelf-starters with a collaborative, "can-do" attitudeSolving issues with the systems, prioritizing based on customer impactAdvocating development best practices within the teamBe owner for teams' micro-services and servicesActing as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiencesUnderstanding the business processes and how to best support our customers or clients (ex accommodations, attractions, flights, etc) while supporting the Payments department within the company with appropriate systems and toolsContributing to the growth of Booking.com through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment effortsB.skilledWe are looking for driven developers who enjoy solving problems, who initiate solutions and discussions and who believe that any challenge can be scaled with the right mindset and tools.We have found that people who match the following requirements are the ones who fit us best:Solid software development experience; using two or more server-side programming languages. Experience with Java is a mustExperience with micro-services is a mustExperience with building highly scalable distributed systems and batch processing pipelines with a focus on data integrityExperience with multiple RDMS (MySQL, Hadoop, Cassandra)Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing paradigmsExperience with Payments Compliance Policies is a plusExperience with defining and upholding SLOs/KPIs and participating in architecture reviews for systemsPast experience with payments or FinTech is a plusExperience with security challenges for authentication and authorizationExperience with big data challenges is a mustExperience of working on products that impact a large customer base and have a company-wide impactExcellent communication; written and spoken.B.hiredAn opportunity to contribute to a high scale, complex, world-renowned product, and see the real-time impact of your work on millions of travellers worldwideBe part of a truly international fast-paced environment and performance-driven cultureVarious opportunities to grow technically and personally via side projects, hackathons, conferences, and your involvement in the communityLiving and working in London (full relocation package offered)Contributing to a high scale, complex, world-renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travellers worldwideWorking in a fast-paced and performance-driven cultureOpportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spiritPromote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutionsTechnical, behavioural and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participationCompetitive compensation and benefits packageBooking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.