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    4. Junior Software Engineer (Trips) Manchester September 2023
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    We know you’ve just started navigating your career journey. And we’re here to help. We promise it’s going to be wild (in a good way). We’re a company of travel-obsessed, super smart, dedicated people who work to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

    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.

    About the Program

    We are excited about this 15-month program within our TRIPS Business Unit. The Trips business unit bridges the Booking.com of today with the Booking of tomorrow, leading the evolution of Booking.com from a single-product company to a multi-product offering company with an unprecedented, personalised travel experience at the heart of its success.

    This program will provide an excellent foundation for graduates to develop their skills and have a significant impact on our mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world, building and improving great products for both travelers and for our accommodation partners.

    As a Junior Software Engineer II at Booking.com, you will be a fully-fledged, permanent team member, and will work alongside experienced professionals responsible for the design & delivery of services and products to offer customers the best selection of car rentals, taxis, public transport, attractions, flights, and insurance.

    The Junior Software Engineer II will be guided and supported throughout the program with a dedicated mentor, onboarding bootcamp, learning journey and opportunities to develop world-leading technical expertise through placements and exposure across a number of teams within the engineering business unit. Junior Software Engineer II will grow to a Software Engineer I role upon successful completion of the program.

    This is a unique opportunity to launch your professional career and learn great software engineering principles and working practices at the world’s number one travel company.

    B. Responsible

    • Collaborate with the team and wider Engineering organization to build and deliver high quality solutions and take ownership in line with guidance and best practices of the department
    • Adhere to the default principles for Architecture, quality and non-functional requirements
    • Develop reusable libraries and code that are easy to maintain, understand and re-use
    • Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies and be able to apply these to a variety of projects as applicable, contributing to the evolution of best practices of the department
    • Write, review and take responsibility for clear, concise and comprehensive technical documentation
    • Supporting live products in a DevOps environment

    B. Skilled

    • You are a 2022/2023 graduate with a Bachelor or Masters in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field STEM subject with a 2:1 or above (including predicted grades)
    • Understanding of object-oriented code or Javascript code as we predominantly use Java on our back end and React in our front end
    • Can demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills
    • Strong communicator
    • You’ll be an advocate for our Booking.com values

    B. Offered

    • Ownership of your work and a great technical challenge
    • Clear and structured career pathway, with the opportunity to promote to Software Engineer I upon completion of the program
    • World class training & development, including in Java and professional growth in building software applications, software system design, technical incident management and architectural guidance
    • A great new office to work in the heart of Manchester
    • Contributing to a high scale, complex, world-renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travellers worldwide
    • Working in a fast-paced and performance-driven culture
    • Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
    • Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
    • Technical, behavioural and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
    • 25 days’ paid holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28 days after 3 years of service)
    • Great discounts on accommodation, car rentals and other group benefits
    • Up to 10% matching pension

    Booking.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.ate an environment that allows everyone to thrive.