Junior Software Engineer (Java)

Posted 2 Days Ago
Norwalk, CT
Entry level
Travel
The Role
As a Junior Software Engineer, you will participate in mission critical projects, contribute to developing back-end systems and REST APIs, and work on low latency, high-throughput services while collaborating within an Agile team to innovate travel applications.
Summary Generated by Built In

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: 2 days in-office.

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

Why this job’s a big deal:

Join an Agile team of professionals that are instrumental in building the next generation of travel applications. We constantly explore new technologies and engineer better solutions for ever demanding business needs.

Our team of engineers, at all levels, work with the business leaders in defining the product roadmap and come up with innovative solutions to grow the future of travel. We design and develop our back end systems and REST APIs that serve hundreds of millions of searches a day, collecting and parsing data across thousands of partners to get the best deals for our customers.

In this role you will get to:

  • Participate in mission critical projects with direct impact on the evolution of Priceline's business. 

  • Be part of a cross-functional agile team that continuously experiments, iterates and delivers on new product objectives.

  • Showcase your development skills of Core Java or similar programming languages.

  • Apply your programming skills towards building low latency and high throughput transactional services with continuous integration and automation testing.

  • Implement SQL composition skills that collects and queries data for investigation and analysis in real time from our applications.

  • Utilize your knowledge to understand our codebase, systems and business requirements to effectively make changes to our applications.

  • Effectively collaborate and engage in team efforts, speak up for what you think are the best solutions and be able to converse respectfully and compromise when necessary.

Who you are: 

#LI-JB1 #LI-Hybrid

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.

  • 0-1 year of experience in software engineering and development.

  • Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.

  • Coding experience with Core Java / Scala or similar programming languages.

  • Thorough SQL compositions skills for composing queries and analysis.

  • Deep understanding of modern real-time as well as batch processing big data solutions (Spark/ Kafka/KSql/ Flink/ Apache Beam)

  • Experience developing applications that work with NoSQL stores (e.g.Cassandra, Bigtable, MongoDB)

  • Has a good understanding of Lambda Architecture.

  • Experience with developing on Cloud, especially GCP and AWS.

  • Well versed with DWH concepts, with experience in dimensional modeling.

  • Comfort and experience with Spring Frameworks, Web Services and APIs.

  • Experience in Microservices, Kubernetes, Dockers is a big positive.

  • #LI-JB1 #LI-Hybrid

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant.

The salary range for this position is $80,000-$100,000.

Who we are

WE ARE PRICELINE.

Our success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers. 

Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what our employees tell us). We’re a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn’t stabilized.

We’re on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Priceline is part of the Booking Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKNG) family of companies, a highly profitable global online travel company with a market capitalization of over $80 billion. Our sister companies include Booking.com, BookingGo, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable. 

If you want to be part of something truly special, check us out! 

Flexible work at Priceline

Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion are a Big Deal!

To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, it’s important we have a workforce that reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work. 

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. We’d love you to join us and add to our rich mix! 

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Top Skills

Core Java
The Company
New York, NY
1,339 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

At Priceline, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. [NASDAQ: BKNG], we believe every trip is a big deal to our customers. Whether it’s a much-needed getaway, wedding, reunion, graduation, or rooting on a favorite team—those are the moments that nobody should miss out on.

Our mission? Be the best travel dealmakers in the world. We provide our customers with smart and easy ways to access the very best deals available on hotel rooms, flights, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises, so they can be there for the moments that matter the most to them.

We do that by welcoming people who are at the top of their game, who want to learn and grow with others and who take their work seriously (but not themselves). We’re building a diverse and uniquely talented team to make sure our customers can be there for all those {big deal} moments. Come join us!

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