Back-end Software Engineer
TripAdvisorResponsibilities
- Build and maintain software used by tour and activity businesses worldwide.
- Develop new backend features and modernize legacy parts of the codebase.
- Write production code daily in a hands-on engineering role.
- Collaborate with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver features from concept through production.
- Refactor the platform, reduce technical debt, and contribute to architectural decisions.
- Work collaboratively with other engineers to refine ideas and improve the backend platform.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Java and modern backend architectures.
- At least 4 years of experience.
- Comfort communicating in English.
- Preferred: willingness to work across the stack.
- Preferred: background in travel, e-commerce, or marketplace platforms.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including base salary and performance-based or annual bonuses.
- Flexible working hours and a remote-friendly approach, with the role described as on-site in the Reykjavík office.
- Planned January 2027 start date.
- Continuous learning opportunities, clear advancement paths, and tuition assistance.
- Donation matching, lifestyle benefits, travel perks, health benefits, and an employee assistance program.
- Central Reykjavík office with daily lunch, coffee and snacks, indoor car parking, on-site gym with hot tub, wellness benefits, and regular team events.
- Generous employee referral scheme.
Tech Stack
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About TripAdvisor
Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform*, helps hundreds of millions of people each month** become better travelers, from planning to booking to taking a trip. Travelers across the globe use the Tripadvisor site and app to discover where to stay, what to do and where to eat based on guidance from those who have been there before. With more than 1 billion reviews and opinions of nearly 8 million businesses, travelers turn to Tripadvisor to find deals on accommodations, book experiences, reserve tables at delicious restaurants and discover great places nearby. As a travel guidance company available in 43 markets and 22 languages, Tripadvisor makes planning easy no matter the trip type. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), own and operate a portfolio of travel media brands and businesses, operating under various websites and apps, including the following: www.bokun.io, www.cruisecritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.thefork.com, www.helloreco.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.jetsetter.com, www.niumba.com, www.seatguru.com, www.singleplatform.com, www.vacationhomerentals.com, www.viator.com. * Source: SimilarWeb, unique users de-duplicated monthly, September 2023 ** Source: Tripadvisor internal log files