Software Engineer

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. Were the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Leadership/Team Quote:
The mission of the Ranking Platform team is to drive long-term booking growth through ranking by balancing between customers, partners, and marketplace objectives and to provide standard ranking capabilities across Booking.com, utilizing cutting-edge AI/ML. Our primary goal is to help customers find the best place to stay and build a highly personalized travel experience, all while accommodating the unique challenges which makes the industry leader it is today.
Ranking Platform is the highest-scale AI/ML-based platform in Booking.com, serving up to hundreds of thousands of requests per second within strict latency requirements. With such high traffic, every small change can lead to a significant impact on customers. As a Software Engineer working on the platform, you have the opportunity to be responsible for the development, performance, and scaling of Booking.coms search ranking system. You will work within a cross-functional team of senior engineers, data scientists and ML engineers.

Role Description:
The software engineer plays a central role in managing, coaching, and fostering the growth of an engineering team. Their primary focus is to ensure that the development of both individual team members and the team as a whole aligns seamlessly with organizational objectives and direction. The Engineering Manager in Ranking Platform will be responsible to define, own and implement the roadmap of the team. He bears responsibility for the repercussions of the team's technical decisions and trade-offs, aiming to establish standard methodologies and maintain high quality and optimize throughput.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
Implement innovative ML models, algorithms, and engineering approaches with the potential to impact our core business.
Service ownership - ensure operational excellence in a fast-paced and complex environment, troubleshoot performance issues and own technical incident management.
Collaborate with various teams to integrate ranking innovations into the search results funnel.
Build readable and reusable code, applying in depth knowledge of business area tools and product needs.