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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** Booking Holdings Inc. - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $191,600.0 - $212,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Transformation, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Workflow Management Systems, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Backend, Pyspark, Enterprise Integration, Data Management - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/eed18b3e-eaa5-4481-9612-ebbd4ee3a1a2 ## About the Role * Engineering Foundation: 3+ years of experience in software development, with strong hands-on experience in Python and a focus on backend, platform, or data engineering. * Developer Experience Mindset: Experience building or maintaining internal developer tooling such as SDKs, libraries, platform integrations, APIs, or workflow frameworks. * Tooling Expertise: Hands-on experience with Spark, including PySpark-based data workflows, and experience with data transformation and orchestration tools, specifically dbt, Airflow or similar tools, and modern CI/CD engineering practices. * Data Platform Experience: Hands-on experience with AWS, and/or Snowflake or similar data platforms. * Operational Ownership: Comfortable owning production systems, handling incidents, debugging cross-system issues, and improving reliability, performance, and developer experience over time. * Communication and Collaboration: Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Customer-first Mindset: A customer-first approach to internal platform engineering, with a focus on reducing friction and improving developer productivity for data practitioners. ## Description As a Software Engineer on the BDX Developer Experience team, you will design, build, and maintain the core developer tools, SDKs, and platform integrations that our internal engineers rely on every day. You will take full ownership of the end-to-end developer experience for data practitioners, moving beyond basic pipelines to build intuitive, high-performance tooling. This role sits at the intersection of backend engineering, data platforms, and developer advocacy, requiring you to navigate complex architectures while keeping friction low for the users of our internal Python SDKs, workflow frameworks, and dbt ., * Own Core Tooling: Design, build, and maintain core developer tooling including Python SDKs and workflow frameworks used company-wide. * Enhance Analytics Workflows: Own and optimize the dbt experience for the BDX platform, enabling analysts and data engineers to build reliable data transformations. * Drive Technical Execution: Contribute to technical design and implementation for backend platform projects from inception to production. * Ensure Quality: Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including comprehensive automated tests for all developer-facing tools and backend services. Important Aspects of the Job Include: * Take initiative to address the larger technical needs of the product you work on and always keep the customer at the center of everything you do. * Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions. * Advocate for best engineering practices within the team. * Act as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiences. * Contribute to the growth of Booking.com through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment efforts. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story)