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# Senior Software Engineer I - Core Platforms - Central Tech

- **Company:** Booking.com
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Computer Programming, Distributed Systems, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Service-Oriented Architecture, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Web Applications, Kubernetes, Golang, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3b8e67d41890ccb7

## About the Role

We are looking for driven Senior Software Engineers who enjoy solving problems, who initiate solutions and discussions and who believe that any challenge can be scaled with the right mindset and tools.

We have found that people who match the following requirements thrive in this fast paced environment:

 * You are a humble and thought leader, you lead by example and gain your teammates respect through your actions and not your title,
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You have strong programming skills and experience with 2+ server-side programming languages,
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You have min 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, you've worked with web applications, distributed systems and product(s) that impact millions of customers,
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You have a solid understanding of Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices & OOP patterns - and you mastered explaining these concepts to others,
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You have advanced experience with TypeScript, (No)SQL, and AWS
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You have experience with Python, Go, and Kubernetes
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You own your systems end-to-end and are comfortable performing incident management,
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You are an excellent communicator and you are able to influence and cooperate with people at all levels,
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You have driven successful technical, business and people related initiatives that improved productivity, performance and quality,
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You have a 'can do' attitude and you act proactively and not reactively,
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It would be great if you have prior experience with mentoring, coaching and training team members.

## Description

* Rapidly developing next-generation scalable, flexible, and high-performance systems, with end-to-end ownership by monitoring and adjusting SLIs and SLOs.
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Solving issues with the mobile apps, website and internal systems, prioritizing based on customer and business impact
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Acting as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiences
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Testing; we have thousands of experiments running at the same time, interacting with each other.
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Evaluating customer needs and coming up with ideal solutions for it, assessing different languages (Perl, Java, etc), architecture and risks.
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Contributing to the growth of Booking.com through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment efforts


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