Java Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Java Software Engineer (Fintech): Implementing new features and maintaining hirify.global’s world leading search and booking technology with an accent on optimizing search and booking logic to handle the demands of greatest global corporate clients. Focus on building and maintaining high-performance integrations with third-party APIs and taking full ownership of designs from initial concept to deployment.

Location: In this role you will be expected to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.

Company

hirify.global, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine.

What you will do

• Optimize search and booking logic to handle the demands of greatest global corporate clients.
• Build and maintain high-performance integrations with third-party APIs (airlines, hotel and rentalcars providers).
• Take full ownership of your designs: from initial concept to deployment while maintaining high standards for code quality and performance.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural steering to ensure the K4B project remains modular and reusable as hirify.global expands its enterprise footprint.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in JAVA.
• Hands-on experience with the Spring ecosystem (Spring/Spring Boot) and working knowledge of relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis).
• Strong English communication skills.
• Ability to design and implement engineering initiatives with minimal guidance.
• Prior experience in the travel domain is beneficial — familiarity with airline distribution and standards (GDS such as Amadeus/Sabre/Travelport, NDC) and their integration with booking/reservation systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being with company-paid therapy sessions, a HeadSpace subscription, and a company-wide week off.
• Enjoy benefits like no meeting Fridays, paid parental leave, generous paid vacation, and paid volunteer time.
• Focus on your career growth with Development Dollars, Leadership development, and access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings.
• Additional perks include travel discounts, employee resource groups, free lunch 2 days per week, pension plan contributions, public transportation subsidies, a bike leasing program, and monthly social events.
• An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin.