About us: At Booking.com, 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. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.

FinTech business unit – with teams in Amsterdam, Bangalore, London and Shanghai – develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travelers and partners.

About the Regtech
The RegTech department in the Fintech Business Unit at Booking.com is dedicated to ensuring compliance and managing risks through innovative regulatory technology solutions. Our vision is to provide seamless, secure, and efficient regulatory processes that support the overall business objectives and enhance the experience for both our partners and internal stakeholders.

Our key focus areas include:

• Compliance platform: Leverages state-of-the-art technology to execute comprehensive sanctions screening across multiple dimensions.

• Screening & Monitoring: Develop and implement systems to screen partners/customers data, transactions, and business relationships.

• Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify potential risks, flag suspicious activities, and collaborate with compliance teams to resolve them effectively.

• Regulatory Reporting: Ensure adherence to international regulations by generating accurate, timely reports for regulators and stakeholders.

• Technology Enhancement: Continuously improve algorithms and tools to enhance screening accuracy, reduce false positives, and streamline workflows.

We are committed to building reliable foundations by prioritizing safety, resilience, and compliance in all our regulatory technology solutions. Our innovative approach continuously improves to meet the evolving needs of our business, ensuring that we stay ahead of regulatory changes and maintain the highest standards of compliance.

Role Description

A Senior Software Engineer owns the end-to-end execution of technical elements in the Booking.com tech stack, products and processes. They are responsible for the implementation of complex technical solutions based on business requirements, they can accurately estimate or forecast the effort and impact of the items they work on, and show a high quality of craft in what they deliver. Senior Software Engineer is expected to work together with colleagues in other job roles to design, prioritize and implement complex technical tasks. Senior Software Engineer is expected to coach and mentor more junior engineers and be a thought leader in their team ensuring best practices are being implemented.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Leading the design of complex systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and high performance. Making architectural decisions that align with business requirements and technical constraints.

• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers. Conducting code reviews, sharing best practices, and helping develop the technical skills of the team.

• Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Ensuring code quality by implementing tests and adhering to coding standards and design patterns.

• Working closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, and other engineering teams, to align technical development with business goals.

• Staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices. Actively contributing to improving processes, performance, and technical solutions. Driving innovation within the team or organization.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of 6 years of software development with extensive architectural design experience and guiding teams; using 2 or more server-side programming languages. Experience with Java is a must

• Experience with micro-services is a must

• Experience with building highly scalable distributed systems and batch processing pipelines with a focus on data integrity

• Experience with multiple data storage technologies, Relational (MySQL) and NoSQL

• Experience with AWS (DynamoDB, RDS, Glue, EC2) is a plus.

• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing paradigms

• Experience with defining and upholding SLOs/KPIs and participating in architecture reviews for systems

• Experience with Regulation, compliance policies is a plus

• Past experience with payments or FinTech is a plus

• Experience with security challenges for authentication and authorization

• Experience of working on products that impact a large customer base and have a company-wide impact.

• Experience in working with teams, colleagues spread across geographical locations is a plus.

• Preferably a university degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar

• Excellent communication; written and spoken

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave

• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)

• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit

• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide;

• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture;

• Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit

• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions

• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation

• Need more flexibility in your work week? We are happy to consider part-time, and reduced working week opportunities* (min. 32 hours per week, subject to terms and conditions)

Inclusion at Booking.com

Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Application Process

• Let’s go places together: How we Hire

• This role does not come with relocation assistance

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.