Java Senior Software Engineer – CX

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We’re seeking an experienced Java Senior Software Engineer to join our Customer eXperience team in Spain, Portugal (Hybrid) to bring the power back to travellers. If you’re ready to soar, we’re ready to take you there.

Why eDreams ODIGEO
Join the world’s leading travel subscription platform and one of the largest e-commerce businesses in Europe.

20 million customers – 44 markets – 5 brands – 5.4M members in Prime
16.2 million bookings FY23 – More than 50,000 bookings per day – 100 million daily user searches
8 Billion ML predictions per day – Up to 1.8 billion daily AI predictions
1400 employees – More than 50 different nationalities – 99% permanent contracts – 36.3 average age

We’re a leading travel tech company, revolutionising the travel booking experience through our consumer insight, innovative technology, market leadership, and Prime, the world’s first travel subscription program.

What you will do:
The Role’s Key Responsibilities and Tasks

As an eDOer, you will have clear objectives, great challenges, and a clear overview of how your work contributes to the global company project and its customers. As a Java Senior Software Engineer in the Customer eXperience, you will be in charge of:

• Working with a top-notch tech stack including Java 17, BigData (Kafka, Cassandra, BigTable, Redis, Neo4j), machine learning models, Datamesh, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Sonarqube, and Datadog.
• Developing powerful and advanced algorithms that are at the forefront of innovation in travel tech, e.g., new ways to predict and help customers with the latest AI integrations to automate super complex business flows no one else has achieved so far.
• Leveraging your technical excellence mindset to code solutions with the highest quality through good design, attention to detail, and test quality.
• Working with a distributed, scalable microservices platform, where software gets deployed daily, with high quality, clean code, SOLID principles, and TDD.
• Collaborating with talented colleagues who will mentor you and help you develop your career super fast.
• Participating in a fully agile organisation, using Kanban practices to deliver business value continuously.
• Being part of a high-performing cross-functional team of 7-10 developers, POs, UXers, QAs, data scientists, etc., all sharing the same values and focus on the customer.
• Actively participating in the product definition and ideation processes.
• Continuously learning and participating in workshops, hackathons, and other events as we consider key to be active within the IT community.
• Owning and monitoring the performance of product and technical OKRs.
• Challenging decisions, being proactive, and seeking to improve technical excellence.
• Helping the team grow by mentoring more junior team members to continue improving, giving feedback, and sharing your expertise.

What you need to succeed:
Good to have

Bring your unique perspective, speak up, and offer disruptive solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow while making a real impact on our team. Here’s what you need to succeed:

• Proven experience as a (Senior) Software Engineer, with at least 5 years of solid experience in a large-scale test-driven enterprise environment and in a role defining and driving technical work for other engineers.
• Excellent understanding of coding fundamentals and strong knowledge and experience with Java and appropriate frameworks/systems.
• Good solid knowledge of principles of programming, including databases and data structures, object-oriented programming, SOLID principles, TDD, concurrency, popular algorithms, and APIs.
• Knowledge and experience with distributed, concurrent, and scalable systems.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills. Creativity and proactivity to come up with creative options to deliver solutions, and identify opportunities to improve.
• Experience across the software development life cycle (ideally, not just the developing/coding phase). Ability to do technical analysis, work with UX, test, deploy into production, perform monitoring, etc.
• A growth mindset, seeking opportunities to learn, share, and grow continuously. Some experience in mentoring and coaching more junior developers.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, comfortable working in large teams or teams of teams.
• A good level of technical English to collaborate with people across continents and nationalities.
• Proven ability to stay up-to-date on industry trends and understand how to apply them.
• A product mindset, with a high level of interest in understanding the product and identifying options to improve it.
• Team player, you enjoy collaborating, sharing your skills, and knowledge with others.
• High level of personal leadership and ownership, ability to plan and organise own work and take responsibility.
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies.

What’s in it for you?
The best talent deserves the best benefits.

At eDO, we want you to be a part of our success story and great culture.

Here’s what we offer:

• A rewarding compensation package Prime Plus membership, competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible benefits, performance-based bonuses, birthday day off, discounts and partnerships, relocation support, and the possibility of choosing your equipment and, even better, keeping it for free after 3 years.
• Continuous learning to fuel your growth and explore new horizons Learn and grow with free Coursera access, soft skills workshops, tech training, leadership development, and more. Plus, enjoy a great onboarding program.
• Growth opportunities to empower your career and unleash your potential Personalised career paths and the eVOLVE Program will help you discover, grow, and thrive. Internal mobility opportunities let you pursue horizontal career changes and promotions.
• Your well-being is our priority. Embrace freedom and flexibility At eDO, we value flexibility, employee care, and transparency. We offer a hybrid home-office model focused on outcomes, not time-in-seat. You’ll be able to find the right work-personal life balance that suits you best.
• Work hard, party hard We believe in having fun and connecting with colleagues Join eDO for after-work events, padel tournaments, parties, and more. Create communities based on your passions, like sports and music. Come to work as you are, with no dress code, and enjoy free fruit, coffee, and tea at our offices.
• Enjoy a dynamic and healthy environment Be innovative, take risks, and share your ideas. Our diverse and open-minded teams support high performance, learning, and growth. You’ll work in an Agile mindset environment with recognition at our core.

If you are ready for a career opportunity with unmatched benefits, continuous learning, and a supportive work-life balance, look no further Take your career to new destinations by applying now and help our diverse, inclusive, and passionate team shape the future of travel.

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We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. Our people are the key to our success. Each one of them is unique in their own way, and the respect for their uniqueness is and will always be a passion and motivation. Don’t meet every requirement? If you’re excited about this role but you do not feel your experience aligns perfectly with all the requirements, we strongly encourage you to apply nevertheless.