Software Engineer II - Backend

Booking.comAmsterdamHybridFull-time30 Sept 2026

Booking.com is seeking a Software Engineer II - Backend in Amsterdam to design, build, and maintain internal tools, systems, services, and integrations for IT operations. The role requires 5+ years in IT, 3+ years in software development, strong Java/SpringBoot skills, and experience with integration platforms and event-driven architectures.

What you'll do

Designing and building software applications, automations and integration by using relevant development languages and technologies, and applying knowledge of systems, services and tools appropriate for the business area
Build template solutions on complex integration cases and liaise with our business stakeholders and traduce their business needs into Integration solutions.
Maintaining and supporting existing integration interfaces.
Createing technical design and actual implementation of solutions.
Owning a service end to end by actively monitoring application/integration health and performance, setting and monitoring relevant metrics and act accordingly when violated
Identify and resolve live production issues by mitigating the customer impact within SLA
Evaluating possible architecture solutions by taking into account cost, business requirements, technology requirements and emerging technologies
Identifying opportunities for process, system and structural improvements (i.e performance gains) by examining and evaluating current process flows, methods and standards
Drive and implement solutions for automations or new functionalities in the reliability tools
Delivering clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the audience

What you need

Must-have

JavaSpringBootMulesoftMySQLApache KafkaReactTypeScriptAWS

Nice-to-have

CloudHub 2.0RAMLOASGraphiteGrafana

Soft skills

AnalyticalProblem-solvingCommunicationStakeholder management

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