Senior Software Engineer I

A Senior Software Engineer I. 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 Engineers I. are expected to work together with colleagues in other job roles to design, prioritize and implement complex technical tasks. Senior Software Engineers I. are expected to coach and mentor more junior engineers and be a thought leader in their team ensuring best practices are being implemented. Because the required technical skills and commercial knowledge can vary from one business unit to another, a Senior Software Engineers I. can own multiple types of work from product features to infrastructure automation, frameworks, tooling or services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Is responsible for building software applications by using relevant development languages and applying knowledge of systems, services and tools appropriate for the business area and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible for writing readable and reusable code by applying standard patterns and using standard libraries and guiding more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible for refactoring and simplifying code by introducing design patterns when necessary and guiding more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible for ensuring the quality of the application by following standard testing techniques and methods that adhere to the test strategy and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

• Is responsible for maintaining data security, integrity and quality by effectively following company standards and best practices and guide more junior members of the team in this topic.

  
  

• Is responsible for owning a service end-to-end by actively monitoring application health and performance, setting and monitoring relevant metrics and acting accordingly when violated responsible for reducing business continuity risks and bus factor by applying state-of-the-art practices and tools, and writing the appropriate documentation such as runbooks and OpDocs

• Is responsible for reducing risk and obtaining customer feedback by using continuous delivery and experimentation frameworks

• Is responsible for independently managing an application or service by working through deployment and operations in production

• Is responsible for addressing and resolving live production issues by mitigating the customer impact within SLA

• Is responsible for improving the overall reliability of systems by producing long-term solutions through root cause analysis

• Is responsible for keeping track of incidents by contributing to postmortem processes and logging live issues

  
  

• Is responsible for evaluating possible architecture solutions by taking into account cost, business requirements, technology requirements and emerging technologies

• Is responsible to describe the implications of changing an existing system or adding a new system to a specific area, by having a broad, high-level understanding of the infrastructure and architecture of our systems

• Is responsible for helping grow the business and/or accelerate software development by applying engineering techniques (e.g. prototyping, spiking and vendor evaluation) and standards

• Is responsible for meeting business needs by designing solutions that meet current requirements and are adaptable for future enhancements

  
  

• Has sufficient knowledge to advise product teams towards a technical solution that meets the functional, and nonfunctional & architectural requirements by challenging the rationale for an application design and providing context in the wider architectural landscape

• Has sufficient knowledge to set a clear direction for a technical capability by evaluating and aligning the target architecture improvements, reframing architectural designs and decisions for varied stakeholder

  
  

• Has sufficient knowledge to coach, guide, and improve the overall performance of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, when appropriate, by sharing experience, knowledge, and approaches to work

  
  

• Is responsible for systematically identifying patterns and underlying issues in complex situations, and to find solutions by applying logical and analytical thinking.

• Is responsible for constructively evaluating and develop ideas, plans and solutions by reviewing them, objectively taking into account external knowledge, initiating 'SMART' improvements and articulating their rationale.

  
  

• Is responsible for identifying opportunities for process, system and structural improvements (i.e performance gains) by examining and evaluating current process flows, methods and standards.

• Is responsible for designing and implementing relevant improvements by defining adapted/new process flows, standards, and practices that enable business performance.

• Is responsible for maintaining data security, integrity and quality by effectively following company standards and best practices, guiding more junior members of the team in this topic

  
  

• Is responsible for delivering clear, well-structured, and meaningful information to a target audience by using suitable communication mediums and language tailored to the audience

• Is responsible for achieving mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable, communicating ideas in clear coherent language and practicing active listening

• Is responsible for asking relevant (follow-up) questions to properly engage with the speaker and really understand what they are saying, by applying listening and reflection techniques

This role may require to be on an on-call rotation

Requirements of special knowledge/skills:

• 5-8 years professional experience

• Proficient at building software applications

  
  

• Proficient in End to End System Ownership

  
  

• Experience in Software Systems Design

  
  

• Experience in Architectural Guidance

  
  

• Proficient in Technical Incident Management

  
  

• Proficient in Technical Leadership

  
  

• Proficient in effective Communication

  
  

• Proficient in continuous quality improvement

  
  

• Proficient in critical thinking

  
  

• Familiar with Technical Coaching/Mentoring