trivago, a German travel tech company, is building an accommodation search platform to help millions of travelers find their ideal stay for a great value. We save our users time and empower them to get more out of travel by comparing accommodation from leading booking sites. Travelers come to trivago because they know they can rely on our metasearch platform to provide the best deals and deliver search results they love. To accomplish this, we work with a team of international talents eager to develop, take ownership for driving progress, and make a real difference.
The Role
As aBackend Software Engineering Lead, you'll guide a team of 8 Java and Kotlin engineers in the development and maintenance of our global accommodation marketplace. You will play a critical role in ensuring that the core of our business runs smoothly and efficiently, using state-of-the-art technologies in a cross-functional and collaborative environment.This is a high-impact role meant for someone with a background in computer science or other technical field and a proven track record in leading experienced engineering teams.
How you’ll make an impact:
Lead, guide, and mentor a team of 8 Java and Kotlin engineers
Ensure that your teams deliver high quality, scalable, and reliable solutions
Guide architectural decisions and drive the team in evaluating new technologies
Maintain a technical roadmap for our projects
Collaborate closely with the principal engineer of the unit, project owners, and data science leads to align your team's work with the company's vision and objectives
Communicate with stakeholders to ensure that your team's vision aligns with other teams and the company's vision
Help your engineers grow by providing coaching, feedback, and opportunities for professional development
What we’re looking for:
Solid experience leading and mentoring software engineering teams with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions
A strategic business mindset capable of translating business goals into actionable steps
Ability to balance between pragmatic and principled software solutions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
Problem-solving and analytical skills
A deep understanding of architecture and design patterns
Extensive experience in Java or Kotlin development
What makes you stand out:
A PhD in computer science or a similar field
Previous experience in working on data-heavy applications and collaborating with data scientists
Experience with technologies such as Redis, Kafka, Project Reactor, Prometheus, Protobuf, Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio, Docker or GCP
Don’t let these nice-to-haves stop you from applying for the job! As long as you have relevant experience and the right attitude, we’d love to hear from you.
What you can expect from life at trivago:
Equal opportunity: An all-inclusive workplace, because we know representing the diversity of our customers in our talent force enables us to create a more meaningful product.
Internationalworkforce: Collaborate with talents from 80+ nations bringing different perspectives, backgrounds, and expertise together to ensure a truly global focus.
Relocation: In-house relocation support, reimbursement to cover flight and moving expenses, support with work permit and visa questions, and free German language classes.
Integration: Begin your journey with a structured and fun onboarding approach designed to help you network with other new colleagues and learn about the company.
Ownership: We promote fast decision-makingand give you the opportunity to think and act like a business owner.
Growth: Your development is our priority so you’ll get constant challenges, feedback on your work, and online & on-site trainings.
Wellbeing: A modern working environment, complimentary sports classes, on-site gym, and access to Likeminded.
Flexibility:No fixed working hours or amount of vacation days. Instead, we trust the outcome of your work.
Hybrid: A mix of in-person collaboration(3 days per week) in our Düsseldorf campus and mobile work. Up to 20 days per year can be spent in the EU and select countries.
A note from our recruitment team:
We know that applying for a new job can be both exciting and intimidating, but don’t worry, we’ve got you. Our recruiting team will be on hand every step of the way, but if you have any questions or concerns before applying, feel free to reach out to us at joinus@trivago.com. You can also find out more about our hiring process here.We look forward to your application!
“I needed a change of environment and trivago ticked all the boxes on my wish list. As I was new to the field, I learned the strategic thinking necessary to push projects forward and take business decisions, along with invaluable technical knowledge…”
“Despite the fact that I only had experience as a QA Engineer for web apps, I quickly caught up on the world of mobile apps thanks to my team and tons of courses that trivago gives me access to…”
“What I like most about this role is that it connects HR and business topics and I get to challenge and get challenged by our leads to make the best people decisions for their team…”
“Even though everybody in my country knew of the “Hotel? trivago!” ads, it never occurred to me that behind a simple hotel search engine there could be a huge Data Science team operating at a global scale…”
“trivago took some getting used to, due to the amount of freedom I get in my role and the philosophy of embracing everyone’s ideas. It was a stark contrast to my Air Force days and time spent working in a school…”
“When I needed an opportunity to grow, trivago even made it possible for me to take a peek into a product management role – I love that I’m still learning something new every day…”
“trivago encourages talents to explore different roles. This encouragement to be challenged and to seize new opportunities helped me to find my place here…”
“Even with many opportunities to test and measure messaging, engagement and other assessment criteria for the success of a campaign, there is still an immense field to uncover, learn, and adapt to the diversity of our markets…”
“At trivago, you are trusted to use your own judgement very early on. No matter which position I’ve been in, I’m pushed every day to support my vision and decisions with facts and data…”
“Besides my work on open source, I feel proud seeing my work help millions of trivago users to find their ideal accommodation. It’s been great to contribute to high-impact projects…”
“trivago’s support for my decision to study remotely even before COVID-19 hit has been immense and I’m thankful to have the opportunity to grow further in such a forward-looking environment…”
“Over the years I had many opportunities to develop and to learn new things, such as to work with people with completely different professional backgrounds like product, data science or engineering…”
“I was lucky to learn about trivago. The company had everything I was looking for: a fast-growing pace, a unique culture, exciting industry, a digital business model and most importantly, they were exploring the opportunity to become a public company…”
“Fast forward a few months, trivago didn’t disappoint! I spend my days in search of new ways to improve our core product, testing a lot of hypothesis and brainstorming with engineers, product designers, user researchers, to name a few…”
We are home to over 500 tech specialists from all corners of the globe, who wake up every day to build a hotel search that is straightforward, simple-to-use and unbiased.
Our campus in Düsseldorf’s thriving and fast-developing Media Harbour serves as our headquarters and is home to our team of international talents from all over the world.
We’re committed to fostering an all-inclusive workplace, because we know representing the diversity of our users in our talent force enables us to create a more meaningful product.
