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Bengaluru · On-site · 8-11 Yrs · 5 days ago
Travel Agencies · 10000+ Employees · Norwalk, US
Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and services that support the entire travel journey. Our platforms - including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable - utilize advanced AI, machine learning and other innovative technologies to simplify and personalize the travel experience. Booking Holdings’ portfolio of brands serves a broad range of customers, including leisure and business travelers, as well as travel and hospitality partners such as hotels, airlines, car rental providers, activities, and restaurants. Our platforms connect global travel demand with local supply, supporting millions of bookings every week in over 220 countries and territories. Each brand within the Booking Holdings portfolio serves a distinct role in the travel ecosystem: • 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.𝐜𝐨𝐦 – a global leader in online travel, continuously investing in the technology that helps take the friction out of travel to connect millions of travelers with memorable experiences every day • 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 – leading online travel platform delivering savings on millions of hotels, flights, alternative accommodations, rental cars, vacation packages, activities, and cruises for over 25 years • 𝐀𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐚 – global digital travel provider of accommodations, flights, ground transportation, and activities based in the heart of Asia • 𝐊𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐊 – travel search engine processing billions of searches, partnering with hundreds of global travel brands, and earning the trust of millions of leisure and business travelers worldwide • 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 – leader in restaurant technology, connecting restaurants and diners, and helping diners discover and book the perfect table Our advanced technology platforms integrate search, pricing, availability, payments, and customer support to simplify travel planning and booking.
Hiring: Finance and accounts, Engineering
Interview experience · Senior Software Engineer
The interview process consisted of four rounds. The first round was an online coding assessment with two algorithmic problems. Candidates who cleared the assessment were invited for technical interviews. The technical ro
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Overview
Key Responsibilities and Duties • Lead the development and maintenance of backend APIs that powers experimentation products
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and maintenance of backend APIs that powers experimentation products
- Evolve GraphQL gateway that unifies the interface to interact with experimentation data.
- Integrate multiple APIs into one single GraphQL gateway.
- Solve complex technical problems to improve our development process, increase our efficiency and unlock new business opportunities.
- Take initiative to improve existing solutions, challenge decisions, propose augmented alternatives and address technical debt.
- Lead the technical discussion around software architecture and guide the team to make decisions that are agile, incremental and beneficial for the long term
- Responsible to refactor and simplify code by introducing design patterns when necessary and guide more junior members of the team in this topic
- Coach, guide and improve the overall performance of more junior colleagues
- Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in software engineering development with extensive knowledge of at least one backend language like Perl, Java, NodeJS (JavaScript) or Python
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field or 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the specialty as equivalent
- Extensive knowledge and experience in domain based systems design including API design, management, documentation and governance
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and cooperate with people at all levels
- Experience with mentoring, coaching and training team members, formal and informal
- Experience driving successful technical, business and people related initiatives that improved productivity, performance and quality
- Demonstrable experience with MySQL or similar relational databases
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
- Practical experience with GraphQL and APIs development is a plus
- Experience working with teams located in different timezones is a plus
- Experience with experimentation, statistics and A/B testing is a plus
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Last updated 9 November 2026
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