Software Engineer

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. To do it more effectively we are building a platform for data analysts and scientists. Our Data and Machine Learning Platform is behind what makes Booking able to deliver personal experiences and you will be a part of its development helping to support multiple areas of the business as they use ML to tackle some of the hardest problems that we face, from detecting fraud to recommending which properties you should check for your next stay. Booking.com (USA), Inc, one of the support companies in the United States, is seeking a full time Software Engineer, in Washington, DC.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned software engineer to get involved in Data/ML/AI. The team you will join develops both the way data scientists interact with the Machine Learning Platform and built-in facilities for them to monitor performance and quality of their work. You will also have the opportunity to interact with data scientists as customers and will be involved in development all the way through the data consumed and produced by ML/AI models.

What you will be Doing:

As a Software Engineer at Booking's Data and Machine Learning Platform, you are responsible for the development, performance, and scaling of our Data Privacy Platform which includes microservices, data pipelines and ML datasets. You will work independently and will also be responsible for making technical decisions within a team.

As a Backend Engineer in Booking.com you will:

• Be part of a squad-like, multi-disciplinary team.
• Own and lead technical aspects of every project you are a part of.
• Design, build, and monitor scalable and high-performance services to solve business needs.
• Set up necessary CI/CD pipelines, adding appropriate tests for your services.
• Work mainly with Java, NodeJS and Python.

Important aspects of the job include:

• Rapidly developing and improving scalable, flexible, and high-performance API service.
• Build and solve issues with data and data pipelines, prioritizing based on customer impact.
• Experimenting with new tools and technologies to meet business requirements regarding performance, scaling, and data quality.
• Act as an intermediary for problems, with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Supplying a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide.
• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions.
• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences, and active community participation.
• Take initiative to address the larger technical needs of the product you work on and always keep the customer at the center of everything you do.
• Advocate for best engineering practices within the team.
• Contribute to the growth of Booking.com through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment efforts.
• Represent Booking.com values, both within the company and in the external community.

More About the Team

Data Privacy Platform Team offers a Data Privacy Platform to support and protect privacy of our customers in analytical and non-analytical space. This team is responsible for the privacy and protection of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) across Booking's systems and services - ensuring that any PII data entered by users is tokenized and securely managed, so that downstream services never store PII directly.

What You'll Bring:

• Tokenization & De-tokenization services for PII (e.g., during registration or booking workflows)
• Real-time scanning of ingested data into BDX (Big Data Platform), identifying and classifying PII at scale (terabytes/day)
• Providing privacy solutions across Booking & BDX, ensuring compliance with data privacy standards
• Volume scale: Handles ~1.5 million requests per second, making it one of the top two highest-throughput services at Booking

This platform spans across both the Booking.com product surface and the internal BDX infrastructure, serving a wide and business-critical scope.

What We'll Provide:

Booking.com's Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. Our Total Rewards are aimed to make it easier for you to experience all that life has to offer on your terms, so you can focus on what really matters. We offer competitive compensation as well as thoughtful, valuable, and even fun benefits which include:

• Medical, life, and disability insurance
• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, sick, and care leave
• Industry leading product discounts for yourself, friends, and family, including automatic Genius Level 3 status
• Free access to online learning platforms, mentorship programs, and a complimentary Headspace membership
• Collaborative, friendly and diverse culture
• Referral Program
• This role does come with relocation assistance
• This role doesn't come with visa assistance
• For Washington, DC this role will have a salary range of: $183,100 - $203,400
• Additional Annual or Quarterly bonus potential (role dependent)
• Please note that while our philosophy is the same in every location, benefits may differ by office/country.

Should you require accommodation to meet the essential functions of this job, please let us know.

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC

Job ID: booking-20637

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-16T18:34:31