Back-End Engineer | Bokun

About Tripadvisor 

The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork.

Join Bókun, a Tripadvisor company, and help transform the tours and activities industry. Our booking management software helps travel operators worldwide increase their bookings and simplify operations. As part of our team, you'll help develop solutions that improve how businesses in the travel sector operate and grow.

We are looking for a motivated and innovative Back-end Engineer to join our team in Reykjavík, Iceland. This is a fantastic opportunity to create impactful, user-friendly interfaces that will help shape the future of travel technology.

Job Location: On-site

This role is an on-site position in our Reykjavik, Iceland office.

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Java 

• Good eye for design

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities

What you’ll do:

• Tackle Real-World Challenges: Dive deep into addressing real challenges faced by tour operators to make a meaningful impact on the global travel industry.

• Code with Purpose: Write and implement code on a daily basis, turning innovative ideas into functional solutions that drive our platform forward.

• Bridge the Gap: Work closely with product managers and designers to bring ideas to life. Collaborate on feature specifications and provide technical insights, ensuring seamless integration of design and functionality.

• Embrace Agility: Thrive in a fast-paced environment where your contributions quickly translate into visible results and improvements.

• Shape Our Future: Contribute to shaping and implementing our product roadmap, guiding the direction of our technology and services.

• Collaborate with the Best: Join a group of highly skilled engineers, where you'll have the opportunity to collaborate, brainstorm, and refine ideas with top talent in the field. 

• Focus on What Matters: Spend less time on boilerplate tasks and unnecessary meetings. Instead, dedicate your energy to problem-solving and creating meaningful solutions that enhance our product and delight our customers.

Our stack

Backend

• Java                     

• MySQL

• OpenSearch

• Redis

• Amazon SQS

Frontend

• TypeScript

• React

• Tailwind CSS

• TanStack Query & Router

• Next.js (booking management UI)

• React Native (operator app)

Don't worry if you're not familiar with every technology—we're committed to helping you learn and grow!

Why Bókun?

• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary and performance-based bonuses

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working hours and remote work options

• Career Growth: Continuous learning opportunities and clear paths for advancement

• Global Impact: Your work will be used by millions of travellers and businesses worldwide

• Innovative Environment: Be part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of travel tech

Perks

• Nice office in central Reykjavik

• ️ Delicious daily lunch provided

• ☕ Top-notch coffee and snacks to fuel your creativity

• ️ Convenient indoor car parking

• ️ On-site gym with a hot tub (World Class)

• 🧘 Lifestyle and wellness benefits

• Regular team events and activities

Application process

• Initial call (30 minutes): Connect with our recruiter to learn more about the role and share your background.

• Technical screening (45 minutes): Interview to assess your technical expertise, provide insight into our work, and gauge your interest in advancing further.

• Coding assignment: Solve a simple coding assignment at your own pace.

• On-site interviews (around 3 hours total): Meet the team, tour the office, and engage in technical discussions, job-relevant coding exercises, and cultural fit conversations with team members.

Ready to Shape the Future of Travel?

If you're excited about creating innovative solutions that impact millions of travellers and businesses globally, we want to hear from you!

What We Offer 

• Competitive compensation packages (routinely benchmarked against the latest industry data), including base salary and annual bonuses
• “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Tripadvisor Group takes a remote-friendly approach to collaboration across a worldwide team, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like or as required by your team.
• Flexible schedule. Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work.
• Donation matching. Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually.
• Tuition assistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs.
• Lifestyle benefit. An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you.
• Travel perks. We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more.
• Employee assistance program. We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges.
• Health benefits. We offer great coverage and competitive premiums.
• Generous referral scheme. Help us grow and be rewarded with generous awards for referring successful candidates.

Our Cultural Pillars:

Traveler first

We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us. 

Execution is our edge

We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges. 

We succeed together

The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team at AccessibleRecruiting@tripadvisor.com.

If you have any additional questions about careers at Tripadvisor you can email us at recruitment@tripadvisor.com. We have all the answers!

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ABOUT THE ROLE
Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Create and cultivate deep business relationships with the biggest producers, creators, venues and key stakeholders in the entertainment industry.
• Develop and deliver a growth strategy for the market, with an innovative and effective approach to scaling Fever's presence in the region
• Expertly manage commercial strategy with large partners ensuring value creation for both parties, and a sustainable strategic partnership between Fever and event organisers
• Evidence strong organizational skills to effectively balance and grow a large base of clients 
• Collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders to successfully deliver on partner growth across Iceland and internationally
• Keep up to date with everything cool that’s happening in the entertainment; think of yourself as the expert for new and trending experiences

ABOUT YOU
Here’s what you should bring to the table:

• At least 4+ years of top tier consulting or equivalent experience, with ideally an additional 4+ years of experience in relevant sectors (e.g. corporate management, tech companies, sport / music / arts)
• Strong business development and partnership management skills
• Self-starter mentality with an ability to work in a demanding, dynamic start-up environment
• Demonstrated data-driven approach to business and task prioritization
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal along with strong attention to detail
• Comfort in working with Microsoft Office, Google docs, and a Sales CRM (Sugar CRM is preferred)
• Knowledge of the city’s entertainment, events, and lifestyle trends

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Attractive compensation package consisting of base salary and the potential to earn a significant bonus for top performance.
• Stock Options
• Opportunity to have a real impact in a high-growth global category leader
• 40% discount on all Fever events and experiences
• Responsibility from day one and professional and personal growth
• Great work environment with a fun, international team of talented people to work with!

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