Junior Software Engineer
About The Position
Join an Agile, cross-functional Technology team building the next generation of travel applications. The role contributes to mission-critical projects that affect the evolution of Priceline’s business and involves experimenting, iterating, and delivering new product objectives. You will build low-latency, high-throughput transactional services and develop systems for Priceline’s high-traffic hotel, airline, rental car, and vacation package businesses. The work uses a modern technology stack grounded in Node.js, JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as React, and GraphQL. You will collaborate with Product and Design teams and optimize performance across desktop, mobile, and tablet, with a focus on minimizing Time to Start Render (TTSR). The position follows a hybrid work model: two days onsite, with the remaining days available remotely or in the office. The salary range is $80,000–$100,000 USD. Certain roles may also be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant. Benefits and programs vary by location and eligibility.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science.
- 0–1 years of experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and experience working on large-scale, consumer-facing web projects.
- Ability to use at least one modern client-side JavaScript framework or library, such as React, Angular, or Ember.
- Familiarity with Node.js as a web server or microservice, and libraries such as Express.js.
- Ability to develop and build RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
- Knowledge of software development patterns such as OOP, Flux/Redux, Modular, MVVM, MVC, and Observer.
- Knowledge of responsive design, HTML, and CSS.
- Familiarity with server-side development technologies such as Java, Go, JSP, Ruby, or Python.
- A history of demonstrating Priceline’s values: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability, and Trust.
- Unquestionable integrity and ethics.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to mission-critical projects that directly affect the evolution of Priceline’s business.
- Participate in a cross-functional Agile team that experiments, iterates, and delivers new product objectives.
- Apply programming skills to build low-latency, high-throughput transactional services.
- Design and develop systems supporting hotel, airline, rental car, and vacation package businesses.
- Collaborate with Product and Design team members using a modern technology stack.
- Optimize performance across desktop, mobile, and tablet, with a focus on minimizing Time to Start Render (TTSR).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
- Paid time off, holidays, a company-wide reset week, and paid volunteer days
- Ability to work up to four weeks per year from anywhere
- Parental leave and dependent care and family support resources
- Summer Fridays
- Office perks such as stocked kitchens and catered meals, varying by location
- Retirement plans with company contributions
- Life and disability coverage
- Tax-advantaged accounts
- Employee discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits
- Travel and partner discounts
- Tuition support
- Legal support
- Pet benefits
- Employee Resource Groups, social events, recognition programs, and service awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
