Back-end Engineer

Junior Software Engineer

Tripadvisor

Junior Software 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 Junior Engineer to join our team in Reykjavík, Iceland. This role is open to engineers with up to 2–3 years of experience, including recent graduates with strong projects to show. You'll work across our full stack alongside experienced colleagues, building features that ship to real users. Job Location: On-site This role is an on-site position in our Reykjavik, Iceland office.   What we're looking for Required * Computer Science Degree * Proficient in at least one modern programming language * Comfortable communicating in English (our working language) Nice to have * Familiarity with TypeScript, React, or Java * Experience with REST APIs and modern web development * Some experience with relational databases (SQL) * Personal projects, open source contributions, or a portfolio you're proud of * Background or interest in travel, e-commerce, or marketplaces What you'll do * Build for real operators. Work on features used by thousands of tour and activity businesses around the world — what you ship gets used, fast. * Work across the stack. You'll touch both frontend (React, TypeScript) and backend (Java), and figure out which side you want to grow into. * Write code, daily. This is a hands-on role. You'll spend most of your time building, not in meetings. * Work end-to-end. Collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to take features from idea to production. * Grow your craft. We invest in your development — through code review, pairing, and time to learn new things. * Collaborate with the best. Join a team of experienced engineers who'll brainstorm ideas with you, give thoughtful feedback, and help you level up. Working with AI. Work in a team striving for the cutting edge of AI generated coding practices.  Our stack Frontend * TypeScript * React * Tailwind CSS * TanStack Query & Router * Next.js (booking management UI) * React Native (operator app) Backend * Java * Play Framework * MySQL * OpenSearch * Redis * Amazon SQS Don't worry if you're not familiar with every technology — for this role, we expect you to be learning, and we're committed to helping you grow! Working with AI Every engineer at Bókun has access to Claude Code and other leading AI coding assistants, and we actively use them as part of day-to-day development. We've invested in this seriously — both in tools and in the time to figure out how they fit into our workflows. If working somewhere that takes AI engineering seriously matters to you, you'll feel at home here. 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 travelers and businesses worldwide * Innovative Environment: Be part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of travel tech Perks * 🏢 Nice office in central Reykjavík * 🍽️ 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 1. Initial call (30 minutes): Connect with our recruiter to learn more about the role and share your background. 2. Technical screening (45 minutes): A conversation to assess your technical foundations and learn about your projects and interests. 3. Coding assignment: Solve a simple coding assignment at your own pace. 4. 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 building features used by millions, alongside experienced engineers, 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! #LI-On-Site #LI-JP

Back End Engineer

Thought Machine

Thought Machine's mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and our newly established Engineering Hub in Lisbon. We have raised more than £500m in funding and our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years—and a UK Best Employer for 2026. Back End Engineering is a key role within Thought Machine as Back End Engineers lead the development of Thought Machine’s Vault product. We pride ourselves in excellence in this role, adopting the best practices in continuous deployment monorepo style development. While development at Thought Machine is fast paced, you will be expected to develop code to a high standard and production ready state. Duties * Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using best practices. * Write automated unit tests, integrate tests, etc. * Interfacing with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way. * Managing and debugging your deployments from testing environments all the way to production. * Translating customer requirements into trackable tickets. Requirements Essential * Experience with either Python or Golang. * Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle. * Interest in working on client-facing projects, conducting scoping and defining deliverables. Desirable * Knowledge of banking / finance. * Experience with AWS or other cloud providers. * Familiar with databases (SQL or noSQL). * Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures. * Experience using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Mesos. Benefits * Highly competitive salary * Pension plan (match up to 5%) * Life insurance - three times annual salary * Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid) * Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time) * 25 days holiday and bank holidays * Flexible working hours * Cycle-to-work scheme * Electric car scheme * Season ticket loan * Access to outstanding learning materials and courses * Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine * All the latest tech you need * Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals * Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks * A talented and experienced team as your colleagues * An environment where we encourage learning and progress * Two charity days a year * Weekly food pop-up We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

Back End Engineer

Thought Machine

Thought Machine's mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and our newly established Engineering Hub in Lisbon. We have raised more than £500m in funding and our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years—and a UK Best Employer for 2026. Software Engineering is a key role within Thought Machine. As an engineering-focused company, we take pride in our engineering excellence, adopting best practices, and utilising modern technologies. Thought Machine software engineers work across the stack to solve complex engineering problems that have not been solved before. As a result, while development at Thought Machine is fast-paced, you will be expected to develop code to the highest standards that scales, is secure, performant, and provides a great user experience. Software Engineers will take complete ownership of a requirement, converting it into an engineering design, task breakdown, and implementation. You'll be responsible for building both backend services and frontend experiences. Our clients range from the world's largest financial institutions to smaller regional banks. Our systems must cater to each of these use cases, so we care deeply about providing the ability to configure and customise the user experience based on the client's or end user's persona. Software engineers are expected to bridge the gap between back-end and front-end, crafting delightful experiences that delight all our clients. This is a full-time, permanent position based in our Lisbon office, requiring four days a week onsite. Back End Engineering is a key role within Thought Machine as Back End Engineers lead the development of Thought Machine’s Vault product. We pride ourselves in excellence in this role, adopting the best practices in continuous deployment monorepo style development. While development at Thought Machine is fast paced, you will be expected to develop code to a high standard and production ready state. DUTIES * Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using best practices. * Write automated unit tests, integrate tests, etc. * Interfacing with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way. * Managing and debugging your deployments from testing environments all the way to production. * Translating customer requirements into trackable tickets. REQUIREMENTS Essential * Experience with either Python or Golang. * Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle. * Interest in working on client-facing projects, conducting scoping and defining deliverables. Desirable * Knowledge of banking / finance. * Experience with AWS or other cloud providers. * Familiar with databases (SQL or noSQL). * Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures. * Experience using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Mesos. * Experience developing and deploying AI-powered applications. * Experience with user-centered design principles with a proven ability to build self-service platforms that enhance developer productivity and autonomy. Benefits * Highly competitive salary * Voluntary Pension Plan (match up to 5%) * Private Healthcare Insurance * Comprehensive Life Insurance * 25 days holiday plus public holidays * Two charity days a year * Daily Meal Allowance * Access to outstanding learning materials and courses * Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine * All the latest tech you need * Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks * A talented and experienced team as your colleagues * An environment where we encourage learning and progress We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.