Job details for
Senior Software Engineer, Hotels Team (Needham)

Job Description

Our client, The Worlds Largest Travel Site is looking for motivated and talented engineers to join their team as they build their next big product.

If you're looking to build something new, are eager to join a team working with trusted payments, social, and mobile, and love being part of a great team that thrives in a fast paced environment - then we'd love to hear from you!

What our engineers work on:

• Touch code at every level - from the UI, to the servlets and backend services, down to the database
• Be responsible for the code quality on your team
• Mentor more junior developers
• Develop every level of these user-facing products using Java, SQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript on a Linux platform
• Work with core engineering, marketing, and our content teams to lead our continuing initiatives to maintain high content quality

Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• 4 years of software development experience
• Experienced in developing code for high-volume systems
• Solid understanding of Java and Object-Oriented architectures
• Comfortable with Linux and its standard utilities
• Experienced working in HTML, CSS, SQL and JavaScript
• An understanding of AJAX and other Web 2.0 technologies
• The successful candidate will communicate well, be committed to delivering quality work on an aggressive schedule, and must be able to function independently as well as part of a team
• Must be able to document code faithfully and take good coding practices seriously
• Prior experience in small startup environment a plus
• Driven results within a strong, talented, opinionated team, and have a solid track record of project delivery
• Proven that you are a leader who prioritizes, communicates clearly, and partners effectively with both technical and non-technical employees

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