Java Backend Developer - Bookiply (f/m/d) for fastest growing travel tech company

Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide. Our mission is to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. We are on this journey in an international team of travel and technology enthusiasts, each of us having an impact on millions of travelers and thousands of vacation rental owners. So, pack your bag, hop on board and get ready for takeoff!

Your future crew

Bookiply is our software and service solution which helps vacation rental owners manage and distribute their properties more efficiently. Your team is a highly international group consisting of 19 (and growing) developers, product managers, and a designer. Your team is responsible for integrating distribution partners (eg, Holidu, AirBnB, Booking.com, ...), maintaining and optimizing these connections, and acting as the interface between internal business stakeholders and external partners.

Your role in this journey

• You will be part of the team which is fully responsible for distributing vacation rental properties to numerous distribution channels.
• Together with your team members you will design, implement, evolve, and maintain our Java backend services, written in Java 8-15 on the Spring Boot framework.
• Ensure our applications are highly scalable, able to synchronize a high volume of properties.
• Ensure scalable data persistence, either when storing the data in PostgreSQL, caching data in Redis, or by exploring and proposing new state of the art technologies when appropriate.
• Deploy our applications with Jenkins on our Kubernetes cluster running in AWS.
• Promote our core value of focusing on customers by monitoring our systems with Grafana, Prometheus, ELK 7 stack and proactively resolving the issues.
• Apply best practices and continuously learn and share your thoughts with your peers.

Your backpack is filled with

• A degree in Computer Science, or a related field.
• Professional development experience in Java, after or during your studies.
• Experience with developing web services with Spring Boot, using relational databases, and deploying applications in a cloud environment. Experience with NoSQL databases is a plus.
• Familiarity with best practices for integrating and developing RESTful APIs.
• The ability to analyze and solve issues on your own.
• Desire to understand business cases and develop technical solutions based on them.
• Love for coding and building world-class products! We do and we hope you share our ambition!
• High motivation to learn and experiment with modern technologies. Having a personal pet project is a big plus

Our adventure includes

• Have an impact on the millions of people using our product every month.
• Grow with responsibility from day 1 and develop yourself through regular feedback.
• Connect and have fun with diverse yet like-minded people at work, regular events and weekly office days with your team.
• Get to know the world with our flexible home office policy and the opportunity to work from other local offices.
• Learn languages with meetings in English and subsidised German classes.
• Get in shape with a premium gym membership for a discounted rate.
• Go travelling for 28 vacation days + 13 public holidays in Bavaria.
• Get a sneak peek at the adventure that awaits you on Instagram @lifeatholidu.

Want to travel with us?

Apply online on our career page! Your first travel contact will be Olga from HR.

We champion diversity in every aspect of life. We encourage applications from all genders, corners of the world and individual backgrounds. Please feel welcome to submit your application without a photo and details on your gender, date of birth, marital status and nationality. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.