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Software Engineer - Elixir (f/m/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Priceline.com Germany
Your Mission

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

Why This Job is a Big Deal

The travel industry is ever evolving and Priceline is at the forefront. As pioneers, we are creating new and exciting ways for our customers to experience {big deal} moments. As a member of our fast moving Software Engineering team, you will create groundbreaking technology to enhance our supply building capabilities for new and existing products.

In this role you will get to:
  • You will team up with a group of fellow software developers and a Technical Product Manager, with the goal to integrate a large number of airline APIs into an API platform while achieving a harmonized level of functionality and content across all integrated airline APIs.
  • Together with your fellow software developers, you will further build up the functional capabilities of our platform in the areas of flight search, booking, payment, and servicing, and expand those as the capabilities of airline APIs increase.
  • As Elixir Software Engineer, you will be part of our Software Engineer circle and participate in decisions related to the improvement of our Elixir code base and K8s infrastructure.
Who We Are Looking For
If you have...
  • Production experience in general backend development
  • Any relevant experience with Elixir (whether in a production environment or from pet projects)
  • Passion for clean, maintainable, and testable code
  • Good understanding of functional programming concepts and concurrency problems
  • Solid knowledge of the principles for building highly scalable, distributed systems
  • Experience with Phoenix (or the desire to learn it quickly)
  • Solid understanding of the full web technology stack (e.g. HTTP, cookies, asset loading, caching, REST, Websocket)
  • Good understanding of APIs and proficiency with data exchange formats and protocols
  • Solid organizational skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills in English (English is the company’s official language)
  • Relocate to Berlin. 
What Makes You The Right Candidate
If you are excited about...
  • Using Elixir as your programming language of choice
  • Airlines, and most specifically airline sales and distribution
  • Open source and emerging technologies
  • Working with people from different parts of the world and with different professional background and skillset
  • Contributing to developing a company’s culture and dynamics, and make it a more efficient and fun place to work
  • Working on a product that will manage millions of transactions per day  
If as a person, you appreciate…
  • Highly collaborative teams
  • Systematic feedback and knowledge sharing
  • A “bullshit-free”, lean, and focused work environment
  • Passion for software craftsmanship
  • Proactivity and interest in learning and expanding your skillset
  • A high level of self-reliance and a strong sense of initiative
How Can You Stand Out?
You’ll reach the top of the list if in addition to the above, you:
  • Have already built Elixir-based platforms running in production
  • Gave deep understanding of Erlang/OTP or familiarity with any other BEAM based language
  • Production experience with technologies around XML (XSD, XSLT, WSDL)
  • Any history in building data-intensive systems
  • Production experience with any other functional language
  • Have already been in a similar role
What We Can Offer You
  • A competitive compensation package
  • 30 paid vacation days and 1 day off on your Birthday 
  • 5 Day Flex and work remotely from anywhere several weeks per year
  • The chance to work with a very enthusiastic, experienced, diverse, and international team 
  • Live and work in Berlin! It is one of the most creative and culturally diverse cities in the world
  • Get VISA and relocation support
Apply NOW!
If this is the kind of adventure you would like to take part in, and the type of job that you’ve always been looking for, please send your application, including your CV and any additional material relevant for your application, earliest start date, and salary expectations. Please do not add photos, date of birth, or gender in your CVs.
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About us
WE ARE PRICELINE.


Our success as one of the biggest players in online travel is all thanks to our incredible, dedicated team of talented employees. Priceliners are focused on being the best travel deal makers in the world, fueled by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding – we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers.

Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what our employees tell us). We’re a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn’t stabilized. 

We’re on the cutting edge of innovative technologies. We keep the customer at the center of all that we do. Our ability to meet their needs relies on the strength of a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Priceline is part of the Booking Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKNG) family of companies, a highly profitable global online travel company with a market capitalization of over $80 billion. Our sister companies include Booking.com, BookingGo, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.


Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Our Commitment

Priceline ensures equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by governing law.




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