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Senior Software Engineer
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software developer — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.
Also known as: application developer, application programmer, solutions developer, programmer, software specialist, application software developer
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At SiteMinder, we believe our success comes from our people. We build diverse, inclusive teams where different voices, backgrounds and perspectives are valued. Our differences drive innovation for our customers, and our people bring the ideas, expertise and energy that help us keep moving forward. We’re better together.
What We Do...
Right now, somewhere in the world, a hotel is taking a booking or increasing their revenue through technology you could help build. SiteMinder is the world’s leading hotel commerce platform. For more than 20 years1 , we’ve helped hotels attract guests, maximise revenue, forecast demand and perform at their best. Today, our platform supports 56,000+ hotels in 150+ countries, connects to 3,000+ partners and powers more than 140m reservations and AU$85 billion+ in hotel revenue each year.
That’s the kind of impact your work can have here. You’ll solve meaningful challenges with AI, simplify complexity and build solutions that help hotels perform. Supported by clear purpose, a strong platform and teams who care about what they’re building, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of an industry that never stands still.
About the Senior Software Engineer role…
As Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible to design, develop software solutions according to SiteMinder's engineering standard. Take ownership to solve. Maintain system resilience and improve engineering quality and efficiency.
What you’ll do…
• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications with a focus on performance and scalability
• Collaborate with cross-functional distributed agile team to deliver high quality solution
• Work closely with other developers, pair-programming, reviewing pull requests, and contributing incremental improvements to code and coding practices
• Lead code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers to uphold coding standards and best practices.
• Lead and participate in release and team activities such as planning, daily stand-up and sprint review
• Write clean, well-organised code, while making appropriate trade-offs between performance, robustness, and extensibility
• Support production systems via on-call roster
• Able to understand and write infrastructure as a code
• Lead and participant in guild to drive for improvements
What you have…
• Experienced in Java/JVM technologies, preferably springboot
• Previous experience in Kotlin is highly desirable
• Understand microservice architectures and RESTful APIs
• AWS experience with one or more of the following: EC2, Kinesis, SQS, Lambda, S3
• Competent with relational databases (e.g MySQL, Aurora) and key/value store databases (e.g. Cassandra, Redis)
• Understand code testability, build pipelines, docker, and CI/CD systems
• Keep up with best practices, technologies, and programming languages/frameworks.
Our Perks & Benefits…
• Mental health and well-being initiatives
• Generous parental (including secondary) leave policy
• Flexibility to work in a Hybrid model (2-3 days in-office)
• Paid birthday, study and volunteering leave every year
• Sponsored social clubs, team events, and celebrations
• Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to help you connect and get involved
• Investment in your personal growth offering training for your advancement
Think this role sounds like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your resume and our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.
When you apply, feel free to share your pronouns and let us know if you need any adjustments during the interview process, we’re here to support you. We also warmly encourage applications from people from underrepresented backgrounds.
What We Do...
Right now, somewhere in the world, a hotel is taking a booking or increasing their revenue through technology you could help build. SiteMinder is the world’s leading hotel commerce platform. For more than 20 years1 , we’ve helped hotels attract guests, maximise revenue, forecast demand and perform at their best. Today, our platform supports 56,000+ hotels in 150+ countries, connects to 3,000+ partners and powers more than 140m reservations and AU$85 billion+ in hotel revenue each year.
That’s the kind of impact your work can have here. You’ll solve meaningful challenges with AI, simplify complexity and build solutions that help hotels perform. Supported by clear purpose, a strong platform and teams who care about what they’re building, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of an industry that never stands still.
About the Senior Software Engineer role…
As Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible to design, develop software solutions according to SiteMinder's engineering standard. Take ownership to solve. Maintain system resilience and improve engineering quality and efficiency.
What you’ll do…
• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications with a focus on performance and scalability
• Collaborate with cross-functional distributed agile team to deliver high quality solution
• Work closely with other developers, pair-programming, reviewing pull requests, and contributing incremental improvements to code and coding practices
• Lead code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers to uphold coding standards and best practices.
• Lead and participate in release and team activities such as planning, daily stand-up and sprint review
• Write clean, well-organised code, while making appropriate trade-offs between performance, robustness, and extensibility
• Support production systems via on-call roster
• Able to understand and write infrastructure as a code
• Lead and participant in guild to drive for improvements
What you have…
• Experienced in Java/JVM technologies, preferably springboot
• Previous experience in Kotlin is highly desirable
• Understand microservice architectures and RESTful APIs
• AWS experience with one or more of the following: EC2, Kinesis, SQS, Lambda, S3
• Competent with relational databases (e.g MySQL, Aurora) and key/value store databases (e.g. Cassandra, Redis)
• Understand code testability, build pipelines, docker, and CI/CD systems
• Keep up with best practices, technologies, and programming languages/frameworks.
Our Perks & Benefits…
• Mental health and well-being initiatives
• Generous parental (including secondary) leave policy
• Flexibility to work in a Hybrid model (2-3 days in-office)
• Paid birthday, study and volunteering leave every year
• Sponsored social clubs, team events, and celebrations
• Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to help you connect and get involved
• Investment in your personal growth offering training for your advancement
Think this role sounds like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your resume and our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.
When you apply, feel free to share your pronouns and let us know if you need any adjustments during the interview process, we’re here to support you. We also warmly encourage applications from people from underrepresented backgrounds.