Associate Software Engineer

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in the office.

Associate Software Engineer

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, youre in the right place.

Why This Jobs a Big Deal

Were an autonomous, cross-functional group of engineers who own our architecture and deliver from frontend to backend integrations. The team works on high-impact,high-scale problems, ensuring parity and performance across platforms. Youll collaborate with web, iOS, and Android developers in a fast-moving environment where problem-solving, ownership, and cross-platform thinking are essential to shipping reliable and user-friendly checkout experiences.

In This Role You Will Get To

• Contribute to mission-critical projects with direct impact on the evolution of Pricelines applications and internal ecosystems.
• Be part of an agile, cross-functional team that continuously experiments, iterates, and delivers on product objectives.
• Design, build, and scale reusable systems supporting our core Unified Search & Book - Search Platform Team.
• Showcase your engineering skills by optimizing frontend component performance, improving layout rendering cycles, hardening client-side failure recovery, and enabling real-time customer personalization across high-traffic search paths.

• Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
• 2+ years of professional JavaScript/TypeScript experience with a proven track record of shipping highly performant, consumer-facing web projects.
• Deep production-level expertise in modern client-side libraries, specifically React.
• Experience building server-side applications and utilities with Node.js, displaying a firm understanding of runtime mechanics and common frameworks like Express.
• AI-Native & Forward-Thinking Mindset: Comfortably utilizes modern AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to maximize frontend development efficiency, accelerate client-side debugging, and automate UI/integration test suites while bringing an active interest in leveraging AI utilities for smart dynamic UI rendering and layout adaptation.
• Comfortable developing, querying, and optimizing GraphQL APIs to seamlessly bridge complex backend data systems with web interfaces (a major plus).
• Knowledge of Java and standard RESTful API integration patterns is highly desirable (a major plus).
• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: customer, innovation, team, accountability, and trust.
• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; its a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics are essential.

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, motivated by our passion to help everyone experience the moments that matter most in their lives. Whether its a dream vacation, your cousins graduation, or your best friends wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers.

Our culture is unique and inspiring (thats what our employees tell us). Were a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasnt stabilized.

Were 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.

If you want to be part of something truly special, check us out!

Flexible work at Priceline

Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.

Perks & Benefits At Priceline

Our benefits are designed to support your health, wellbeing, and life inside and outside of work. Eligible Priceliners have access to:

Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources

Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days

Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location)

Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts

Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits

Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits

A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together

Specific benefits and programs vary by location.

Inclusion is a Big Deal!

To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, we believe our team should reflect the broad range of customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work.

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. Wed love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.

Applying for this position

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