A Senior Software Engineer in New Initiatives is responsible for developing high-quality, efficient code and will be a major contributor in a small team of engineers. The candidate will develop products related to the Flights Search on TripAdvisor and SeatGuru.com.
The New Initiatives team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will be trusted to develop key features of Flights and other new products for TripAdvisor. If hired, the engineer will develop at every level of these user-facing products using PHP, Java, Javascript, SQL, HTML and CSS on a Linux platform. The candidate must be comfortable working in each of these areas and able to develop highly-scalable solutions working with product management and a small team of engineers.
The New Initiatives team works like a startup company within TripAdvisor, developing new technologies and offering exciting opportunities to its engineers. We build each project from the ground up, and are seeking individuals who thrive in this challenging environment. Our team is responsible for Flights Search, SeatGuru.com and other new products that are under development.
Qualifications and Requirements:
-Passion for the web and desire to apply computer science to solve complex problems.
-BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
-8+ years of software development experience
-Experienced in developing code for high-volume systems
-Experienced in object-oriented development in PHP
-Experienced using closures and objects in Javascript
-Solid understanding of Java and Object-Oriented architectures
-Comfortable with Linux and its standard utilities
-Experienced working in HTML, CSS and SQL
-An understanding of AJAX and other Web 2.0 technologies
-Working knowledge of PHP and Python are helpful
-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
Interested? If you're interested, please send your resume as well as a cover letter explaining why you think you'd be a good fit to ni-jobs@tripadvisor.com.
Source: Joel On Software