Software Engineer

The CompanyAt lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world.We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller’s journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you are passionate and curious about creating innovative products, and thrive on taking full ownership while collaborating closely with others, keep on reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job.Job DescriptionWe are a digital travel company with tech at its core. We’re looking for proactive and motivated problem-solvers who embrace end-to-end responsibility for building, delivering, monitoring and evolving valuable products.We’re not just looking for “coders”. We need engineers who are interested in understanding the “why” behind every request, take full ownership of their work, and can leverage technical, organizational, and interpersonal skills to achieve results. We want curious people who are driven by continuous improvement and focused on creating tangible results that provide value to the business and our customers, not just on completing tasks. We believe in the transformative power of AI and are looking for someone who shares this vision, eager to explore and implement AI-driven solutions across our entire business.As a Product Engineer, your impact will extend far beyond the code you write. You will be a key player in an agile team, involved in building scalable and resilient platforms to serve millions of customers worldwide. From day one, you’ll experience our “growing-sharing culture,” with ample opportunities to improve existing products and bring new ideas to life.Key ResponsibilitiesCollaborate closely with the Product Manager and stakeholders to understand business needs and identify the right technological solutions.Take full ownership of your solutions’ quality, performance, and reliability.Proactively work with architects, other teams and stakeholders to unblock activities and ensure an efficient, cost-effective, end-to-end delivery.Actively contribute to the team’s technical growth by mentoring more junior colleagues and sharing your knowledge to help the entire engineering community grow.Challenge the status quo, propose and create proofs of concept for new technologies, and actively work to improve processes, tools, and architectures.Actively seek opportunities to leverage AI tools and technologies to boost individual and team productivity, automate business processes, and develop new customer-facing features.