Software Engineer

Job description

Shaping the future of travel is important to us at Amadeus. Today, with technology getting smarter by the minute, that future is more exciting than ever.

Our business success relies on our people being always passionate about what we do. We believe in aiming for excellence, taking responsibility, working together and putting our customers first.

We encourage you to be part of new and exciting projects and for you to take the lead when it comes to your progression.

Since mobility allows you and Amadeus to grow, we always look internally first when searching for candidate.

SUMMARY

Amadeus is a leading provider of IT solutions for the global travel industry. Our North American R&D group in Greater Boston area is expanding!

The mission of the Search, Shopping and Pricing division is to offer travel search expertise to major customers such as Expedia, Kayak, Southwest and Delta.

Our scalable platform is massively distributed, with 20,000 CPU computing up to 12,000 transactions per second. Our engine (2.5 million lines of code) computes tens of thousands of possible solutions in a matter of few seconds, to provide the best flight proposals to travellers around the world. Our algorithm ensures to return the cheapest price, as well as diverse selection of airlines and options.

We are looking for an enthusiastic software engineer who will contribute to the design and development of new features, and performance improvements of the engine.

What do we offer:

- A collaborative Agile organization with teams spread across continents

- Opportunity to work with some of the best technical minds in the world

- Opportunities to lead and innovate/drive a new idea with management support

- Numerous benefits: awesome health plans, flexible working environment, game room, breakfast, technical conferences …

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Software design, documentation, development, validation and implementation of software modules for new functionality and enhancements

Performance analysis and optimization

Software design, architecture proposal, adapted choice of technology

Code quality (unit tests, performance tests…)

REQUIREMENTS

Education / Experience:

- Minimum requirement: BS/BA degree in computer science or related field or relevant experience

- 1-5 years’ experience as software engineer

General requirements:

- Open-minded, should be able to adapt to working in a multi-cultural team atmosphere

- Flexible to adapt to changing project needs driven by the customers

- Interested in developing new solutions for travel and airline industry

- Ability to think out of the box, develop tools to enhance productivity

Technical:

- Proven programming experience/expertise in C, C++

- Ability to come up-to-speed on a large code base and begin contributing quickly

- Passionate in search algorithmic

- Knows software engineering best practices

The posting of vacancies and the treatment of applications are, in each Amadeus location, subject to national law and possible collective agreements with local staff representation. Internal Mobility policies vary from office to office, please check with your local HR representative the requirements and policy in place. E.g. a minimum time on position or Line Manager approval may be requested.