HRS AS A COMPANY

HRS, a pioneer in business travel, aims to elevate every stay through innovative technology. With over 50 years of experience, their digital platform, driven by ProcureTech, TravelTech, and FinTech, transforms how companies and travelers Stay, Work, and Pay.

ProcureTech digitally revolutionizes lodging procurement, connecting corporations and suppliers in a cutting-edge ecosystem. This enables seamless efficiency and automation, surpassing travelers' expectations.

TravelTech redefines the online lodging experience, offering personalized content from selection to check-in, ensuring an unparalleled journey for corporate travelers.

In FinTech, HRS introduces advancements like mobile banking and digital payments, turning corporate back offices into touchless lodging enablers, eliminating legacy cost barriers. The innovative 2-click book-to-pay feature streamlines interactions for travelers and hoteliers.

Combining these technology propositions, HRS unlocks exponential catalyst effects. Their data-driven focus delivers value-added services and high-return network effects, creating substantial customer value.

HRS's exponential growth since 1972 serves over 35% of the global Fortune 500 and leading hotel chains.

Join HRS to shape the future of business travel, empowered by a culture of growth and setting new industry standards worldwide.

POSITION

We are looking for a (Senior) Java Backend Engineer (all genders) who loves data and to transform it into valuable information. You work on one of our core systems and implement our extranet application, used by thousands of clients to create and manage their assets, content and data.

CHALLENGE

Implement one of our core interface platforms, exposed to a global ecosystem of hotel chains
Continuous improvement of the platform to identify and resolve bottlenecks in runtime and development aspects
Leverage generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Code Whisperer, etc., to accelerate software delivery
Employ best software engineering's best practices such as Infrastructure as Code, Continuous Integration - Continuous Delivery/Deployment
Write quality code and documentation, as well as develop and apply comprehensive test automation
Develop, implement and improve highly scalable application architecture based on AWS Cloud
Collaborate across teams with regards to overarching technical concepts and practices
Stabilize, perform improvement and refactor service layer and data model
Experience building event-driven applications at scale on AWS is a plus

FOR THIS EXCITING MISSION YOU ARE EQUIPPED WITH...

Strong understanding of core software engineering concepts and API design
3+ years of experience as a backend engineer in a production environment
Strong experience deploying applications at scale with techniques like Infrastructure as Code, Canary or Blue-Green Deployments
Significant experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Python, SQL, NodeJS)
Excellent knowledge of Java technologies and State-of-the-Art Frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot)
Deep expertise in Backend engineering, distributed systems, databases, etc
Knowledge of database technologies including solid experience of SQL performance and database management
Ability to work in a team, fast learning and enthusiasm for the realization of innovative products.
Knowledge of and experience in working with agile methodologies
Experience in building and scaling infrastructure powering ads, recommendation, search, or other distributed systems.
High fluency in German & English both spoken and written a must.

Java Software Engineer