Associate Software Engineer

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

As an Associate Software Engineer on the Developer Tooling & Ecosystem team, you will design, integrate, and operate the systems that power Priceline’s development lifecycle.This is a hybrid role that blends the following:

• Platform engineering

• Systems integration

• Tooling governance

• Automation / Workflows

• Vendor collaboration

• Developer experience strategy

You will work across engineering, security, finance, and product teams to ensure our toolchain is optimized, integrated, and delivering measurable impact. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy thinking holistically about ecosystems, not just writing feature code.

Why this job’s a big deal:

The Developer Tooling & Ecosystem team owns the strategy, governance, integration, and optimization of Priceline’s engineering tool chain.

We treat developer productivity as a measurable business capability. Our mission is to ensure that every tool used across the engineering lifecycle—from IDEs to CI/CD, feature flags to content systems, GenAI to performance tooling—is

• Secure

• Integrated

• Cost-efficient

• Scalable

• High-impact

This team owns and operates the ecosystem that powers engineering velocity, quality, and experimentation. Our portfolio spans the platforms, services, and processes that enable teams to build, test, release, and iterate effectively, including (but not limited to):

• Engineering tooling strategy, evaluation, and lifecycle management

• Source control, code quality, and continuous integration practices

• Containerization and local development environments

• AI-assisted development and emerging productivity technologies

• Feature management, experimentation, and release enablement

• Performance monitoring and developer feedback loops

• Content and localization enablement for product delivery

• Workflow automation and cross-system integrations

• Reporting, insights, and data-driven optimization of the development lifecycle

We are accountable not only for reliability and seamless integration but also for adoption, measurable impact, cost efficiency, and long-term platform strategy.

In this role, you will get to:

Developer Tooling Ownership

• Own and operate enterprise engineering tools across the SDLC

• Manage lifecycle of tools: evaluation, onboarding, integration, optimization, and sunset

• Partner with vendors to influence roadmap, resolve escalations, and optimize contracts

• Ensure security, compliance, and access governance standards are met

Systems Integration & Automation

• Design and maintain integrations between core systems (CI/CD, SonarQube, LaunchDarkly, Contentful, Smartling, Luciq, etc.)

• Build automation that reduces manual workflows across engineering

• Standardize identity, provisioning, and permissions across tools

• Improve cross-platform interoperability and data flow

GenAI & Intelligent Tooling

• Evaluate and integrate GenAI platforms (Cursor, ChatGPT Enterprise, agent-based editors)

• Define guardrails and governance for AI-assisted development

• Measure productivity impact of AI tooling adoption

• Build internal extensions or automation layers on top of AI platforms

CI/CD & Code Quality Ecosystem

• Maintain integrations with SonarQube, Mergify, Docker Desktop, and related tooling

• Define organization-wide standards for code quality, PR automation, and merge governance

• Improve developer feedback loops through intelligent automation

Performance & Reliability Tooling

• Own performance monitoring tool integrations

• Standardize reporting frameworks for performance and release quality

• Ensure observability and telemetry across engineering systems

Reporting, ROI & DevEx Measurement

• Establish reporting frameworks to measure:

  • Tool adoption

  • Usage efficiency

  • Cost vs. value

  • Developer productivity signals

• Drive DevEx360 metrics and insights

• Present ROI and optimization opportunities to engineering leadership

Onboarding & Enablement

• Design and maintain onboarding programs for new engineers

• Standardize development environment setup (IDEs, Docker, access provisioning)

• Create golden-path documentation and self-service tooling

• Improve time-to-first-PR metrics.

Who you are: 

• 2+ years of engineering experience Java/Python

• Experience working with CI/CD, code quality tools, or developer platforms

• Strong systems integration mindset

• Experience building internal tools or automation workflows

• Understanding of identity, access management, and enterprise tool governance

• Strong cross-functional communication skills

• You think in ecosystems—not isolated tools.

• 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; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics are essential.

#LIHybrid

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 it’s a dream vacation, your cousin’s graduation, or your best friend’s wedding - we make travel affordable and accessible to our customers. 

Our culture is unique and inspiring (that’s what our employees tell us). We’re a grown-up, startup. We deliver the excitement of a new venture, without the struggles and chaos that can come with a business that hasn’t stabilized.  

We’re 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! 

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