Java Developer for the Hotel Efficiency Team

Yandex Travel is a team for those who are not afraid to discover something new every day. We collaborate with hotels all over the world, develop partnerships with carriers, optimize the trip planning process, and create a service that people want to use.

The mission of the Hotel Efficiency team is to make Travel the most profitable online booking service for users and partners. We create products both for travelers and for hotel owners who list their offers on Travel.

Our tech stack: For new services we use Kotlin. Some of the existing ones are written in Java. Core technologies — Spring, PostgreSQL, jOOQ, gRPC, also a bit of Python, C++, Golang.

You can work in a hybrid format from cities where our teams are located (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg), or remotely from any city in Russia.

What tasks await you

Loyalty program development Loyalty program participants can get discounts on hotel bookings, Plus cashback points, and priority support. We want to add new bonuses to the program and improve conditions for regular service users. For this, you will need to develop existing services and create new ones.

Smart booking prices We strive to make the booking cost suitable for every user. Machine learning specialists develop models that predict hotel booking prices. You will have to implement inference for price management.

Visibility of advantageous offers for the user In order for users to see more advantageous offers, various tools are needed: filters, hotel selections, special indicators of advantages. You will help us develop these tools and create new ones.

More about backend at Yandex — in the channel Yandex for Backend

We expect you to have

• Over four years of commercial development experience in Java or Kotlin
• Knowledge of classic algorithms and data structures
• Experience developing complex web applications or data processing systems