Software Engineer - Marketing Solutions

Software Engineer - Marketing Solutions

Company: trivago

Location: Düsseldorf, Germany

Employment: Full-time Career Level: Backend Software Engineer III (Senior)

Team Size: 8 people

When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago! Our leading metasearch engine is super fast and constantly optimized - enabling millions of travelers to compare hotel prices from hundreds of booking sites and find great deals in just a few clicks.

Join us in making a difference

Marketing Solutions is a multidisciplinary team that develops and operates a range of products and services powering trivago's marketing presence across over 50 countries. From brand marketing to search engine marketing, display, affiliate, and CRM, our applications support and automate marketing workflows that help the business understand customers, optimize campaigns, and stay competitive in a rapidly changing market.

As a Software Engineer in Marketing Solutions, you'll have the autonomy to own initiatives from design to deployment, working on high-volume distributed systems while modernizing legacy code. You'll collaborate across disciplines, mentor colleagues, and drive meaningful impact through pragmatic solutions that scale globally.

How you'll make an impact:

• Maintain: Support and optimise our existing suite of marketing technology products
• Build: Design and develop new products and features, handling high-volume, distributed workflows
• Modernise: Contribute to the migration and modernisation of legacy systems and delete old code
• Collaborate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams, contributing to design and product discussions
• Operate across the full lifecycle: from design and implementation to deployment and monitoring
• Actively mentor colleagues and contribute with pragmatic, actionable feedback in code reviews, pair programming sessions etc.
• Bring a hands-on approach, iterate quickly, and get things live

Our Tech Stack:

• Backend: Kotlin / Java (Spring Boot)
• Frontend: React
• Google Cloud (K8), ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Airflow
• gRPC, Kafka, Redis
• Legacy: PHP, Django, Angular

What you'll need to thrive:

• Solid experience in web and backend development
• Familiarity with AI coding assistants to accelerate development workflows
• Ability to switch context and work on multiple products/services with varying degrees of complexity and technical debt
• Autonomy, self-motivation, and adaptability are essential: you own your outcomes and can find a path forward with sometimes ambiguous requirements
• A pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach and a passion for simplicity in design
• Comfortable with legacy code and migrations as part of everyday life
• Strong async collaboration and communication skills; you enjoy explaining concepts across disciplines
• Critical thinking in code validation for reviewing and debugging AI-generated code

Stand out with

• Broad experience across the stack, being able to develop simple frontends (React/JS) is a big plus
• Experience in high-volume, internationalised MarTech, AdTech environments
• Experience building products from scratch
• Enthusiasm for documentation and helping colleagues develop their skills
• Willingness to jump in wherever needed — even if it's not always "pure coding"

Recruiting process

• Video Introduction
• Introduction Call
• Technical Interview
• Interview with Stakeholders and Lead

What you can look forward to:

• Personalized coaching through Nilo, workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, campus library
• Visa support from talent support team, relocation package, interest-free newcomer loan, free language classes
• Self-determined vacation (minimum 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, up to 2 work from home days weekly
• Remote work from different location within Germany or selected countries abroad for up to 20 days per year
• Free access to Heycare platform for personalized nanny assistance, on-campus kids room
• Daily canteen budget, complimentary snacks and drinks, on-site gym, sports classes, Urban Sports Club membership, ergonomic desks