Front-end Software Engineer

Front-end Engineer |  Bókun   About Tripadvisor  The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork. About Bókun  Join Bókun, a Tripadvisor company, and help transform the tours and activities industry. Our booking management software helps travel operators worldwide increase their bookings and simplify operations. As part of our team, you'll help develop solutions that improve how businesses in the travel sector operate and grow. We are looking for a motivated and innovative Front-end Engineer to join our team in Reykjavík, Iceland. This is a fantastic opportunity to create impactful, user-friendly interfaces that will help shape the future of travel technology. Our product has grown over years, so the work is a mix of building new features and modernising older areas of the UI. Job Location: On-site This role is an on-site position in our Reykjavik, Iceland office. Start Date: January 2027 (Planned start date) Timeline: Hiring now for a January 2027 start date. What we're looking for Required Proficient in TypeScript and React Care about user experience and visual polish Comfortable communicating in English (our working language) 4+ years experience Nice to have Experience with modern CSS approaches (we use Tailwind) Familiarity with Next.js or React Native Comfortable working with REST APIs and across the stack Background in travel, e-commerce, or marketplace platforms What you'll do Build for real operators. Build interfaces used by thousands of tour and activity businesses around the world — what you ship gets used, fast. Write code, daily. This is a hands-on engineering role. You'll spend most of your time building, not in meetings. Work end-to-end. Collaborate with product, design, and backend to take features from idea to production. Improve the foundations. Refactor, modernise, and pay down technical debt in a mature codebase that's earned its complexity honestly. Shape the platform. Contribute to architectural decisions and help guide where our frontend goes next. Collaborate with the best. Join a team of skilled engineers where you'll brainstorm, refine ideas, and learn from people who care about their craft. Our stack Frontend TypeScript React Tailwind CSS TanStack Query & Router Next.js (booking management UI) React Native (operator app) Backend Java Play Framework MySQL OpenSearch Redis Amazon SQS Don't worry if you're not familiar with every technology — we're committed to helping you learn and grow! Working with AI Every engineer at Bókun has access to Claude Code and other leading AI coding assistants, and we actively use them as part of day-to-day development. We've invested in this seriously — both in tools and in the time to figure out how they fit into our workflows. If working somewhere that takes AI engineering seriously matters to you, you'll feel at home here. Why Bókun? Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary and performance-based bonuses Work-Life Balance: Flexible working hours and remote work options Career Growth: Continuous learning opportunities and clear paths for advancement Global Impact: Your work will be used by millions of travelers and businesses worldwide Innovative Environment: Be part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of travel tech Perks 🏢 Nice office in central Reykjavík 🍽️ Delicious daily lunch provided ☕ Top-notch coffee and snacks to fuel your creativity 🚗 Convenient indoor car parking 🏋️ On-site gym with a hot tub (World Class) 🧘 Lifestyle and wellness benefits 🎉 Regular team events and activities Application process Initial call (30 minutes): Connect with our recruiter to learn more about the role and share your background. Technical screening (45 minutes): Interview to assess your technical expertise, provide insight into our work, and gauge your interest in advancing further. Coding assignment: Solve a simple coding assignment at your own pace. On-site interviews (around 3 hours total): Meet the team, tour the office, and engage in technical discussions, job-relevant coding exercises, and cultural fit conversations with team members. Ready to Shape the Future of Travel? If you're excited about creating innovative solutions that impact millions of travelers and businesses globally, we want to hear from you! What We Offer  Competitive compensation packages (routinely benchmarked against the latest industry data), including base salary and annual bonuses “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Tripadvisor Group takes a remote-friendly approach to collaboration across a worldwide team, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like or as required by your team. Flexible schedule. Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work. Donation matching. Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually. Tuition assistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs. Lifestyle benefit. An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you. Travel perks. We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more. Employee assistance program. We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges. Health benefits. We offer great coverage and competitive premiums. Generous referral scheme. Help us grow and be rewarded with generous awards for referring successful candidates.   Our Cultural Pillars: Traveler first We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us.  Execution is our edge We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges.  We succeed together The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.   We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team at AccessibleRecruiting@tripadvisor.com. If you have any additional questions about careers at Tripadvisor you can email us at recruitment@tripadvisor.com. We have all the answers!     #LI-JP #LI-Hybrid