Software Engineering - Finance Core Platform

Company Description

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world

Job Description

Every day, our financial engine processes thousands of transactions, partner reconciliations, and complex billing operations to keep our global business moving seamlessly. Our Finance Core Platform is at the heart of this ecosystem, ensuring high performance, scalability, and absolute precision for every single booking made on our platforms.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Finance Core Platform team in Chiasso, building robust, high-throughput microservices that power our core financial flows.

Why this role matters

As a Software Engineer in the Finance Core Platform team, you will design and implement the resilient infrastructure and microservices that handle critical financial data across the entire traveler journey. Working in a hybrid setup from Chiasso, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to solve complex technical and transactional challenges.

If you thrive on writing clean code, applying solid architectural principles to massive-scale systems, and taking end-to-end ownership of mission-critical platforms, this is the seat for you.

The setup

• Job Title: Software Engineer – Finance Core Platform
• Working model: Hybrid (from Chiasso)
• Team: Finance Engineering
• Level: Professional
• Location: Chiasso, Switzerland
• Contract: Permanent — Full-time (36 hours/week)
• Main Language: English

What your impact will be

You will proactively design, develop, and maintain high-quality software for our core financial platforms, ensuring resilience, performance, and scalability across all global transactions.

Technical Delivery & Architecture

• Design, write, and test high-quality software using modern engineering practices such as TDD, DDD, Clean Code, and SOLID principles.
• Create resilient, secure, and performant applications capable of handling millions of requests per day, directly impacting the core financial engine of the company.
• Collaborate with architects to define optimal technical solutions, system architecture, and cloud infrastructure for new financial features, focusing heavily on CI/CD pipelines.

Ownership & Collaboration

• Take full ownership of delivery quality, system performance, reliability, and scalability across the Finance Core Platform.
• Proactively leverage your technical expertise to solve complex domain issues while deeply understanding core business and financial requirements.
• Contribute positively to the team’s technical growth by sharing knowledge, conducting pair programming, and mentoring peer engineers.
• Influence and guide engineers across the broader product engineering department, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions.

Qualifications

What we are looking for

Essential

• Programming Expertise: Strong hands-on experience as a Software Engineer using OO/FP languages, with a focus on the JVM ecosystem (Java or Kotlin).
• Core Engineering Standards: Solid background working with Clean Code, SOLID principles, TDD/DDD, and an Agile mindset.
• Frameworks: Proven experience with the Spring / Spring Boot ecosystem.
• Analytical & Business Acumen: Strong analytical skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions and translate complex business/financial needs into technical solutions.
• Mindset & Communication: Growth mindset, positive and collaborative attitude, and full fluency in written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Experience in product-centric technology companies or fast-paced startup environments.
• Hands-on experience with Extreme Programming (XP) practices.
• Cloud experience with AWS Cloud Services.
• Expertise in building and maintaining Microservices and containerized environments using Kubernetes.
• Experience with asynchronous messaging architectures and queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka).

Additional Information

How we work together:

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities)
• Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays
• Flexible start and end of the working day
• Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations

How we learn together:

• Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time.
• Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content

Other perks:

• 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes
• Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues
• Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares
• We support our employees through life’s significant moments with leave options (e.g., parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws.

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