The Company 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. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller’s journey for millions of holidaymakers.

We are a digital travel company with tech at its core. We’re looking for proactive and motivated problem-solvers who embrace end-to-end responsibility for building, delivering, monitoring and evolving valuable products. You will be a key player in an agile team, involved in building scalable and resilient platforms to serve millions of customers worldwide.

Take full ownership of your solutions’ quality, performance, and reliability. Actively contribute to the team’s technical growth by mentoring more junior colleagues and sharing your knowledge to help the entire engineering community grow. You have solid experience as a Software Engineer, with strong skills in object-oriented or functional programming, preferably in a JVM language like Java or Kotlin.

You consistently apply best practices like Clean Code, SOLID principles, and have a true Agile mindset. You’re a data-driven problem-solver who can analyze business needs and translate them into effective technical solutions. You embrace AI as a powerful tool,



understanding how to apply it to your work effectively without losing sight of its limitations and the importance of human oversight.

You thrive on collaboration, proactively communicating with team members (including the Product Manager) and stakeholders to drive projects forward. You are fluent in both written and spoken English. You are reluctant to challenge existing processes, propose or test new ways of working.

You are not fluent in English, which is essential for our general team environment. Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations 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 such as O’Reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues ~ in line with local laws.

It’s a chance for us to learn about you, and for you to understand if we’re the right fit for your career. By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorised to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status. #

📌 Vacancy: Software Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Last Minute Group
📍 Madrid