Software Engineer 1, Distributed Systems

About Skyscanner

Everyone loves travelling, but planning is not without its challenges ✈️ That's why we've spent 20 years building tools that turn travel-planning chaos into a breeze. Today, around 160 million travellers count on us every month to skip the whole “47 browser tabs open” phase and find flights, cars, and hotels quickly and easily 💻

Joining Skyscanner means becoming part of a global brand that's striving to become the planet's go-to travel hack accessible for all 🌍

Our vision? To be the world's number one travel ally. (Ambitious? 💪 Yes, but, hey, that's what got us here)

About the role
Hybrid

This isn’t just about building systems—it’s about shaping the ones that keep Skyscanner running smoothly at a global scale.

You’ll join our Astral squad, right at the centre of a transformation that’s modernising how we bill, track, and report revenue. From integrating new financial platforms to simplifying legacy systems, your work will help create a more reliable, scalable foundation for how we operate worldwide.

You’ll collaborate closely with Finance, Commercial, and Data teams—getting hands-on with complex systems that underpin critical processes (yes, including the all-important end-of-month billing cycle). It’s high impact, highly collaborative, and a chance to build systems that really matter.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing distributed systems: You’ll build and evolve scalable, reliable systems that support billing and revenue tracking across Skyscanner.
• Integrating third-party platforms: You’ll connect our systems with external financial tools, making complex integrations feel seamless.
• Collaborating across teams: You’ll partner with vendor engineers, finance, and commercial teams to deliver solutions that work in the real world.
• Building trusted data pipelines: You’ll work with data engineers to create accurate, reliable datasets for reporting and analytics.
• Supporting critical billing processes: You’ll help ensure the end-of-month cycle runs smoothly and accurately—no small feat at global scale.
• Simplifying and evolving systems: You’ll contribute to decommissioning, migrating, or refining services as our platform evolves.
• Ensuring compliance and quality: You’ll work with Internal Audit to meet SOx requirements and keep systems robust, secure, and reliable.

About you

• Distributed systems experience: You’ve built or worked with systems that scale—and you’re excited to keep growing here.
• Problem solver: You enjoy tackling complex challenges and finding practical, effective solutions.
• Technically adaptable: You’re comfortable with Python, AWS Lambda, and batch processing—or ready to get up to speed quickly.
• Clear communicator: You can document systems and ideas in a way that’s easy for others to understand.
• Collaborative mindset: You work well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, building strong working relationships.
• Curious and growth-oriented: You’re keen to learn new technologies, domains, and ways of working.
• Finance-aware (bonus): Experience with billing or revenue systems is a plus—but curiosity about how financial systems work goes a long way.

What it's like here

We are the real deal— no corporate gloss, no empty promises. Just a team of genuinely curious, caring humans ❤️ building things that help travellers explore the world a little easier 🧭

Skyscanner is made up of brilliant humans from every corner of the world. We believe travel makes the world better — and that the same is true of our diverse teams. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and products that are accessible to all ✨

Sound like your kind of adventure? 🚀 Apply now and help us shape the future of travel.

We're committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations for interviews, and/or wish to apply under the Disability Confident scheme, please let your recruiter know. If you’d like more information on any of our policies, such as hybrid working or Parental Leave policies (typically we pay a minimum of 24 weeks birth parent/maternity leave globally), our recruitment team can provide more information on these.