Software Engineering Internship 2026

Viator, a Tripadvisor company, is the leading marketplace for travel experiences. We believe that making memories is what travel is all about. And with 300,000+ travel experiences to explore—everything from simple tours to extreme adventures (and all the niche, interesting stuff in between)—making memories that will last a lifetime has never been easier. With industry-leading flexibility and last-minute availability, it's never too late to make any day extraordinary. Viator. One app, 300,000+ travel experiences you'll remember.

A Tripadvisor internship provides real world experience as part of a world-class engineering team, along with an excellent salary and other perks. Several of our former interns have gone on to become full-time members of the Engineering team.

We have a fun and friendly environment where the key objective is getting things done. Our engineers input during every stage whilst delivering technical solutions, from design, to programming, testing, and deployment.

This internship is a 12 week program from 22nd June till 18th September and will require most days spent in our Lisbon office.

Across Tripadvisor, we've worked hard to create an atmosphere of "Speed Wins" – streamlining processes, shipping products quickly, and avoiding big company paralysis. Tripavisor prides itself on being a bottom-up organisation. Engineers are given the freedom to investigate, implement, and own the solutions they formulate within their team.

Do you want to build features end to end? Do you want to work with a large number of technologies? Do you want to work in an environment where things move quickly, features are released daily and you're working with other smart and talented engineers? If this sounds like you, we would love to talk to you.
What You'll Do

• Code Most of our engineers release code to production every few days. The majority of our services are continuously released with the others following a daily release cycle.
• Real work From day one, Tripadvisor interns work on the same tasks as our main Engineering team.
• Learn You'll be assigned a dedicated mentor and work alongside skilled engineers with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
• Collaborate We have engineering groups located around the world. We're working with teams in the US, Portugal and Australia, as well as with third parties.
• Operate across our evolving technology stack - Currently this includes Java, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, MySQL, GraphQL and more.
• Take responsibility for all aspects of software engineering, from design to implementation, QA, and maintenance.
• Touch code at every level – from the UI, through backend microservices, and down to the database.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to define feature specifications and develop high quality deliverables for our customers.

What We're Looking For

• Students with an anticipated graduation mid-2027, working towards a degree in Computer Science or a similar discipline.
• Availability to commit to the entire programs duration (with some paid time off)
• Confidence in writing code in at least one object-oriented language.
• Willingness and ability to take on new technologies. You do not need to have experience with all the technologies listed above, but you do need the drive to learn them.
• Ability to break down complex problems into simple solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and desire to write clean, correct, and efficient code.
• High quality verbal and written communication skills.
• A sense of ownership, urgency, and pride in your work.
• People who can commit to the entire duration of the program
• Full working rights for the duration of the internship

Our Values
We aspire to lead; We're relentlessly curious;... want to know more? Read up on our values:

• We aspire to lead. Tap into your talent, ambition, and knowledge to bring us – and you – to new heights.
• We're relentlessly curious. We push beyond the usual, the known, the "that's just how it's done."
• We're better together. We learn from, accept, respect, support, and value one another– and are creating something remarkable in the process.
• We serve our customers, always. We listen, question, respond, and strive for wow moments.

We strive for better, not perfect
. We won't get it right the first time – or every time. We'll provide a safe environment in which to make mistakes, iterate, improve, and grow.

Our workplace is for everyone, as is our people powered platform. At Tripadvisor, we want you to bring your unique identities, abilities, and experiences, so we can collectively revolutionize travel and together find the good out there.