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trivago N.V.

🏢 Enterprise (1K+)

Global hotel and accommodation metasearch platform comparing prices from 250+ booking sites across 5+ million properties in 190+ countries. Serving 50+ million monthly users, trivago helps travelers find the best hotel deals through AI-powered search technology. Majority-owned subsidiary of Expedia Group, publicly traded on NASDAQ (TRVG). FY 2025 revenue €548.9M with a return to profitability.

When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago. We help them find the best place to stay and the best time to go. We empower them to book with confidence, saving them valuable time and money.

📍 Offices

Kesselstraße 5–7, 40221 Düsseldorf, GermanyAmsterdam, Netherlands (Registered Office)Rishon LeZion, Israel (trivago DEALS / Holisto)
🏛️ Part of: Expedia Group, Inc.(Public company (Naamloze Vennootschap), majority-owned subsidiary of Expedia Group)

About the Company

870

Employees

Public (NASDAQ Global Select Market, ticker: TRVG)

Stage

~$53.1M pre-IPO across 3 rounds; $632M Expedia majority acquisition (2013); $287M IPO (Dec 2016)

Funding

€548.9 million (FY 2025)

Revenue

50,000,000

Customers

137,000

LinkedIn Followers

📍 HQ: Kesselstraße 5–7, 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany

📈 Leading pure-play hotel metasearch engine and one of the world's most recognized travel brands

Legal: trivago N.V. · Valuation: ~$211M market cap (March 2026) · Share Capital: €234M authorized (952.37M Class A shares @ €0.06 + 294.76M Class B shares @ €0.60)

Reg: 67222927 (Dutch KvK) (Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel))

Managing Directors: Johannes Thomas (CEO), Dr. Wolf Schmuhl (CFO), Jasmine Ezz (CMO), Andrej Lehnert (CPO)

💰 Funding & Investors

Seed~€1MJan 2006
Series B$1.14MJan 2008
Private Equity$52.86MDec 2010
Majority Acquisition by Expedia~$632M (€477M)Mar 2013
IPO$287MDec 2016

Key Investors

Expedia Group, Inc. (~59.4% economic, ~84.1% voting)Rolf Schrömgens (~18%, co-founder, supervisory board)PAR Capital Management (~15.9%)Acadian Asset Management (~3.1%)G2 Investment Partners

🤝 Notable Clients

Booking.comExpediaHotels.comPricelineAgoda

Glassdoor Rating

3.9 / 5.0(845 reviews)· 79% would recommend

Tech Stack

TypeScriptKotlinGoPHPJavaPythonRSwiftReactNext.jsGraphQLgRPCReduxSpring BootApache KafkaElasticsearchKibanaHiveImpalaApache SparkGCPAWSKubernetesDockerKEDAIstioGitHubGrafanaPrometheusCucumber BDDSalesforce Marketing CloudGreenhouse ATS

🛠️ Engineering & Work Culture

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Engineering Culture

Agile/sprint-based development with embedded QA. Blameless post-mortems, dozens of concurrent A/B tests ('C-Tests'), cross-team knowledge guilds, annual internal Tech Get Together (300+ engineers). Active open-source culture with 73 public GitHub repos. Tech blog and Substack newsletter. Developers involved in ideation, not just implementation.

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Work Environment

Hybrid

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Remote Work Policy

Hybrid 3.0: 3 days/week in Düsseldorf office, 2 days flexible. 20 days/year work-from-abroad. Full flexibility for 12 months after child's birth.

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Methodology

Agile/Scrum with sprint cycles

🎯 Interview Process

Difficulty:Average (2.93/5)
Duration:~30 days average; 3–5 stages (Application → Case Study → HR Screening → Technical → Cultural Fit)

💰 Compensation & Perks

Equity/Stock Options

🌈 Diversity & Inclusion

80+ nationalities, average age 33. 15+ affinity groups including LGBTQ+ Community, Parents@trivago, Women in Tech. F.A.M.E. (Female Ambassadors and Mentors in Engineering) program. Bias-free recruitment with standardized postings and diverse interview panels. Glassdoor D&I rating: 4.3/5.

Benefits

Free access to Masterplan, Coursera, Frontend Masters, UdemyCompany pension plan (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge)Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)On-site gym with 30+ fitness classesDaily food budget, free fruits/snacks/drinksUrban Sports Club membershipHeycare personalized nanny serviceFull relocation package with visa support and interest-free newcomer loanFree German language classes up to C1Self-determined vacation policy + sabbatical leave20 days/year work-from-abroadCorporate discounts portalBusiness coaching via Nilo

⭐ Employee Ratings

Work Life Balance
8.6
Equality
8.6
Working Conditions
8.2
Team Spirit
8.0
Work Atmosphere
7.8
Interesting Tasks
7.6
Image
7.2
Older Colleagues
7.2
Communication
7.0
Career Development
6.8
Environmental Awareness
6.6
Salary Benefits
6.4
Management
6.4

🏆 Awards

Glassdoor Best Places to Work (2018)LinkedIn Top Companies (2018)NASDAQ-listed since December 2016Iconic 'Hotel? trivago.' advertising campaign — cultural phenomenon

📱 Mobile Apps

📞 Contact

✉️ [email protected]📞 +49 (0) 211 / 3876 84 0000

📊 Business Info

Key Partnerships
Booking.comExpediaHotels.comPricelineAgodaTravala (crypto payments integration, Feb 2025)AXS (live events accommodation partner, Oct 2022)Jürgen Klopp (global brand ambassador, Oct 2024)HotelRunner (booking engine integration)
Acquisitions
Rheinfabrik (mobile app developer, Germany, Dec 2014)Base7booking (Cloud PMS, partial, Mar 2016)tripl (travel planning, Germany, Sep 2017)TripHappy (destination data, USA, 2018)Weekend.com (weekend travel platform, Jan 2021)Holisto Limited (AI hotel rate aggregator, Israel, 30% for €10.2M Jul 2024 → 100% for ~€32.5M total, Jul 2025)
Competitors
Google HotelsKayakTripAdvisorHotelsCombinedSkyscanner HotelsBooking.comAgodaMomondoCozyCozyTraveloka

Latest Jobs at trivago N.V.

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Technical Account Manager
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