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We're looking for those who aren't afraid to try something new; those who are ready to work with a group of intelligent, inspiring and hard-working individuals passionate about creating the innovative websites that help people see the world.

Welcome to the family

SmarterTravel TripAdvisor

Being a member of the TripAdvisor family has its perks. It means that SmarterTravel employees share in many of the same industry-leading benefits as their TripAdvisor relatives. It also means that your career has the potential to go places, and we're not just talking about internal growth. You could start out at SmarterTravel in Boston and end up at TripAdvisor in China if that's a path you want to pursue. We're passionate about career development and do our best to pass the opportunities your way.

How we see it

Nathan Yang
Manager, Data Analysts
12 years

SmarterTravel gives me all the things I look for in a workplace — great benefits, good balance between work and personal life, fun coworkers and interesting, challenging work.

Kerry Sainato
Sr. Product Manager
11 years

I can't imagine a brighter group of people to work with. It's truly a collaborative work environment with a brilliant (and personable) engineering team.

Pati Magaña
Sr. Editor
11 years

I absolutely love working at SmarterTravel! Sure the perks are great; but it’s really the team I work with every day — the bright SmarterTravel.com editors that have helped me grow professionally, one challenge at a time—that has kept me here for over a decade now.

First-Class Benefits

Health, Dental, and Vision

  • Three national health plan options through Aetna. TripAdvisor fully pays for individual employee medical insurance and has competitive contribution rates for family coverage as well
  • Two dental plan options
  • Vision

Retirement Savings Plan - Employer Matching

  • TripAdvisor matches fifty cents on each dollar you contribute up to 6% of your eligible pre-tax earnings

Educational Assistance

  • Up to $5,000/year for approved programs

Fitness Reimbursement

  • Up to $600/year toward health club memberships and exercise programs

Paid Time Off

  • 15+ vacation days annually and 10 paid holidays per calendar year

Work Environment

  • Free catered lunch, snacks, and beverages
  • Company sponsored parties, outings, and events
  • No formal dress code

Work/Life Programs

  • Free online learning and development classes, including language classes
  • Travel reimbursement and discount programs
  • Concierge and complimentary personal assistant service
  • Summer Friday program
  • Back-up child- and adult-care services
  • ZipCar discount

And More...

  • Our US employees enjoy life insurance and health programs, shopping and insurance discounts, family care programs, charitable gift matching, and so much more

Our Departments

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Spread the word.

Marketers at SmarterTravel are expert storytellers, expert managers and expert analysts. They’re a unique breed, able to artfully tell the SmarterTravel brands’ stories to build loyalty, inspire growth and take the travel industry to places it’s never even dreamed of going.

See Available marketing Positions
  • Build brand awareness and identify partnerships
  • Champion the consumer’s online experience
  • Balance the needs of travel partners and site visitors
  • Obsess over SEM, CRM, web traffic and media relationships

Make something new.

Innovation is how we succeed. We’re constantly striving to deliver the best and the freshest travel planning and booking experiences on the web. The product team at SmarterTravel creates, develops, tests and iterates to bring new ideas to life. Our creations are seen by millions each day.

See Available product Positions
  • Launch new products and features with a huge global reach across our web and mobile platforms
  • Use your analytical, business and technical skills to bring amazing consumer products to life
  • Work with partners across the business to build solutions, tools and functionality that delight consumers and advertising partners

Do the numbers.

No successful enterprise can exist without proper financial management. We’re no exception. Being part of the finance and accounting team at SmarterTravel means that you’ll help guide not only our future growth, but analyze past reports to streamline current operations.

See Available finance Positions
  • Create and analyze financial reports
  • Assess and mitigate risk
  • Work on financial planning and forecasting

Guide our growth.

Our success is driven by knowing our numbers—and then figuring out what they mean. It sounds so simple, and yet, it's incredibly complex. That’s why we’re constantly on the hunt for talented analysts, driven to help grow our business.

See Available business-operations Positions
  • Deliver business intelligence to drive revenue growth
  • Define, design, build, test, and support complex eCommerce analytics tools
  • Analyze the little details to see the big picture

We like smart.

SmarterTravel engineers work in an environment where innovation actually means something. They create high-performance solutions to challenging technical problems, helping deliver exceptional online experiences to tens of millions of monthly users.

See Available engineering Positions
  • Put your skills to good use developing awesome solutions to enterprise-level problems
  • Work hand-in-hand with UX and design specialists
  • Work with mobile apps, machine learning, SEO, SEM and much more
  • Enjoy a workplace that's comfortable, enjoyable, and a whole lot of fun

Spark the conversation.

If you’re a lover of words, we’d love to hear from you. As a content specialist at SmarterTravel, you’ll ensure our brands are speaking the right language (sometimes quite literally) and our travel advice and articles are on point.

See Available content Positions
  • Create stories, slideshows, videos, and podcasts that inspire and inform our avid travel audience
  • Maintain accuracy of destinations, hotels, and more
  • Moderate review submissions and forum posts
  • Identify ways to improve site localization

Grow our business.

Love traveling? Then sell it — to potential customers and potential partners. Whether you’re a creative type who went to ad school or are obsessed with the strategic elements of the sale itself, advertising and sales at SmarterTravel recruits a diverse bunch of talented people.

See Available advertising-sales Positions
  • Attract new business and retain current business
  • Help partners expand their brands by leveraging ours
  • Work with a team of upbeat, detail-oriented problem solvers

Discover the talent.

Do you have the eye (and expertise) to determine a good candidate? Would you hire you? Working in human resources at SmarterTravel means that you’ll be charged with discovering, hiring, developing and helping some of the best talent in the industry. It's the best kind of challenge.

See Available human-resources Positions
  • Develop strategic plans to attract and retain top talent
  • Oversee learning and development programs
  • Create ways to measure and promote talents

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