Front-End Software Engineer

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.


As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.


Trade your daily grind for a career that lets you show off your passion for travel. Join KAYAK to build the travel tools that our users dream of, and develop your own ideas during our Hack Weeks. Be the first to play with new and exciting travel features (while getting paid for it)!


You are a smart, ambitious, and hardworking developer with a passion for learning and delivering. You will be responsible for developing compelling user experiences for millions of prospective travelers every day. As a catalyst for complex projects and initiatives, you will work closely with other teams to develop innovative features and keep our product ahead of the competition.


If you're an engineer who enjoys travel and wants to be a part of a team of diverse, collaborative, and driven individuals, we'd love to hear from you.


This role is required to work at least 3 days a week from our Berlin office.
In this role you will:

• Work on product features used by millions of people

• Have end-to-end ownership of the UI, including testing, monitoring and troubleshooting

• Make architectural decisions and build prototypes

• Review and scope feature requests

• Drive technical debt reduction, oversee code quality, and pair with other developers

Please apply if you have:

• Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in a quantitative/technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math)

• 3+ years of experience in web application development

• Proficiency in React, Typescript, CSS, and HTML

• Experience in writing unit, integration and E2E tests

• It would help you stand out…

+ Experience with React Query, React Hook Forms;
+ Experience with CSS extension languages such as Sass or Less;
+ Ability to read and understand Java code, or a similar object-oriented language;

Benefits and Perks:

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

+ Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
+ Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
+ Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
+ No meeting Fridays

• Paid parental leave

• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

• Paid volunteer time

• Focus on your career growth:

+ Development Dollars
+ Leadership development
+ Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• 6 weeks paid vacation

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Pension plan contributions

• Public transportation subsidies

• Bike leasing program

• Monthly social events, massages, Thursday happy hours, sports teams

• An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin

Inclusion
At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.


Need an accommodation for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.