Software Architect

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.

If you’re a smart, ambitious, and hardworking developer with a passion for travel, this could be your next dream role! You will be responsible for developing user experiences that affect millions of travelers every day. Join our team and help us solve real world problems, making it easier for users to search for and book car rentals.

This role will be required to work from our Concord, MA office at least 3 days per week.

In this role you will:

• Work on the Cars product, used by millions of people across the globe

• Become a product expert in your vertical, collaborating with designers, product managers, and commercial stakeholders

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

• Drive technical debt reduction and improve code quality

• Leverage AI coding tools to take your efficiency to the next level

• Strive for high quality solutions for yourself, and the team with mentorship, pull request reviews, and architectural design assistance

Please apply if you have:

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

• 8+ years developing web applications using CSS, HTML, and JavaScript (with a preference for TypeScript)

• 8+ years working with React (or a comparable modern UI framework)

• Experience leveraging AI tools and frameworks to improve day-to-day job functions

• Expertise with end-to-end testing and test-driven development

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a proven ability to guide teams through architectural transitions

• Ability to…

  • Debug issues in a full-stack environment

  • Produce high quality and accurate work

  • Break down complicated tasks into actionable, accurately-estimated deliverables

  • Communicate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences

  • Process, store and manipulate large sets of data

  • Work within an agile development process

  • Develop working relationships with cross-functional teammates

  • Demonstrate the ability to learn and grow from feedback

Benefits and Perks

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

• Flexible hours and ability to work from home 1 or 2 days per week

• Generous retirement plans

• Awesome health, dental and vision insurance plans with flexible spending accounts

• 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

• Universal 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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• Competitive retirement and health plans

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more

Compensation

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $160,000,00 - 200,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.

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.

If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.

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