Software Engineer, KAYAK
3-5 days a week in office (Cambridge, MA)
Travel search engine
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Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
3-5 days a week in office (Cambridge, MA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience with Java programming
- Strong understanding of programming fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Good communication skills for sharing ideas clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues
- Familiarity with relational databases like MySQL or Oracle
- Experience or interest in working with Aerospike, Trino or Redis is a plus
What the job involves
- 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
- We are seeking a motivated backend software engineer to join our AdTech team
- In this role, you will help develop KAYAK’s advertising platform using modern technologies and contribute to building tools that our ad partners rely on to create, manage, and optimize their ad content
- You’ll work on APIs, data systems, dashboards, and reporting tools that support our company’s and partners’ success
- Design, develop, and maintain efficient solutions for our AdTech applications, including ad targeting and content management
- Collaborate with colleagues from engineering, product, data science, and design to create software that meets the needs of our users
- Work with various data storage systems like MySQL, Memcache, Aerospike, Trino, Redis, and more
- Build and improve algorithms to enhance ad targeting and increase value for our partners
- Write tests at multiple levels (unit, integration, API, end-to-end) to ensure quality and reliability
- Share knowledge with teammates through code reviews and collaborative learning
- Identify and solve complex technical challenges related to software performance and scalability
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
South End, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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