Android Engineer, KAYAK
3+ days a week in office
Travel search engine
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Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience and ability to develop, maintain, and innovate large-scale, consumer-facing mobile applications
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and the Android Framework
- Strong English communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical issues to different audiences
- Proficient in crafting and constructing scalable application infrastructure, working with collaborators and diverse teams, and delivering projects on time and with outstanding quality
- Strong analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills
- An understanding of best-practice UX with a good eye for design details
- Capability of devising clean and simple solutions to complex problems
- Hands-on experience writing high-quality unit, UI and integration tests
- The capacity to thrive in a hybrid working model, including the ability to attend the office at least 3 days a week
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
- Architecting and developing innovative features for our product
- Maintain a high standard of quality for our code, features, and products
- Collaborating with different teams to improve our products and technologies
- Writing thorough tests to improve the quality of both our code and product
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.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
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Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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