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.
In this role, you will:
- 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
Please apply if you have:
- 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 in Berlin at least 3 days a week.
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
- Development Dollars
- 6 weeks paid vacation
- Free lunch 3 days per week
- Free breakfast one a week
- Pension plan contributions
- Public transportation subsidies
- Bike leasing program
- Monthly social events, massages, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At OpenTable/KAYAK, we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users, partners, and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are, you can be yourself.
We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation(s).
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What We Do
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, cruise, vacation package. We also support business travelers with KAYAK for Business, our free corporate travel solution and are transforming the in-travel experience with our app and new hotel and accommodation software.
Want to join a talented team that’s eager to solve the world’s travel problems (and have a bit of fun)? As an employee of KAYAK, you’ll be part of a global network including OpenTable and a portfolio of travel metasearch brands like Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and Hotels Combined. So join us, and help others experience the world through dining and travel.
Why Work With Us
What's most unique about KAYAK is the way we empower our team to lead their best lives - in and out of the workplace. Our Work from Almost Anywhere policy is built for and by our team. It gives us the flexibility to choose where and how we work best.
