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.
KAYAK is looking for a Frontend Engineer to join our growing frontend team in Berlin. The team is responsible for building and innovating the checkout flow across different verticals and brands, aiming to provide a seamless booking experience for both leisure and business customers. It is a fixed term contract till the 1st December 2026.
In this role you will be expected to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.
In This Role, You will:
- Engage in collaborative product development with global teams
- Participate in planning and execution of new features
- Design and implement innovative, high-performing and scalable frontend solutions
- Maintain and enhance existing code
- Maintain existing and develop new solutions for automation: unit, integration, E2E testing
Please Apply If You Have:
- Education in Computer Science or related field
- 1+ years of experience in Web Development
- Solid knowledge and hands-on experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript and React
- Experience with centralised state management tools e.g. Redux
- Experience with CSS preprocessors e.g. Sass, Less
- Understanding how frontend build tools work and ability to configure them e.g. Webpack, Rollup
- Experience writing unit and E2E tests
- Fluency in English
- Ability to thrive in a hybrid working model, working at least three office days per 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
- 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
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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