Front-End Software Engineer

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 Kaunas. 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. 

In this role you will be expected to work from our Kaunas 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

• 3+ 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 

• Funds for your career growth

• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

• Generous additional Health Insurance

• Flexible sick time off

• Additional financial support for your sick leave

• Additional day off on your birthday

• Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)

• Additional financial support during parental leave

• Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office

• Free yoga twice a week

• Paid volunteering time

• No meeting Fridays

• Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!

• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

• Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace

• Internal Communities

Compensation

Salary consists of three parts:

Base pay: from 2700 EUR up to 3990 EUR gross monthly.

Bonus part: 

• significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent annual salary;
• Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20.000 USD (before taxes) with possibility to get it every year.

The salary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.

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.

 Need an accommodation for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.

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