KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
Lead the design and delivery of complex backend features, from initial scoping through deployment and ongoing production support
Contribute to technical design reviews and architecture discussions, collaborating with engineers and architects across teams
Write well-tested, readable, and maintainable code consistent with team quality standards; participate actively in code reviews and provide constructive feedback
Mentor and support the growth of less-experienced engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and pairing
Work closely with product managers and commercial partners to clarify requirements, surface trade-offs, and deliver reliable outcomes
Participate in on-call rotations: monitor system health, investigate production issues, and write clear bug tickets and documentation
Proactively identify opportunities to improve system performance, reduce complexity, and address technical debt in aging codebases
Contribute to sprint ceremonies — planning, refinement, retrospectives, and demos — and help improve team delivery processes over time
Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery efficiency
Collaborate across engineering, data science, and business intelligence teams to deliver integrated solutions
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating backend systems in production environments
Strong proficiency in Java or a comparable backend language, with comfort working across distributed systems and service integrations
Experience with system design, performance optimization, and debugging in complex, multi-service environments
A collaborative working style: you communicate clearly, follow through on commitments, surface risks early, and ask good questions
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English
Curiosity and a willingness to challenge existing approaches with concrete, well-reasoned alternatives
You may also bring (not required — equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered):
Familiarity with ad tech systems, bidding logic, or monetization infrastructure
Experience with server-to-server data integrations or event-driven architectures
Experience working in an agile team environment with sprint-based delivery
Comfort with observability tooling, metrics, and production debugging workflows
A specific degree is not required. We welcome candidates from non-traditional educational backgrounds who demonstrate strong engineering fundamentals and a track record of delivering quality software.
salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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. 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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 seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the development and evolution of its experimentation platform. This is a role with global scope and clear accountability for the roadmap, prioritization, adoption, and success of a strategic platform that supports A/B testing today and will expand over time to broader testing use cases across the company! You will work closely with Engineering, Data, and Product partners and help a small cross-functional team deliver a platform that enables faster, more trusted decision-making across KAYAK.
Note, this position is required to work from our Concord, MA office 3 days per week.
In this role you will:
Own the roadmap for KAYAK's experimentation platform, aligning priorities with business goals and platform needs.
Define and communicate a clear product direction, from current A/B testing capabilities to broader testing use cases over time.
Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Product teams to shape features, requirements, and implementation plans.
Translate user needs and ambiguous asks into clear product requirements and well-scoped initiatives.
Define success metrics, drive adoption, and continuously improve the platform through data and partner feedback.
Improve experiment setup, execution, monitoring, analysis, and decision-making workflows across the platform.
Please apply if you have:
4+ years of experience in product management, technical product management, or platform product management within a technology environment — equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered.
Strong knowledge of experimentation methodologies, including A/B testing concepts, statistical foundations (significance, power, confidence intervals, multiple comparisons, and sequential testing), trade-offs, and common pitfalls.
Experience owning complex products or platforms with multiple collaborators and technical dependencies.
Strong product and project management skills, including roadmap definition, prioritization, and cross-functional execution.
Comfort working with engineers and data practitioners on technically complex topics.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
High ownership, sound judgment, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority.
Experience reading and writing SQL.
Bonus points (not required):
Hands-on familiarity with the statistics underpinning experimentation — power and sample-size planning, confidence intervals, multiple testing / false discovery, and sequential or group-sequential analysis.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $140,000 - 155,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
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","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n\n\nKAYAK is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the development and evolution of its experimentation platform. 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You will work closely with Engineering, Data, and Product partners and help a small cross-functional team deliver a platform that enables faster, more trusted decision-making across KAYAK.\n\nNote, this position is required to work from our Concord, MA office 3 days per week.\n\n\n\nIn this role you will:\n\n - Own the roadmap for KAYAK's experimentation platform, aligning priorities with business goals and platform needs.\n\n - Define and communicate a clear product direction, from current A/B testing capabilities to broader testing use cases over time.\n\n - Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Product teams to shape features, requirements, and implementation plans.\n\n - Translate user needs and ambiguous asks into clear product requirements and well-scoped initiatives.\n\n - Define success metrics, drive adoption, and continuously improve the platform through data and partner feedback.\n\n - Improve experiment setup, execution, monitoring, analysis, and decision-making workflows across the platform.\n \n \n\nPlease apply if you have:\n\n - 4+ years of experience in product management, technical product management, or platform product management within a technology environment — equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered.\n\n - Strong knowledge of experimentation methodologies, including A/B testing concepts, statistical foundations (significance, power, confidence intervals, multiple comparisons, and sequential testing), trade-offs, and common pitfalls.\n\n - Experience owning complex products or platforms with multiple collaborators and technical dependencies.\n\n - Strong product and project management skills, including roadmap definition, prioritization, and cross-functional execution.\n\n - Comfort working with engineers and data practitioners on technically complex topics.\n\n - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.\n\n - High ownership, sound judgment, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority.\n\n - Experience reading and writing SQL.\n\nBonus points (not required):\n\n - Hands-on familiarity with the statistics underpinning experimentation — power and sample-size planning, confidence intervals, multiple testing / false discovery, and sequential or group-sequential analysis.\n\n\n\nBenefits and Perks\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\n\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. 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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 for Business (K4B) is building the future of corporate travel — making it simpler, smarter, and more enjoyable for companies and their travelers worldwide. Our global K4B Engineering team is growing quickly and looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the technical direction of our backend systems!
In this role, you'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to design scalable solutions that power everything from AI-driven booking experiences to enterprise client integrations. If you enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring others, and seeing your architectural decisions come to life in a product used by major global organizations, we'd love to hear from you.
This role is required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.
In this role, you will:
Ensure the search and booking logic maintains performance under the requirements of global enterprise clientele.
Lead the design of high-performance integration frameworks for third-party APIs, prioritizing low-latency execution and high availability.
Serve as a technical leader for multiple engineering squads, providing clarity on complex architectural trade-offs and ensuring technical consistency across the K4B ecosystem.
Spearhead initiatives to improve the engineering lifecycle, from establishing sophisticated observability patterns and CI/CD matures to refining internal standards for code quality and distributed system design.
Translate high-level business objectives into robust technical specifications, effectively communicating architectural risks and opportunities to leadership.
Please apply if you have:
7+ years of experience with the Java ecosystem and Spring Framework (Boot, Security).
Expertise in designing for high-throughput data environments using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis.
Good command of the English language
Knowledge of B2B integration patterns including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, and SCIM for automated user lifecycle management via Okta, Workday, or Azure AD.
Previous experience with AI/LLM would be a plus.
Compensation:
Software Engineer salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 4500 EUR up to 7900 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n \n\nKAYAK for Business (K4B) is building the future of corporate travel — making it simpler, smarter, and more enjoyable for companies and their travelers worldwide. 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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:
Design and build backend features, from scoping through deployment and ongoing production support, with guidance from senior engineers and tech leads on more complex or ambiguous problems
Take part in technical design reviews and architecture discussions, asking good questions and contributing ideas
Write well-tested, readable, and maintainable code consistent with team quality standards; participate actively in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback
Work with product managers and commercial partners to understand requirements and deliver reliable outcomes
Participate in on-call rotations: monitor system health, investigate production issues, and write clear bug tickets and documentation
Look for opportunities to improve system performance, reduce complexity, and pay down technical debt in aging codebases
Take part in sprint ceremonies — planning, refinement, retrospectives, and demos — and contribute ideas for improving team delivery
Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery efficiency
Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and business intelligence teams to deliver integrated solutions
Grow your skills through mentorship, pairing, and feedback from more senior engineers
Please apply if you have:
Experience designing, building, and operating backend systems, gained through professional roles, internships, or substantial personal or academic projects
Working proficiency in Java or a comparable backend language
A foundational understanding of system design and debugging, and comfort working in distributed or multi-service environments
A collaborative working style: you communicate clearly, follow through on commitments, surface risks early, and ask good questions
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English
Curiosity and a willingness to learn new tools, systems, and approaches, and to challenge existing approaches with well-reasoned alternatives
You may also bring (not required — equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered):
Familiarity with ad tech systems, bidding logic, or monetization infrastructure
Experience with server-to-server data integrations or event-driven architectures
Experience working in an agile team environment with sprint-based delivery
Exposure to observability tooling, metrics, or production debugging workflows
A specific degree is not required. We welcome candidates from non-traditional educational backgrounds who demonstrate strong engineering fundamentals and a genuine eagerness to grow.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
COMPENSATION
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $110,000 - 125,000 USD, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AC1
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We welcome candidates from non-traditional educational backgrounds who demonstrate strong engineering fundamentals and a genuine eagerness to grow.\n\n \n\nBenefits and Perks\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\n \n\nCOMPENSATION\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $110,000 - 125,000 USD, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.\n\n \n \n\nInclusion\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. 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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 at our core 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 looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Business Intelligence team.
Our team builds and operates the data backbone that serves as the single source of truth for the organization. We manage KAYAK’s business-critical reporting to support billing and provide the foundation for company-wide reporting and analytics.
If you want to build the systems that define how the business measures success, we’d love to hear from you.
This role will be required to work from our Concord, MA office 3 days per week.
Architect for scale: Develop and monitor robust data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Rundeck/Airflow that handle large-scale data volumes with high reliability.
Optimize performance: Design performant data models and optimize complex SQL queries for high-scale environments.
Ensure data reliability: build automated checks and alerts to catch errors early so financial and operational reports remain accurate.
Increase data access: automate repetitive tasks and build self-service tools to make data easier to use across teams.
Drive engineering excellence: experiment with and leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
Work with partners across the company: translate business questions into practical, maintainable technical solutions.
5+ years of proven experience in data engineering or analytics engineering within a related data-centric environment.
Experience owning end-to-end data pipelines (ingest → transform → test → monitor).
Strong SQL skills and familiarity with distributed/columnar/OLAP systems (examples: Redshift, Trino, Vertica) and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres).
Proficiency in Python and a software-engineering approach to building testable, maintainable code.
Experience with workflow orchestration and containerization (examples: Airflow, Docker).
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for investigating data issues.
Strong written and spoken English to communicate effectively across teams.
Stream processing or real-time systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink).
Modern BI tooling (e.g., Looker, Superset).
CI/CD and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions).
Web frameworks for internal tools (e.g., Django, Flask).
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this United States located role is $130,000 - 160,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus or recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
#LI-MP1
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Flights Meta Backend team within our Meta Search business unit.. This team owns backend leadership for flight-vertical decisions and issues, and works across flight search systems, endpoints, experiments, observability, and production operations in close partnership with Product, frontend engineering, QA, and Design.
This is a role for a balanced people manager with strong backend technical depth—someone who enjoys coaching engineers, strengthening delivery and operational quality, and partnering cross-functionally to ship reliable, high-impact features for the Flights business.
This role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.
Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.
Own the team’s technical roadmap and align priorities with Flights product goals, technical health, and the broader Meta Search strategy.
Drive backend architecture and engineering decisions across the flight search domain, including APIs, service architecture, quality, scalability, and maintainability.
Partner closely with the Flights Product Manager, Flights Meta frontend engineering leadership, QA, and Design to plan and deliver complex cross-functional work.
Ensure features are properly refined before sprint commitment, with clear Definition of Done, visible ownership, and strong coordination across backend and frontend work streams.
Improve execution by reducing blockers, strengthening developer handoffs, and avoiding unnecessary waterfall patterns between backend and frontend delivery.
Raise the bar on production readiness through strong practices in testing, code coverage, monitoring, logging, performance validation, and operational readiness.
Support reliable operation of the Flights business by helping the team respond effectively to incidents, use production tooling well, and communicate clearly during high-severity issues.
Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that encourages accountability, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and high engineering standards.
Recruit, onboard, and grow backend engineering talent to support the Flights Meta roadmap over time.
8+ years of backend or platform software development experience, with strong knowledge of distributed systems and service architecture.
A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
Experience leading or managing backend engineers, with a strong track record in coaching, performance management, and team development.
Strong technical fundamentals in API design, backend frameworks, software architecture, and modern engineering best practices.
Confidence with observability and monitoring tools, and a track record of improving reliability and operational excellence.
Strong project leadership skills, including the ability to prioritize across roadmap work, technical debt, and cross-team dependencies.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, design, and business stakeholders.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Experience with Java and modern backend frameworks in production environments is strongly preferred.
Experience leading teams in agile development environments, including sprint planning, refinement, and cross-functional delivery, is strongly preferred.
Experience working on search, booking, or other high-throughput systems is a strong plus.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 6000 EUR up to 7080 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 15% percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 50,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
Salary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nKAYAK is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Flights Meta Backend team within our Meta Search business unit.. This team owns backend leadership for flight-vertical decisions and issues, and works across flight search systems, endpoints, experiments, observability, and production operations in close partnership with Product, frontend engineering, QA, and Design.\n\nThis is a role for a balanced people manager with strong backend technical depth—someone who enjoys coaching engineers, strengthening delivery and operational quality, and partnering cross-functionally to ship reliable, high-impact features for the Flights business.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:\n\n - Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.\n\n - Own the team’s technical roadmap and align priorities with Flights product goals, technical health, and the broader Meta Search strategy.\n\n - Drive backend architecture and engineering decisions across the flight search domain, including APIs, service architecture, quality, scalability, and maintainability.\n\n - Partner closely with the Flights Product Manager, Flights Meta frontend engineering leadership, QA, and Design to plan and deliver complex cross-functional work.\n\n - Ensure features are properly refined before sprint commitment, with clear Definition of Done, visible ownership, and strong coordination across backend and frontend work streams.\n\n - Improve execution by reducing blockers, strengthening developer handoffs, and avoiding unnecessary waterfall patterns between backend and frontend delivery.\n\n - Raise the bar on production readiness through strong practices in testing, code coverage, monitoring, logging, performance validation, and operational readiness.\n\n - Support reliable operation of the Flights business by helping the team respond effectively to incidents, use production tooling well, and communicate clearly during high-severity issues.\n\n - Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that encourages accountability, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and high engineering standards.\n\n - Recruit, onboard, and grow backend engineering talent to support the Flights Meta roadmap over time.\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 8+ years of backend or platform software development experience, with strong knowledge of distributed systems and service architecture.\n\n - A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.\n\n - Experience leading or managing backend engineers, with a strong track record in coaching, performance management, and team development.\n\n - Strong technical fundamentals in API design, backend frameworks, software architecture, and modern engineering best practices.\n\n - Confidence with observability and monitoring tools, and a track record of improving reliability and operational excellence.\n\n - Strong project leadership skills, including the ability to prioritize across roadmap work, technical debt, and cross-team dependencies.\n\n - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, design, and business stakeholders.\n\n - 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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 at our core 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 looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Business Intelligence team.
Our team builds and operates the data backbone that serves as the single source of truth for the organization. We manage KAYAK’s business-critical reporting to support billing and provide the foundation for company-wide reporting and analytics.
If you want to build the systems that define how the business measures success, we’d love to hear from you.
This role will be required to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.
Architect for scale: Develop and monitor robust data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Rundeck/Airflow that handle large-scale data volumes with high reliability.
Optimize performance: Design performant data models and optimize complex SQL queries for high-scale environments.
Ensure data reliability: build automated checks and alerts to catch errors early so financial and operational reports remain accurate.
Increase data access: automate repetitive tasks and build self-service tools to make data easier to use across teams.
Drive engineering excellence: experiment with and leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
Work with partners across the company: translate business questions into practical, maintainable technical solutions.
5+ years of proven experience in data engineering or analytics engineering within a related data-centric environment.
Experience owning end-to-end data pipelines (ingest → transform → test → monitor).
Strong SQL skills and familiarity with distributed/columnar/OLAP systems (examples: Redshift, Trino, Vertica) and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres).
Proficiency in Python and a software-engineering approach to building testable, maintainable code.
Experience with workflow orchestration and containerization (examples: Airflow, Docker).
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for investigating data issues.
Strong written and spoken English to communicate effectively across teams.
Stream processing or real-time systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink).
Modern BI tooling (e.g., Looker, Superset).
CI/CD and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions).
Web frameworks for internal tools (e.g., Django, Flask).
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
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday
Free lunch 2 days per week
Pension plan contributions
Public transportation subsidies
Bike leasing program
Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"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.\n\nAs 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 at our core 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.\n\n\n\nWe are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Business Intelligence team.\n\nOur team builds and operates the data backbone that serves as the single source of truth for the organization. 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NICE-TO-HAVE EXPERIENCE:\n\n - Stream processing or real-time systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink).\n\n - Modern BI tooling (e.g., Looker, Superset).\n\n - CI/CD and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions).\n\n - Web frameworks for internal tools (e.g., Django, Flask).\n \n\n \n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - 6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Pension plan contributions\n\n - Public transportation subsidies\n\n - Bike leasing program\n\n - Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams\n\n - An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin\n \n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. 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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.
At KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As a Sr. Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.
This role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.
Own end-to-end delivery for one or more agile engineering teams, ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software aligned with product and business objectives, measured against clear KPIs.
Define and drive the technical roadmap for your team's domain — collaborating with product managers and peer engineering leaders to translate business goals into a prioritized, executable plan.
Design and enforce engineering best practices across the team's codebase, including coding standards, testing strategies, observability, and clear Definition of Done criteria, raising the overall quality bar.
Lead hiring and performance management for a team of software engineers, owning the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through career development, performance reviews, and promotions.
Coach and develop engineers at all levels — including senior engineers and emerging technical leads — through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and deliberate career conversations that build the next generation of leaders.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and peer engineering managers to plan and deliver complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring clear alignment on scope, dependencies, and timelines.
Identify and remove delivery risks proactively — whether organizational, technical, or process-related — and drive improvements without waiting to be directed, keeping the team operating at high velocity.
Champion a culture of quality and continuous improvement, embedding practices such as blameless post-mortems, structured incident response, and iterative process refinement into the team's day-to-day rhythm.
Influence technical architecture across the team's domain by preparing and participating in design reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are built for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Help build and shape the engineering presence, contributing to local talent acquisition, onboarding, and team culture as part of the organization's strategic expansion of its engineering hub.
3+ years of experience leading engineering teams within the travel industry focused on supplier integrations (such as flights, hotels, or trains using Direct APIs, GDS, NDC, NDC[X]) or managing teams executing large-scale third-party content integrations.
10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.
Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.
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
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday
Free lunch 2 days per week
Pension plan contributions
Public transportation subsidies
Bike leasing program
Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
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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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. 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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.
At KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As a Sr. Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.
This role will be required to work from our Vilnius office at least 3 days per week.
Own end-to-end delivery for one or more agile engineering teams, ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software aligned with product and business objectives, measured against clear KPIs.
Define and drive the technical roadmap for your team's domain — collaborating with product managers and peer engineering leaders to translate business goals into a prioritized, executable plan.
Design and enforce engineering best practices across the team's codebase, including coding standards, testing strategies, observability, and clear Definition of Done criteria, raising the overall quality bar.
Lead hiring and performance management for a team of software engineers, owning the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through career development, performance reviews, and promotions.
Coach and develop engineers at all levels — including senior engineers and emerging technical leads — through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and deliberate career conversations that build the next generation of leaders.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and peer engineering managers to plan and deliver complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring clear alignment on scope, dependencies, and timelines.
Identify and remove delivery risks proactively — whether organizational, technical, or process-related — and drive improvements without waiting to be directed, keeping the team operating at high velocity.
Champion a culture of quality and continuous improvement, embedding practices such as blameless post-mortems, structured incident response, and iterative process refinement into the team's day-to-day rhythm.
Influence technical architecture across the team's domain by preparing and participating in design reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are built for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Help build and shape the engineering presence, contributing to local talent acquisition, onboarding, and team culture as part of the organization's strategic expansion of its engineering hub.
3+ years of experience leading engineering teams within the travel industry focused on supplier integrations (such as flights, hotels, or trains using Direct APIs, GDS, NDC, NDC[X]) or managing teams executing large-scale third-party content integrations.
10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.
Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 7080 EUR up to 7900 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 15% percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 50,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
Salary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.
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
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nAt KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. 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equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.\n\n - A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.\n\n - A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation\n\n - Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.\n\n - Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.\n\n - Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.\n\n - Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.\n\n - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.\n\n - Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.\n\n - Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.\n\n - Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.\n\n - A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.\n\n\n\n\nCOMPENSATION:\n\nSalary consists of three elements:\n\nBase pay: from 7080 EUR up to 7900 EUR gross monthly.\nIn addition:\n\n - Significant yearly bonuses, approx 15% percent of annual salary.\n\n - Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 50,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.\n\nSalary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Funds for your career growth\n\n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Generous additional Health Insurance\n\n - Flexible sick time off\n\n - Additional financial support for your sick leave\n\n - Additional day off on your birthday\n\n - Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)\n\n - Additional financial support during parental leave\n\n - Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office\n\n - Paid volunteering time\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!\n\n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Internal Communities\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. 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At KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.
This role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.
In this role you will:
Own end-to-end delivery for one or more agile engineering teams, ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software aligned with product and business objectives, measured against clear KPIs.
Define and drive the technical roadmap for your team's domain — collaborating with product managers and peer engineering leaders to translate business goals into a prioritized, executable plan.
Design and enforce engineering best practices across the team's codebase, including coding standards, testing strategies, observability, and clear Definition of Done criteria, raising the overall quality bar.
Lead hiring and performance management for a team of software engineers, owning the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through career development, performance reviews, and promotions.
Coach and develop engineers at all levels — including senior engineers and emerging technical leads — through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and deliberate career conversations that build the next generation of leaders.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and peer engineering managers to plan and deliver complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring clear alignment on scope, dependencies, and timelines.
Identify and remove delivery risks proactively — whether organizational, technical, or process-related — and drive improvements without waiting to be directed, keeping the team operating at high velocity.
Champion a culture of quality and continuous improvement, embedding practices such as blameless post-mortems, structured incident response, and iterative process refinement into the team's day-to-day rhythm.
Influence technical architecture across the team's domain by preparing and participating in design reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are built for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Help build and shape the engineering presence, contributing to local talent acquisition, onboarding, and team culture as part of the organization's strategic expansion of its engineering hub.
Please apply if you have:
1+ years of experience leading engineering teams within the travel industry focused on supplier integrations (such as flights, hotels, or trains using Direct APIs, GDS, NDC, NDC[X]) or managing teams executing large-scale third-party content integrations.
8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.
Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.
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
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday
Free lunch 2 days per week
Pension plan contributions
Public transportation subsidies
Bike leasing program
Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nAt KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.\n\n\n\nIn this role you will:\n\n - Own end-to-end delivery for one or more agile engineering teams, ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software aligned with product and business objectives, measured against clear KPIs.\n\n - Define and drive the technical roadmap for your team's domain — collaborating with product managers and peer engineering leaders to translate business goals into a prioritized, executable plan.\n\n - Design and enforce engineering best practices across the team's codebase, including coding standards, testing strategies, observability, and clear Definition of Done criteria, raising the overall quality bar.\n\n - Lead hiring and performance management for a team of software engineers, owning the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through career development, performance reviews, and promotions.\n\n - Coach and develop engineers at all levels — including senior engineers and emerging technical leads — through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and deliberate career conversations that build the next generation of leaders.\n\n - Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and peer engineering managers to plan and deliver complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring clear alignment on scope, dependencies, and timelines.\n\n - Identify and remove delivery risks proactively — whether organizational, technical, or process-related — and drive improvements without waiting to be directed, keeping the team operating at high velocity.\n\n - Champion a culture of quality and continuous improvement, embedding practices such as blameless post-mortems, structured incident response, and iterative process refinement into the team's day-to-day rhythm.\n\n - Influence technical architecture across the team's domain by preparing and participating in design reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are built for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.\n\n - Help build and shape the engineering presence, contributing to local talent acquisition, onboarding, and team culture as part of the organization's strategic expansion of its engineering hub.\n\nPlease apply if you have:\n\n - 1+ years of experience leading engineering teams within the travel industry focused on supplier integrations (such as flights, hotels, or trains using Direct APIs, GDS, NDC, NDC[X]) or managing teams executing large-scale third-party content integrations.\n\n - 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.\n\n - A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.\n\n - A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation\n\n - Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.\n\n - Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.\n\n - Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.\n\n - Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.\n\n - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.\n\n - Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.\n\n - Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.\n\n - Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.\n\n - A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - 6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Pension plan contributions\n\n - Public transportation subsidies\n\n - Bike leasing program\n\n - Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams\n\n - An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin\n \n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.\n\n#LI-MP1"},{"id":"86bc7f5a-a947-4dfb-ba22-91133ed59721","title":"Engineering Manager, K4B","department":"Cost Centers","team":"K4B - Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Vilnius Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-07-17T11:13:59.762+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":null,"workplaceType":null,"address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"Lithuania","addressLocality":"Vilnius"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/86bc7f5a-a947-4dfb-ba22-91133ed59721","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/86bc7f5a-a947-4dfb-ba22-91133ed59721/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
At KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.
This role will be required to work from our Vilnius office at least 3 days per week.
Own end-to-end delivery for one or more agile engineering teams, ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software aligned with product and business objectives, measured against clear KPIs.
Define and drive the technical roadmap for your team's domain — collaborating with product managers and peer engineering leaders to translate business goals into a prioritized, executable plan.
Design and enforce engineering best practices across the team's codebase, including coding standards, testing strategies, observability, and clear Definition of Done criteria, raising the overall quality bar.
Lead hiring and performance management for a team of software engineers, owning the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through career development, performance reviews, and promotions.
Coach and develop engineers at all levels — including senior engineers and emerging technical leads — through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and deliberate career conversations that build the next generation of leaders.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and peer engineering managers to plan and deliver complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring clear alignment on scope, dependencies, and timelines.
Identify and remove delivery risks proactively — whether organizational, technical, or process-related — and drive improvements without waiting to be directed, keeping the team operating at high velocity.
Champion a culture of quality and continuous improvement, embedding practices such as blameless post-mortems, structured incident response, and iterative process refinement into the team's day-to-day rhythm.
Influence technical architecture across the team's domain by preparing and participating in design reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are built for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Help build and shape the engineering presence, contributing to local talent acquisition, onboarding, and team culture as part of the organization's strategic expansion of its engineering hub.
1+ years of experience leading engineering teams within the travel industry focused on supplier integrations (such as flights, hotels, or trains using Direct APIs, GDS, NDC, NDC[X]) or managing teams executing large-scale third-party content integrations.
8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.
Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 6000 EUR up to 7080 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 15% percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 50,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
Salary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.
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
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nAt KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Vilnius office at least 3 days per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:\n\n - Own end-to-end delivery for one or more agile engineering teams, ensuring the team consistently ships high-quality software aligned with product and business objectives, measured against clear KPIs.\n\n - Define and drive the technical roadmap for your team's domain — collaborating with product managers and peer engineering leaders to translate business goals into a prioritized, executable plan.\n\n - Design and enforce engineering best practices across the team's codebase, including coding standards, testing strategies, observability, and clear Definition of Done criteria, raising the overall quality bar.\n\n - Lead hiring and performance management for a team of software engineers, owning the full employee lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding through career development, performance reviews, and promotions.\n\n - Coach and develop engineers at all levels — including senior engineers and emerging technical leads — through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and deliberate career conversations that build the next generation of leaders.\n\n - Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and peer engineering managers to plan and deliver complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring clear alignment on scope, dependencies, and timelines.\n\n - Identify and remove delivery risks proactively — whether organizational, technical, or process-related — and drive improvements without waiting to be directed, keeping the team operating at high velocity.\n\n - Champion a culture of quality and continuous improvement, embedding practices such as blameless post-mortems, structured incident response, and iterative process refinement into the team's day-to-day rhythm.\n\n - Influence technical architecture across the team's domain by preparing and participating in design reviews, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are built for scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.\n\n - Help build and shape the engineering presence, contributing to local talent acquisition, onboarding, and team culture as part of the organization's strategic expansion of its engineering hub.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 1+ years of experience leading engineering teams within the travel industry focused on supplier integrations (such as flights, hotels, or trains using Direct APIs, GDS, NDC, NDC[X]) or managing teams executing large-scale third-party content integrations.\n\n - 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.\n\n - A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.\n\n - A track record of steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation\n\n - Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.\n\n - Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions — with a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.\n\n - Experience coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels, including senior engineers and emerging technical leads, through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.\n\n - Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.\n\n - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.\n\n - Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.\n\n - Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.\n\n - Comfort working in a distributed, multilingual engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.\n\n - A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.\n\n\n\n\nCOMPENSATION:\n\nSalary consists of three elements:\n\nBase pay: from 6000 EUR up to 7080 EUR gross monthly.\nIn addition:\n\n - Significant yearly bonuses, approx 15% percent of annual salary.\n\n - Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 50,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.\n\nSalary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Funds for your career growth\n\n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Generous additional Health Insurance\n\n - Flexible sick time off\n\n - Additional financial support for your sick leave\n\n - Additional day off on your birthday\n\n - Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)\n\n - Additional financial support during parental leave\n\n - Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office\n\n - Paid volunteering time\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!\n\n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Internal Communities\n \n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. 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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.
At KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub!
Note, this position is required to work from our Concord or Cambridge, MA office 3 days per week.
In this role, you will:
Lead a cross functional agile team with both frontend and backend engineers, delivering a world class onboarding solution for customers, account management and integration management together with a designer and a product owner
Mentor a team by providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.
Own the team’s technical roadmap, aligning priorities with engineering leadership to support the broader platform strategy.
Champion backend architecture decisions by leading design reviews and collaborating with technical leaders across engineering.
Set and enforce engineering best practices for coding, testing, code coverage, and deployment quality.
Manage day-to-day team operations by removing blockers, balancing the backlog, and maintaining high standards for reliability and security.
Collaborate with engineering managers from other teams and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support product teams across the company.
Monitor team health and delivery metrics, identifying risks early and adjusting priorities as needed.
Champion agile practices and high impact engineering culture within the team
Recruit and onboard frontend/backend engineering talent to support the platform roadmap.
Please apply if you have:
10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
Proven track record of managing teams for 3+ years within B2B SaaS applications, focusing on successfully onboarding enterprise and SMB clients with measurable outcomes.
Ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
Experience steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions, with a strong track record of coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a global engineering organization with teams across time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $190,000 - 235,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-EI1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n\n\nAt KAYAK for Business, we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub!\n\nNote, this position is required to work from our Concord or Cambridge, MA office 3 days per week.\n\n\n\nIn this role, you will:\n\n - Lead a cross functional agile team with both frontend and backend engineers, delivering a world class onboarding solution for customers, account management and integration management together with a designer and a product owner\n\n - Mentor a team by providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.\n\n - Own the team’s technical roadmap, aligning priorities with engineering leadership to support the broader platform strategy.\n\n - Champion backend architecture decisions by leading design reviews and collaborating with technical leaders across engineering.\n\n - Set and enforce engineering best practices for coding, testing, code coverage, and deployment quality.\n\n - Manage day-to-day team operations by removing blockers, balancing the backlog, and maintaining high standards for reliability and security.\n\n - Collaborate with engineering managers from other teams and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support product teams across the company.\n\n - Monitor team health and delivery metrics, identifying risks early and adjusting priorities as needed.\n\n - Champion agile practices and high impact engineering culture within the team\n\n - Recruit and onboard frontend/backend engineering talent to support the platform roadmap.\n\n\n\nPlease apply if you have:\n\n - 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.\n\n - Proven track record of managing teams for 3+ years within B2B SaaS applications, focusing on successfully onboarding enterprise and SMB clients with measurable outcomes.\n\n - Ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.\n\n - Experience steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation\n\n - Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.\n\n - Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions, with a strong track record of coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.\n\n - Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.\n\n - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.\n\n - Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.\n\n - Comfort working in a global engineering organization with teams across time zones and office locations.\n\n - A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.\n\n\n\nBenefits and Perks\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n \n \n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $190,000 - 235,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.\n\n\n\nInclusion\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. 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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.
Our Backend Platform team builds and maintains the core infrastructure, frameworks, and runtime systems that every engineering team at KAYAK relies on. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us in Kaunas and help evolve these shared foundations — improving how we deploy, observe, and scale our services so that product teams across the company can ship faster and more safely. You'll collaborate closely with teammates on technical decisions, contribute to meaningful platform improvements, and grow alongside a supportive group of experienced engineers.
This role requires working from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.
Contribute to the evolution of shared backend platform capabilities, frameworks, and runtime patterns that engineering teams across the company can adopt consistently.
Help shape backend platform direction around Java code structure, service architecture, and standardisation of common runtime patterns such as Spring Boot–based services.
Improve deployment quality and developer velocity by designing better CI/CD workflows, pull-request quality gates, and production-ready release practices.
Contribute to platform roadmap initiatives such as web gateways, multi-cluster deployment, faster pod startup, on-demand test environments, secure service-to-service communication, and AI-driven observability.
Partner with product engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and translate those into platform improvements.
Participate in design reviews, share knowledge with colleagues, and help raise the overall quality of the team's technical output.
4+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, preferably in Java or a similar ecosystem, with strong experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration tools and cloud-native infrastructure.
Solid understanding of backend service architecture, API design, and the trade-offs involved in building shared engineering platforms.
Experience improving CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, or test quality in production environments.
A strong observability and reliability mindset, with practical experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving operational health.
Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams across the company.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Nice to have (not required):
Experience with Spring / Spring Boot and modern JVM performance practices.
Familiarity with multi-cluster deployment models, zero-trust service communication, Kubernetes-hosted developer environments, or ephemeral test environments.
Equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered in place of any specific requirement listed above.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n\n\n\nTHE ROLE\n\nOur Backend Platform team builds and maintains the core infrastructure, frameworks, and runtime systems that every engineering team at KAYAK relies on. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us in Kaunas and help evolve these shared foundations — improving how we deploy, observe, and scale our services so that product teams across the company can ship faster and more safely. You'll collaborate closely with teammates on technical decisions, contribute to meaningful platform improvements, and grow alongside a supportive group of experienced engineers.\n\nThis role requires working from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:\n\n - Contribute to the evolution of shared backend platform capabilities, frameworks, and runtime patterns that engineering teams across the company can adopt consistently.\n\n - Help shape backend platform direction around Java code structure, service architecture, and standardisation of common runtime patterns such as Spring Boot–based services.\n\n - Improve deployment quality and developer velocity by designing better CI/CD workflows, pull-request quality gates, and production-ready release practices.\n\n - Contribute to platform roadmap initiatives such as web gateways, multi-cluster deployment, faster pod startup, on-demand test environments, secure service-to-service communication, and AI-driven observability.\n\n - Partner with product engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and translate those into platform improvements.\n\n - Participate in design reviews, share knowledge with colleagues, and help raise the overall quality of the team's technical output.\n \n \n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 4+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, preferably in Java or a similar ecosystem, with strong experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.\n\n - Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration tools and cloud-native infrastructure.\n\n - Solid understanding of backend service architecture, API design, and the trade-offs involved in building shared engineering platforms.\n\n - Experience improving CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, or test quality in production environments.\n\n - A strong observability and reliability mindset, with practical experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving operational health.\n\n - Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams across the company.\n\n - Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.\n\nNice to have (not required):\n\n - Experience with Spring / Spring Boot and modern JVM performance practices.\n\n - Familiarity with multi-cluster deployment models, zero-trust service communication, Kubernetes-hosted developer environments, or ephemeral test environments.\n\nEquivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered in place of any specific requirement listed above.\n\n\n\n\nCOMPENSATION:\n\nSalary consists of three elements:\n\nBase pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.\nIn addition:\n\n - Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.\n\n - Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.\n \n \n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Funds for your career growth\n\n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Generous additional Health Insurance\n\n - Flexible sick time off\n\n - Additional financial support for your sick leave\n\n - Additional day off on your birthday\n\n - Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)\n\n - Additional financial support during parental leave\n\n - Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office\n\n - Free yoga twice a week\n\n - Paid volunteering time\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!\n\n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Internal Communities\n \n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nIf you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. 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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.
Every machine learning model KAYAK ships depends on reliable, scalable infrastructure to move from experiment to production — and that's exactly what this role makes possible. KAYAK is seeking a Senior MLOps Engineer who will focus on the design and implementation of our machine learning infrastructure and production lifecycle. This is a senior, hands-on role where you will bridge the gap between data science and production engineering.
You will join the Machine Learning Platform team and be responsible for building and maintaining scalable infrastructure & automated pipelines for model training, deployment, and monitoring, ensuring our ML models are reliable, reproducible, and performant. You will work closely with Data Scientists, ML Engineering and Operations teams to transform experimental code into robust, production-ready services at scale.
This role requires commuting to the Berlin office 3 times a week.
Build and maintain ML infrastructure end-to-end: Extend and operate the infrastructure that powers every model we ship — including CI/CD pipelines, model orchestration, and automated training pipelines designed to scale reliably without manual intervention.
Own model deployment and serving: Help define and evolve the standards and tooling for model serving, ensuring low latency and high availability across our ML services.
Develop core MLOps capabilities: Establish and maintain essential infrastructure that functions as reliable, self-service systems for the entire machine learning organization — with a focus on feature stores, model registries, and automated monitoring for performance and data drift.
Operationalize infrastructure for the ML team: Collaborate with Operations to enable Kubernetes (k8s) autoscaling and GPU provisioning, turning these into accessible, self-service tools for ML practitioners — including standing up and operating a Kubernetes-based development cluster and taking models from experimentation to GPU-backed production.
Improve platform reliability and performance: Partner with Operations to design resilient monitoring using advanced observability tooling. Define service-level objectives and implement automation to reduce manual interventions and improve system reliability.
Empower Data Scientists through standardized, optimized workflows: Amplify the impact of the ML team by building clear, well-supported \"golden paths\" — standardized workflows that streamline the model development lifecycle and let Data Scientists focus on modeling while you handle the infrastructure.
Experience building and operating ML platforms in production environments.
Solid working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Linux internals, and model serving at scale.
Familiarity with ML lifecycle tooling, including orchestration frameworks, feature stores, model registries, and drift or performance monitoring.
Experience owning production systems: defining service-level objectives (SLOs), building observability (for example, using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog), participating in incident response, and diagnosing large-scale failures systematically. You look for opportunities to automate repetitive work rather than absorb it.
Comfort writing production-quality code in Python or a comparable language.
Experience modernizing production infrastructure with attention to reliability, risk, and cost — including thoughtful sequencing of work to maintain availability and continuity for live systems.
The ability to take ownership of technical outcomes, advocate for decisions using data, and communicate clearly in writing and in person — to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday
Free lunch 2 days per week
Pension plan contributions
Public transportation subsidies
Bike leasing program
Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nEvery machine learning model KAYAK ships depends on reliable, scalable infrastructure to move from experiment to production — and that's exactly what this role makes possible. KAYAK is seeking a Senior MLOps Engineer who will focus on the design and implementation of our machine learning infrastructure and production lifecycle. This is a senior, hands-on role where you will bridge the gap between data science and production engineering. \n\nYou will join the Machine Learning Platform team and be responsible for building and maintaining scalable infrastructure & automated pipelines for model training, deployment, and monitoring, ensuring our ML models are reliable, reproducible, and performant. You will work closely with Data Scientists, ML Engineering and Operations teams to transform experimental code into robust, production-ready services at scale. \n\nThis role requires commuting to the Berlin office 3 times a week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Build and maintain ML infrastructure end-to-end: Extend and operate the infrastructure that powers every model we ship — including CI/CD pipelines, model orchestration, and automated training pipelines designed to scale reliably without manual intervention.\n\n - Own model deployment and serving: Help define and evolve the standards and tooling for model serving, ensuring low latency and high availability across our ML services.\n\n - Develop core MLOps capabilities: Establish and maintain essential infrastructure that functions as reliable, self-service systems for the entire machine learning organization — with a focus on feature stores, model registries, and automated monitoring for performance and data drift.\n\n - Operationalize infrastructure for the ML team: Collaborate with Operations to enable Kubernetes (k8s) autoscaling and GPU provisioning, turning these into accessible, self-service tools for ML practitioners — including standing up and operating a Kubernetes-based development cluster and taking models from experimentation to GPU-backed production.\n\n - Improve platform reliability and performance: Partner with Operations to design resilient monitoring using advanced observability tooling. Define service-level objectives and implement automation to reduce manual interventions and improve system reliability.\n\n - Empower Data Scientists through standardized, optimized workflows: Amplify the impact of the ML team by building clear, well-supported \"golden paths\" — standardized workflows that streamline the model development lifecycle and let Data Scientists focus on modeling while you handle the infrastructure.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - Experience building and operating ML platforms in production environments.\n\n - Solid working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Linux internals, and model serving at scale.\n\n - Familiarity with ML lifecycle tooling, including orchestration frameworks, feature stores, model registries, and drift or performance monitoring.\n\n - Experience owning production systems: defining service-level objectives (SLOs), building observability (for example, using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog), participating in incident response, and diagnosing large-scale failures systematically. 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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 seeking a Manager, Kubernetes Operations to lead the team responsible for the reliability, scalability, and security of our container orchestration platform. In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with a genuine passion for people leadership — guiding a team of platform engineers while shaping the strategy that keeps our containerized production environment running at global scale. You will be a key partner to engineering, security, and infrastructure teams, helping KAYAK move faster and more safely by building a platform your colleagues can depend on.
In this role you will:
Own the technical roadmap and operational strategy for the Kubernetes platform, ensuring cluster reliability, scalability, and security across production and non-production environments.
Lead a team of container platform engineers, taking full responsibility for hiring, performance management, and career development to build a high-performing, inclusive team.
Deliver a continuously improving container platform by driving cluster lifecycle management — including version upgrades, node provisioning, capacity planning, and workload migration from legacy orchestration platforms.
Coach engineers on Kubernetes best practices, container security, RBAC design, and operational excellence, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous learning.
Collaborate closely with software engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure containerized workloads are reliable, observable, and deployable with confidence.
Drive the adoption of infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices for cluster configuration and application deployment, reducing manual toil and improving consistency across environments.
Design and enforce standards for Kubernetes observability — including metrics collection, alerting, and dashboarding — so the team can detect and resolve incidents quickly and conduct effective post-incident reviews.
Hold the team to a high standard of operational excellence, including on-call practices, incident response, and blameless post-mortems.
Collaborate with adjacent operations and engineering leaders to align the Kubernetes platform roadmap with broader infrastructure and product engineering goals.
Advance the team's security posture by partnering with security teams on cluster hardening, network policy enforcement, and compliance requirements.
Please apply if you have:
8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform/infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role.
A proven track record of operating large-scale, 24/7 production Kubernetes environments, including cluster lifecycle management (upgrades, node provisioning, capacity planning) and workload migration from legacy container orchestration platforms.
Deep, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes — including RBAC design, network policy, cluster hardening, and multi-environment operations spanning on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
A strong technical foundation in both on premise and cloud infrastructure (GCP and/or AWS) and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Experience as a people manager with a demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain engineering talent, and a commitment to building inclusive, high-performing teams.
Solid experience with modern observability tooling — such as Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent — including alerting, dashboarding, and incident-driven tuning.
Proficiency in at least one scripting or automation language (Python, Go, or Bash) to support infrastructure-as-code workflows and reduce operational toil.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision and work effectively with cross-functional engineering, security, and product teams.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
EQUITY ELIGIBLE
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $175,000-$200,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AC1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\n \n\nAs 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.\n\n \n\nKAYAK is seeking a Manager, Kubernetes Operations to lead the team responsible for the reliability, scalability, and security of our container orchestration platform. In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with a genuine passion for people leadership — guiding a team of platform engineers while shaping the strategy that keeps our containerized production environment running at global scale. You will be a key partner to engineering, security, and infrastructure teams, helping KAYAK move faster and more safely by building a platform your colleagues can depend on.\n\n \n\nIn this role you will:\n\n - Own the technical roadmap and operational strategy for the Kubernetes platform, ensuring cluster reliability, scalability, and security across production and non-production environments.\n\n - Lead a team of container platform engineers, taking full responsibility for hiring, performance management, and career development to build a high-performing, inclusive team.\n\n - Deliver a continuously improving container platform by driving cluster lifecycle management — including version upgrades, node provisioning, capacity planning, and workload migration from legacy orchestration platforms.\n\n - Coach engineers on Kubernetes best practices, container security, RBAC design, and operational excellence, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous learning.\n\n - Collaborate closely with software engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure containerized workloads are reliable, observable, and deployable with confidence.\n\n - Drive the adoption of infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices for cluster configuration and application deployment, reducing manual toil and improving consistency across environments.\n\n - Design and enforce standards for Kubernetes observability — including metrics collection, alerting, and dashboarding — so the team can detect and resolve incidents quickly and conduct effective post-incident reviews.\n\n - Hold the team to a high standard of operational excellence, including on-call practices, incident response, and blameless post-mortems.\n\n - Collaborate with adjacent operations and engineering leaders to align the Kubernetes platform roadmap with broader infrastructure and product engineering goals.\n\n - Advance the team's security posture by partnering with security teams on cluster hardening, network policy enforcement, and compliance requirements.\n\n \n\nPlease apply if you have:\n\n - 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform/infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role.\n\n - A proven track record of operating large-scale, 24/7 production Kubernetes environments, including cluster lifecycle management (upgrades, node provisioning, capacity planning) and workload migration from legacy container orchestration platforms.\n\n - Deep, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes — including RBAC design, network policy, cluster hardening, and multi-environment operations spanning on-premises and cloud infrastructure.\n\n - A strong technical foundation in both on premise and cloud infrastructure (GCP and/or AWS) and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.\n\n - Experience as a people manager with a demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain engineering talent, and a commitment to building inclusive, high-performing teams.\n\n - Solid experience with modern observability tooling — such as Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent — including alerting, dashboarding, and incident-driven tuning.\n\n - Proficiency in at least one scripting or automation language (Python, Go, or Bash) to support infrastructure-as-code workflows and reduce operational toil.\n\n - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision and work effectively with cross-functional engineering, security, and product teams.\n\n - A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n \n\nBenefits and Perks\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n \n - Travel Discounts\n \n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\n \n\nEQUITY ELIGIBLE\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $175,000-$200,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\n \n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.\n\n \n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\n \n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.\n\n\n\n#LI-AC1"},{"id":"9c29a741-7c0d-427d-a35f-bbf7ec117dc8","title":"Senior JAVA Software Engineer","department":"Cost Centers","team":"K4B - Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Kaunas Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-30T06:51:43.723+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"Lithuania","addressLocality":"Kaunas"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/9c29a741-7c0d-427d-a35f-bbf7ec117dc8","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/9c29a741-7c0d-427d-a35f-bbf7ec117dc8/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
We are looking for strong Java backend developers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s world leading search and booking technology. We integrate with over 200 travel partners and link to over 500,000 hotels and 550 airlines. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!
This role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.
Implement new backend search and booking features under the guidance of senior engineers.
Collaborate with the team to improve existing features, focusing on speed and user experience.
Assist in creating and maintaining integrations with third-party APIs.
Education in Computer Science or a related field.
4+ years of experience working with Java.
Familiarity with Spring framework and SQL databases.
Fluent English communication skills.
A willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.
Ability to thrive in a hybrid working model, working at least three office days per week.
Exposure to ElasticSearch or similar search technologies.
Software Engineer salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
#LI-LG1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n \n\nWe are looking for strong Java backend developers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s world leading search and booking technology. We integrate with over 200 travel partners and link to over 500,000 hotels and 550 airlines. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!\n\n \n\nThis role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.\n\n \n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Implement new backend search and booking features under the guidance of senior engineers.\n\n - Collaborate with the team to improve existing features, focusing on speed and user experience.\n\n - Assist in creating and maintaining integrations with third-party APIs.\n\n \n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - Education in Computer Science or a related field.\n\n - 4+ years of experience working with Java.\n\n - Familiarity with Spring framework and SQL databases.\n\n - Fluent English communication skills.\n\n - A willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.\n\n - Ability to thrive in a hybrid working model, working at least three office days per week.\n\n\nBONUS SKILLS:\n\n - Exposure to ElasticSearch or similar search technologies.\n\n \n\n\nCOMPENSATION:\n\nSoftware Engineer salary consists of three elements:\n\nBase pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.\nIn addition:\n\n - Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.\n\n - Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.\n\n \n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Funds for your career growth\n\n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Generous additional Health Insurance\n\n - Flexible sick time off\n\n - Additional financial support for your sick leave\n\n - Additional day off on your birthday\n\n - Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)\n\n - Additional financial support during parental leave\n\n - Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office\n\n - Free yoga twice a week\n\n - Paid volunteering time\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!\n\n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Internal Communities\n\n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nIf you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.\n\n \n \n\n#LI-LG1"},{"id":"157f29d1-2fb2-4284-944d-85081f63683f","title":"Senior Product Designer, Ads","department":"Cost Centers","team":"Product","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Cambridge Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-27T14:15:23.934+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"Massachusetts","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Cambridge"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/157f29d1-2fb2-4284-944d-85081f63683f","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/157f29d1-2fb2-4284-944d-85081f63683f/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our Metasearch design team. You’ll focus primarily on Ads and help design experiences for travelers, advertisers, and partner teams. Your work may also span related products such as SEO, Affiliates, and B2B dashboards. We welcome candidates who have developed their skills through different paths and can demonstrate strong product judgment through their work.
This position requires you to commute to our Cambridge, MA office at least 3 times per week.
Lead end-to-end design for web and mobile across the Ads team and platforms, from early concepts and rapid prototypes through to delivery within an agile team.
Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to translate user needs and business goals into design decisions that improve outcomes for both travelers and advertising partners.
Communicate design rationale and success criteria clearly to cross-functional partners to build shared understanding and alignment across product and engineering.
Plan and conduct qualitative user research; use analytics and experiment results alongside research findings to iterate on your product area.
Raise the quality bar for the team through high-quality, well-reasoned design work, and offer constructive feedback that helps other designers grow.
+4 Years of Experience designing digital products from early exploration through delivery and iteration, with a portfolio that includes both consumer-facing and platform or admin product work.
Strong UX and interaction design skills — including typography, visual hierarchy, and interaction patterns — applied to solve complex product challenges.
Proficiency with modern design, prototyping, and AI-assisted tools such as Figma, with experience contributing to shared design systems.
Familiarity with the full product development process and the ability to ship features in an environment that moves quickly and experiments often.
Comfort working with data: using analytics, experiment results, and qualitative research together to inform decisions and evaluate impact after launch.
Clear communication skills and the ability to break down complex problems and present your thinking to a range of audiences.
The ability to drive your own work forward independently while staying connected to the team and asking for input when it matters.
A curiosity to learn and a willingness to adapt as new challenges emerge.
A working understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
Experience designing advertising, partner-facing, platform, administrative, or B2B products.
Experience contributing to or working with shared design systems.
Familiarity with AI-assisted design or research tools.
Education in Design, HCI, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
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 each year
No-meeting Fridays
Paid parental leave
Generous paid vacation plus time off for your birthday
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch two days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought or required. The approved range for this Massachusetts-based role is $110,000-125,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off, including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays, and paid holidays; and parental leave benefits.
At KAYAK, we want people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to have the opportunity to do meaningful work and grow. We value clear thinking, collaboration, and curiosity—not a particular career path, school, company, or personal style.
If you need an adjustment during the application, interview, or employment process, please let us know. We’ll work with you to provide appropriate support.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nWe’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our Metasearch design team. You’ll focus primarily on Ads and help design experiences for travelers, advertisers, and partner teams. Your work may also span related products such as SEO, Affiliates, and B2B dashboards. We welcome candidates who have developed their skills through different paths and can demonstrate strong product judgment through their work.\n\nThis position requires you to commute to our Cambridge, MA office at least 3 times per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Lead end-to-end design for web and mobile across the Ads team and platforms, from early concepts and rapid prototypes through to delivery within an agile team.\n\n - Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to translate user needs and business goals into design decisions that improve outcomes for both travelers and advertising partners.\n\n - Communicate design rationale and success criteria clearly to cross-functional partners to build shared understanding and alignment across product and engineering.\n\n - Plan and conduct qualitative user research; use analytics and experiment results alongside research findings to iterate on your product area.\n\n - Raise the quality bar for the team through high-quality, well-reasoned design work, and offer constructive feedback that helps other designers grow.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - +4 Years of Experience designing digital products from early exploration through delivery and iteration, with a portfolio that includes both consumer-facing and platform or admin product work. \n\n - Strong UX and interaction design skills — including typography, visual hierarchy, and interaction patterns — applied to solve complex product challenges.\n\n - Proficiency with modern design, prototyping, and AI-assisted tools such as Figma, with experience contributing to shared design systems.\n\n - Familiarity with the full product development process and the ability to ship features in an environment that moves quickly and experiments often.\n\n - Comfort working with data: using analytics, experiment results, and qualitative research together to inform decisions and evaluate impact after launch.\n\n - Clear communication skills and the ability to break down complex problems and present your thinking to a range of audiences.\n\n - The ability to drive your own work forward independently while staying connected to the team and asking for input when it matters.\n\n - A curiosity to learn and a willingness to adapt as new challenges emerge.\n\n - A working understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.\n\n\nNICE TO HAVE:\n\n - Experience designing advertising, partner-facing, platform, administrative, or B2B products.\n\n - Experience contributing to or working with shared design systems.\n\n - Familiarity with AI-assisted design or research tools.\n\n - Education in Design, HCI, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Company-wide week off each year\n\n - No-meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation plus time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch two days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought or required. The approved range for this Massachusetts-based role is $110,000-125,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off, including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays, and paid holidays; and parental leave benefits.\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt KAYAK, we want people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to have the opportunity to do meaningful work and grow. We value clear thinking, collaboration, and curiosity—not a particular career path, school, company, or personal style.\n\nIf you need an adjustment during the application, interview, or employment process, please let us know. We’ll work with you to provide appropriate support.\n\n#LI-AS1"},{"id":"e01deda4-792c-4ffb-88c6-ad06a5951319","title":"Sr. Director, Media Planning and Buying","department":"Cost Centers","team":"Commercial Marketing","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Cambridge Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-27T14:46:10.267+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"Massachusetts","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Cambridge"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/e01deda4-792c-4ffb-88c6-ad06a5951319","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/e01deda4-792c-4ffb-88c6-ad06a5951319/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 strategic Senior Director, Media Planning & Buying to shape how we invest in media across markets and channels. You will partner with Brand, Growth, Creative, Analytics, Finance, Product and Commercial teams to build effective, measurable campaigns that support audience growth and business outcomes.
This role will be required to work from our Cambridge, MA office 3 days per week.
Define and lead KAYAK’s multi-market media planning and buying strategy across offline and digital channels.
Own annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization and performance reviews.
Develop integrated media plans spanning TV and video, out-of-home (OOH), radio, paid social, display, programmatic, search and other relevant channels.
Balance brand impact, audience growth, efficiency and measurable business results across media investments.
Establish measurement frameworks and feedback loops to evaluate reach, effectiveness, incrementality, efficiency and return on investment.
Partner with Analytics and external measurement providers on attribution, incrementality testing and media mix modeling.
Use campaign performance, consumer insights, competitive intelligence and market trends to develop clear investment recommendations.
Manage strategic relationships with media agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and other vendors.
Collaborate with Creative and Brand teams to translate audience and media insights into compelling, channel-appropriate campaigns.
Partner with Finance, Product, Growth and Commercial leaders to align media investment with business priorities and communicate trade-offs clearly.
Lead, coach and develop media professionals while building strong working practices across distributed, cross-functional teams.
10+ years of progressive experience in media planning and buying, including responsibility for multi-market campaigns and substantial budgets.
Proven track record of using media investment to drive measurable brand awareness growth while delivering strong ROI and business results.
Demonstrated expertise across offline and digital media, including TV/video, out-of-home, radio, paid social, display, programmatic and search.
A track record of developing and executing integrated media strategies that deliver measurable business results.
Experience leading annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization, vendor negotiation and performance evaluation.
Strong knowledge of marketing measurement, including KPI development, incrementality testing, attribution, media mix modeling (MMM) and ROI or ROAS analysis.
Advanced Excel skills and the ability to use data to develop clear, actionable recommendations.
Experience hiring, managing, coaching and developing high-performing media or marketing teams.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and internal stakeholders.
Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex media decisions to senior audiences.
A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Economics, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $185,000-215,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem—we’ve got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nKAYAK is looking for a strategic Senior Director, Media Planning & Buying to shape how we invest in media across markets and channels. You will partner with Brand, Growth, Creative, Analytics, Finance, Product and Commercial teams to build effective, measurable campaigns that support audience growth and business outcomes.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Cambridge, MA office 3 days per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Define and lead KAYAK’s multi-market media planning and buying strategy across offline and digital channels.\n\n - Own annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization and performance reviews.\n\n - Develop integrated media plans spanning TV and video, out-of-home (OOH), radio, paid social, display, programmatic, search and other relevant channels.\n\n - Balance brand impact, audience growth, efficiency and measurable business results across media investments.\n\n - Establish measurement frameworks and feedback loops to evaluate reach, effectiveness, incrementality, efficiency and return on investment.\n\n - Partner with Analytics and external measurement providers on attribution, incrementality testing and media mix modeling.\n\n - Use campaign performance, consumer insights, competitive intelligence and market trends to develop clear investment recommendations.\n\n - Manage strategic relationships with media agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and other vendors.\n\n - Collaborate with Creative and Brand teams to translate audience and media insights into compelling, channel-appropriate campaigns.\n\n - Partner with Finance, Product, Growth and Commercial leaders to align media investment with business priorities and communicate trade-offs clearly.\n\n - Lead, coach and develop media professionals while building strong working practices across distributed, cross-functional teams.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 10+ years of progressive experience in media planning and buying, including responsibility for multi-market campaigns and substantial budgets.\n\n - Proven track record of using media investment to drive measurable brand awareness growth while delivering strong ROI and business results.\n\n - Demonstrated expertise across offline and digital media, including TV/video, out-of-home, radio, paid social, display, programmatic and search.\n\n - A track record of developing and executing integrated media strategies that deliver measurable business results.\n\n - Experience leading annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization, vendor negotiation and performance evaluation.\n\n - Strong knowledge of marketing measurement, including KPI development, incrementality testing, attribution, media mix modeling (MMM) and ROI or ROAS analysis.\n\n - Advanced Excel skills and the ability to use data to develop clear, actionable recommendations. \n\n - Experience hiring, managing, coaching and developing high-performing media or marketing teams.\n\n - Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and internal stakeholders.\n\n - Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex media decisions to senior audiences.\n\n - A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Economics, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $185,000-215,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? 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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 strategic Senior Director, Media Planning & Buying to shape how we invest in media across markets and channels. You will partner with Brand, Growth, Creative, Analytics, Finance, Product and Commercial teams to build effective, measurable campaigns that support audience growth and business outcomes.
This role will be required to work from our Miami, FL office 3 days per week.
Define and lead KAYAK’s multi-market media planning and buying strategy across offline and digital channels.
Own annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization and performance reviews.
Develop integrated media plans spanning TV and video, out-of-home (OOH), radio, paid social, display, programmatic, search and other relevant channels.
Balance brand impact, audience growth, efficiency and measurable business results across media investments.
Establish measurement frameworks and feedback loops to evaluate reach, effectiveness, incrementality, efficiency and return on investment.
Partner with Analytics and external measurement providers on attribution, incrementality testing and media mix modeling.
Use campaign performance, consumer insights, competitive intelligence and market trends to develop clear investment recommendations.
Manage strategic relationships with media agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and other vendors.
Collaborate with Creative and Brand teams to translate audience and media insights into compelling, channel-appropriate campaigns.
Partner with Finance, Product, Growth and Commercial leaders to align media investment with business priorities and communicate trade-offs clearly.
Lead, coach and develop media professionals while building strong working practices across distributed, cross-functional teams.
10+ years of progressive experience in media planning and buying, including responsibility for multi-market campaigns and substantial budgets.
Proven track record of using media investment to drive measurable brand awareness growth while delivering strong ROI and business results.
Demonstrated expertise across offline and digital media, including TV/video, out-of-home, radio, paid social, display, programmatic and search.
A track record of developing and executing integrated media strategies that deliver measurable business results.
Experience leading annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization, vendor negotiation and performance evaluation.
Strong knowledge of marketing measurement, including KPI development, incrementality testing, attribution, media mix modeling (MMM) and ROI or ROAS analysis.
Advanced Excel skills and the ability to use data to develop clear, actionable recommendations.
Experience hiring, managing, coaching and developing high-performing media or marketing teams.
Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and internal stakeholders.
Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex media decisions to senior audiences.
A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Economics, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem—we’ve got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nKAYAK is looking for a strategic Senior Director, Media Planning & Buying to shape how we invest in media across markets and channels. You will partner with Brand, Growth, Creative, Analytics, Finance, Product and Commercial teams to build effective, measurable campaigns that support audience growth and business outcomes.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Miami, FL office 3 days per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Define and lead KAYAK’s multi-market media planning and buying strategy across offline and digital channels.\n\n - Own annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization and performance reviews.\n\n - Develop integrated media plans spanning TV and video, out-of-home (OOH), radio, paid social, display, programmatic, search and other relevant channels.\n\n - Balance brand impact, audience growth, efficiency and measurable business results across media investments.\n\n - Establish measurement frameworks and feedback loops to evaluate reach, effectiveness, incrementality, efficiency and return on investment.\n\n - Partner with Analytics and external measurement providers on attribution, incrementality testing and media mix modeling.\n\n - Use campaign performance, consumer insights, competitive intelligence and market trends to develop clear investment recommendations.\n\n - Manage strategic relationships with media agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and other vendors.\n\n - Collaborate with Creative and Brand teams to translate audience and media insights into compelling, channel-appropriate campaigns.\n\n - Partner with Finance, Product, Growth and Commercial leaders to align media investment with business priorities and communicate trade-offs clearly.\n\n - Lead, coach and develop media professionals while building strong working practices across distributed, cross-functional teams.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 10+ years of progressive experience in media planning and buying, including responsibility for multi-market campaigns and substantial budgets.\n\n - Proven track record of using media investment to drive measurable brand awareness growth while delivering strong ROI and business results.\n\n - Demonstrated expertise across offline and digital media, including TV/video, out-of-home, radio, paid social, display, programmatic and search.\n\n - A track record of developing and executing integrated media strategies that deliver measurable business results.\n\n - Experience leading annual and quarterly media planning cycles, including budget allocation, forecasting, pacing, optimization, vendor negotiation and performance evaluation.\n\n - Strong knowledge of marketing measurement, including KPI development, incrementality testing, attribution, media mix modeling (MMM) and ROI or ROAS analysis.\n\n - Advanced Excel skills and the ability to use data to develop clear, actionable recommendations. \n\n - Experience hiring, managing, coaching and developing high-performing media or marketing teams.\n\n - Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior agencies, publishers, broadcasters, technology partners and internal stakeholders.\n\n - Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex media decisions to senior audiences.\n\n - A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business, Economics, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem—we’ve got you.\n\n#LI-AS1"},{"id":"3d64ffdf-5cec-4bf1-b0c7-53acee834163","title":"Staff Data Platform Engineer","department":"Cost Centers","team":"Data","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Berlin Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-02T08:27:38.203+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"Germany","addressLocality":"Berlin"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/3d64ffdf-5cec-4bf1-b0c7-53acee834163","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/3d64ffdf-5cec-4bf1-b0c7-53acee834163/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 leveraging AI and data to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
We are looking for a Staff Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform team. Our team builds and operates the shared foundation that powers analytics, machine learning, business intelligence and AI-driven experiences across the entire company. As a senior individual contributor, you will shape how we move, store, govern, and serve data at scale, enabling every downstream team to build faster and with greater confidence.
If you enjoy turning ambiguity into clear technical direction and durable solutions, we’d love to hear from you.
This role will be required to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.
Design and evolve the architecture of KAYAK’s shared Data Platform, including near-real-time streaming, lakehouse storage, schema management, semantic layer, and distributed query infrastructure. Make thoughtful trade-offs between latency, correctness, cost, and long-term maintainability.
Deliver high-impact platform initiatives end-to-end — from problem framing and architecture design through implementation, rollout, and operational handoff.
Define and promote technical standards for data contracts, schema evolution, ingestion patterns, and production readiness across platform and domain teams.
Lead high-impact platform initiatives from problem framing and architecture design through implementation, rollout, and operational handoff.
Develop reusable patterns and reference architectures for streaming ingestion, compaction, retention, schema governance, observability, and other recurring data engineering challenges.
Establish reliable observability across the platform, including pipeline monitoring, consumer lag tracking, data quality checks, and alerting.
Collaborate closely with Operations, Security, Engineering, Data Engineering, and Data Science, and Analytics to evolve the platform, build cross-functional support, and ensure the platform meets the needs of its users.
Drive the semantic layer and metadata strategy that supports consistent and trusted self-service analytics and AI-driven data access.
Evaluate technologies and approaches across streaming, storage, query, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure, balancing scalability, operational complexity, cost, and maintainability.
Coach and mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing, and reusable technical guidance.
Own the most complex architectural and operational challenges on the data platform, including failure recovery, schema drift, partition management, and performance degradation.
7+ years of professional experience in data engineering, with meaningful time spent at a senior or staff level with domain-wide technical scope.
Experience designing and operating lakehouse architectures at scale — including open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg), columnar storage (Parquet) and cloud object storage (e.g. S3)
Experience building and operating streaming data pipelines — including event-driven ingestion, exactly-once delivery semantics, consumer lag management, checkpoint and recovery strategies, and failure handling in production environments.
Hands-on experience with data contracts, data governance, metadata, or semantic-layer systems.
Strong Python skills and a track record of writing maintainable, testable production code.
Experience deploying and operating data workloads on Kubernetes — including managing containerized infrastructure, resource tuning and health checks.
Proven ability to influence multiple teams, communicate architectural trade-offs, and drive adoption.
Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards through code reviews, documentation, and reusable patterns.
Comfort taking ownership of broad, ambiguous problem spaces.
To stand out:
Distributed query engines such as Trino.
Experience with Kafka, Flink, or comparable streaming technologies.
Workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.
Experience with AWS or an equivalent public cloud provider.
CI/CD and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions).
Working knowledge of Java or another JVM-based language, given the JVM-based nature of several frameworks in this domain.
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
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday
Free lunch 2 days per week
Pension plan contributions
Public transportation subsidies
Bike leasing program
Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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 leveraging AI and data to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.\n\nWe are looking for a Staff Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform team. Our team builds and operates the shared foundation that powers analytics, machine learning, business intelligence and AI-driven experiences across the entire company. As a senior individual contributor, you will shape how we move, store, govern, and serve data at scale, enabling every downstream team to build faster and with greater confidence.\n\nIf you enjoy turning ambiguity into clear technical direction and durable solutions, we’d love to hear from you.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.\n\n \n \n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Design and evolve the architecture of KAYAK’s shared Data Platform, including near-real-time streaming, lakehouse storage, schema management, semantic layer, and distributed query infrastructure. Make thoughtful trade-offs between latency, correctness, cost, and long-term maintainability.\n\n - Deliver high-impact platform initiatives end-to-end — from problem framing and architecture design through implementation, rollout, and operational handoff.\n\n - Define and promote technical standards for data contracts, schema evolution, ingestion patterns, and production readiness across platform and domain teams.\n\n - Lead high-impact platform initiatives from problem framing and architecture design through implementation, rollout, and operational handoff.\n\n - Develop reusable patterns and reference architectures for streaming ingestion, compaction, retention, schema governance, observability, and other recurring data engineering challenges.\n\n - Establish reliable observability across the platform, including pipeline monitoring, consumer lag tracking, data quality checks, and alerting.\n\n - Collaborate closely with Operations, Security, Engineering, Data Engineering, and Data Science, and Analytics to evolve the platform, build cross-functional support, and ensure the platform meets the needs of its users.\n\n - Drive the semantic layer and metadata strategy that supports consistent and trusted self-service analytics and AI-driven data access.\n\n - Evaluate technologies and approaches across streaming, storage, query, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure, balancing scalability, operational complexity, cost, and maintainability.\n\n - Coach and mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing, and reusable technical guidance.\n\n - Own the most complex architectural and operational challenges on the data platform, including failure recovery, schema drift, partition management, and performance degradation.\n\n \n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering, with meaningful time spent at a senior or staff level with domain-wide technical scope.\n\n - Experience designing and operating lakehouse architectures at scale — including open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg), columnar storage (Parquet) and cloud object storage (e.g. S3)\n\n - Experience building and operating streaming data pipelines — including event-driven ingestion, exactly-once delivery semantics, consumer lag management, checkpoint and recovery strategies, and failure handling in production environments.\n\n - Hands-on experience with data contracts, data governance, metadata, or semantic-layer systems.\n\n - Strong Python skills and a track record of writing maintainable, testable production code.\n\n - Experience deploying and operating data workloads on Kubernetes — including managing containerized infrastructure, resource tuning and health checks.\n\n - Proven ability to influence multiple teams, communicate architectural trade-offs, and drive adoption.\n\n - Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards through code reviews, documentation, and reusable patterns.\n\n - Comfort taking ownership of broad, ambiguous problem spaces.\n\nTo stand out:\n\n - Distributed query engines such as Trino.\n\n - Experience with Kafka, Flink, or comparable streaming technologies.\n\n - Workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.\n\n - Experience with AWS or an equivalent public cloud provider.\n\n - CI/CD and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions).\n\n - Working knowledge of Java or another JVM-based language, given the JVM-based nature of several frameworks in this domain.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - 6 weeks paid vacation + a day off for your birthday\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Pension plan contributions\n\n - Public transportation subsidies\n\n - Bike leasing program\n\n - Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams\n\n - An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin\n\n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.\n\n#LI-AS1"},{"id":"e05f7438-4fc6-4a6f-8ea9-7d5c5f02b201","title":"Director of Cyber Security","department":"Cost Centers","team":"IT and Security","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Concord Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-02T18:13:38.466+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"Massachusetts","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Concord"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/e05f7438-4fc6-4a6f-8ea9-7d5c5f02b201","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/e05f7438-4fc6-4a6f-8ea9-7d5c5f02b201/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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's Security team exists to protect the company and its customers through comprehensive, agile, and collaborative security measures — with a human approach to policy, training, and awareness. We follow the NIST Cybersecurity Framework across six domains (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover).
We are looking for a Director of Cybersecurity to lead a global team of security engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced security practitioner who will set direction for our technical security programs, support the growth of their team, and work closely with engineering and infrastructure partners to keep our systems and people secure — balancing strong protection with the business's need for agility and innovation.
This role is required to work from our Concord, MA office 3 days a week.
In this role, you will:
Partner with the CISO and other senior teammates to define and execute the organization’s cyber security strategy, roadmap, and operating model, ensuring security initiatives are measurable, operationally actionable, and aligned with business priorities.
Lead, mentor, and support a global team of security engineers across multiple disciplines, including incident response, vulnerability management, identity and access management and application security.
Own the day-to-day operations of the security program — including threat detection and response, vulnerability management, and endpoint security — and ensure the team has the support and clarity needed to execute effectively.
Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to embed security into how we build and operate systems.
Manage vendor relationships and contribute to budget planning for security tooling and services.
Support the hiring, onboarding, and career development of your team members, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Explore and champion the use of AI and automation to improve how the team operates — this is an active area of investment for us.
Evaluate emerging threats and technologies, including the security implications of artificial intelligence and other new capabilities.
Please apply if you have:
10 or more years of progressive experience in cybersecurity or a closely related field, including significant people-leadership experience.
Demonstrated success building or maturing security programs in a complex, technology-driven environment.
Strong experience across multiple security domains — such as security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, IAM, cloud security, application security, or security architecture.
Strong technical skills in endpoint and server operating systems (especially Linux), computer networking, firewalls, and Kubernetes.
General understanding of security and compliance frameworks (NIST CSF, CIS, SOC 2, PCI-DSS).
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risk clearly to executives, engineers, and business partners.
Experience developing meaningful security metrics and reporting progress to senior leadership.
The capacity to thrive in a hybrid working model, including the ability to attend the Concord office at least 3 days a week.
A degree in a relevant field is welcome; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are equally valued.
Curiosity about emerging technologies, including how AI and automation can improve security operations.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $180,000-220,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\n \n\nAs 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.\n\n\nKAYAK's Security team exists to protect the company and its customers through comprehensive, agile, and collaborative security measures — with a human approach to policy, training, and awareness. We follow the NIST Cybersecurity Framework across six domains (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover).\n\nWe are looking for a Director of Cybersecurity to lead a global team of security engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced security practitioner who will set direction for our technical security programs, support the growth of their team, and work closely with engineering and infrastructure partners to keep our systems and people secure — balancing strong protection with the business's need for agility and innovation.\n\nThis role is required to work from our Concord, MA office 3 days a week. \n\n \n\nIn this role, you will:\n\n - Partner with the CISO and other senior teammates to define and execute the organization’s cyber security strategy, roadmap, and operating model, ensuring security initiatives are measurable, operationally actionable, and aligned with business priorities.\n\n - Lead, mentor, and support a global team of security engineers across multiple disciplines, including incident response, vulnerability management, identity and access management and application security.\n\n - Own the day-to-day operations of the security program — including threat detection and response, vulnerability management, and endpoint security — and ensure the team has the support and clarity needed to execute effectively.\n\n - Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and product teams to embed security into how we build and operate systems.\n\n - Manage vendor relationships and contribute to budget planning for security tooling and services.\n\n - Support the hiring, onboarding, and career development of your team members, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\n\n - Explore and champion the use of AI and automation to improve how the team operates — this is an active area of investment for us.\n\n - Evaluate emerging threats and technologies, including the security implications of artificial intelligence and other new capabilities.\n\n \n\nPlease apply if you have:\n\n - 10 or more years of progressive experience in cybersecurity or a closely related field, including significant people-leadership experience.\n\n - Demonstrated success building or maturing security programs in a complex, technology-driven environment.\n\n - Strong experience across multiple security domains — such as security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, IAM, cloud security, application security, or security architecture.\n\n - Strong technical skills in endpoint and server operating systems (especially Linux), computer networking, firewalls, and Kubernetes.\n\n - General understanding of security and compliance frameworks (NIST CSF, CIS, SOC 2, PCI-DSS).\n\n - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risk clearly to executives, engineers, and business partners.\n\n - Experience developing meaningful security metrics and reporting progress to senior leadership.\n\n - The capacity to thrive in a hybrid working model, including the ability to attend the Concord office at least 3 days a week.\n\n - A degree in a relevant field is welcome; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are equally valued.\n\n - Curiosity about emerging technologies, including how AI and automation can improve security operations.\n\n \n\nBenefits and Perks\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n \n - Paid parental leave\n \n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n \n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $180,000-220,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\n \n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.\n\n \n\nInclusion\n\nAt 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.\n\n \n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. 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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 at our core 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 Senior Product Designer with experience designing for digital consumer products to help shape and elevate the user experience for our corporate travel shopping experience. As a senior member of the product design team, you will create, test, and deliver web and mobile experiences within an agile software development team. You will be working with a diverse team of Product Managers, Engineers and Designers to influence the strategic direction for your product area(s) by translating insights into ideas that balance business goals, technical constraints, and voice of our customer end-users.
This role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.
Be autonomous and collaborative. Take full ownership of your design work and full responsibility for communication with your teammates. Own the success or failure of your projects.
Interface directly with cross-functional teams and customers to collect the insights and constraints that inform your design decisions.
Rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes for design solutions that drive user and business impact.
Apply systems thinking to approach scalable design solutions and the areas they impact, both now and in the future.
Conduct qualitative user research, analyze findings, and translate insights into actionable improvements to your product area.
Facilitate alignment within cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders by clearly communicating design rationale, scope, and measurable success criteria.
Influence strategic direction for your product area while synthesizing feedback from across the organization and iterating thoughtfully on proposed solutions.
6+ years of experience in a B2B or B2C product design organization
Mastery of user experience and interaction design principles, with demonstrated ability to solve complex product challenges end-to-end.
An understanding of the entire product development process and the ability to ship features inside an ever-growing and experimenting company.
Excellent communication skills, together with analytical thinking and problem-solving capability. Able to break down and simplify sophisticated problems and confidently present to a mixed audience of different levels in the organization.
A human-centered design mentality, with experience conducting usability studies, performing user research, or crafting options for experimentation.
Experience working in a dynamic design process where quantitative and qualitative customer data guide decisions.
Strong time management skills and the ability to be self-directed and prioritize effectively. Demonstrated attention to detail that teammates can rely on.
Proficiency using modern design, user research, prototyping, and AI tools, with experience in testing interactive prototypes and contributing to shared design systems.
A positive demeanor toward your work, including curiosity to learn and a willingness to adapt as new and different challenges constantly emerge.
Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices, including experience designing for screen readers, color contrast, and adaptable text sizes.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a closely related field.
6 weeks of paid vacation
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
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 https://www.kayak.com/business/(K4B).\n\nAs 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 at our core 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.\n\nWe are seeking a Senior Product Designer with experience designing for digital consumer products to help shape and elevate the user experience for our corporate travel shopping experience. As a senior member of the product design team, you will create, test, and deliver web and mobile experiences within an agile software development team. You will be working with a diverse team of Product Managers, Engineers and Designers to influence the strategic direction for your product area(s) by translating insights into ideas that balance business goals, technical constraints, and voice of our customer end-users.\n\nThis role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.\n\n \n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Be autonomous and collaborative. Take full ownership of your design work and full responsibility for communication with your teammates. 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Able to break down and simplify sophisticated problems and confidently present to a mixed audience of different levels in the organization.\n\n - A human-centered design mentality, with experience conducting usability studies, performing user research, or crafting options for experimentation.\n\n - Experience working in a dynamic design process where quantitative and qualitative customer data guide decisions.\n\n - Strong time management skills and the ability to be self-directed and prioritize effectively. Demonstrated attention to detail that teammates can rely on.\n\n - Proficiency using modern design, user research, prototyping, and AI tools, with experience in testing interactive prototypes and contributing to shared design systems.\n\n - A positive demeanor toward your work, including curiosity to learn and a willingness to adapt as new and different challenges constantly emerge.\n\n - Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices, including experience designing for screen readers, color contrast, and adaptable text sizes.\n\n - Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a closely related field.\n\n \n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS:\n\n - 6 weeks of paid vacation\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Pension plan contributions\n\n - Public transportation subsidies\n\n - Bike leasing program\n\n - Monthly social events, massages, Thursday happy hours, sports teams\n\n - An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin\n\n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. 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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 looking for a strong Java Senior Software Engineers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s AI. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!
This role requires commuting to the Concord, MA office 3 times a week.
Design, implement and maintain reliable production software for KAYAK’s travel-search and trip-planning experiences.
Build and evolve APIs and services supporting AI-assisted search, conversational travel planning, itineraries and related user experiences.
Investigate technical problems, assess trade-offs and choose practical solutions that improve reliability, performance and maintainability.
Write automated tests and contribute to quality across unit, integration and end-to-end testing.
Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, providing constructive feedback focused on correctness, clarity and maintainability.
Work with engineers, product managers and designers to clarify requirements and deliver useful, accessible user experiences.
Contribute to features such as ASK AI, smart filters, AI-generated hotel review summaries, Explore and related search experiences.
Help make AI-assisted features dependable, transparent and useful to travelers.
Learn unfamiliar systems and share knowledge with teammates through documentation, pairing and technical discussions.
Monitor and improve production behavior through effective debugging, observability and root-cause analysis.
Contribute to the evolution of development tools, engineering processes and delivery practices.
Experience building and maintaining production software.
Proficiency in Java or another relevant programming language.
Familiarity with APIs, data structures and software-design principles.
Experience testing software and investigating defects or production issues.
The ability to explain technical decisions clearly in writing and conversation.
The ability to take ownership of assigned work while asking for input or support when needed.
Experience contributing to projects from design through implementation, release and maintenance.
Equivalent practical experience is welcome in place of a specific degree or educational path.
Experience with distributed systems, search, personalization or other high-volume consumer products.
Experience with AI, machine learning or large language model applications.
Experience with relational databases or other structured data stores.
Experience working on web products, mobile products or travel-related products.
Experience improving accessibility, reliability or usability.
Experience working with Java and Spring.
Experience with cloud services, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $160,000-180,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nWe are looking for a strong Java Senior Software Engineers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s AI. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!\n\nThis role requires commuting to the Concord, MA office 3 times a week.\n\n \n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Design, implement and maintain reliable production software for KAYAK’s travel-search and trip-planning experiences.\n\n - Build and evolve APIs and services supporting AI-assisted search, conversational travel planning, itineraries and related user experiences.\n\n - Investigate technical problems, assess trade-offs and choose practical solutions that improve reliability, performance and maintainability.\n\n - Write automated tests and contribute to quality across unit, integration and end-to-end testing.\n\n - Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, providing constructive feedback focused on correctness, clarity and maintainability.\n\n - Work with engineers, product managers and designers to clarify requirements and deliver useful, accessible user experiences.\n\n - Contribute to features such as ASK AI, smart filters, AI-generated hotel review summaries, Explore and related search experiences.\n\n - Help make AI-assisted features dependable, transparent and useful to travelers.\n\n - Learn unfamiliar systems and share knowledge with teammates through documentation, pairing and technical discussions.\n\n - Monitor and improve production behavior through effective debugging, observability and root-cause analysis.\n\n - Contribute to the evolution of development tools, engineering processes and delivery practices.\n\n \n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - Experience building and maintaining production software.\n\n - Proficiency in Java or another relevant programming language.\n\n - Familiarity with APIs, data structures and software-design principles.\n\n - Experience testing software and investigating defects or production issues.\n\n - The ability to explain technical decisions clearly in writing and conversation.\n\n - The ability to take ownership of assigned work while asking for input or support when needed.\n\n - Experience contributing to projects from design through implementation, release and maintenance.\n\n - Equivalent practical experience is welcome in place of a specific degree or educational path.\n\n\nTHE FOLLOWING WILL HELP YOU STAND OUT:\n\n - Experience with distributed systems, search, personalization or other high-volume consumer products.\n\n - Experience with AI, machine learning or large language model applications.\n\n - Experience with relational databases or other structured data stores.\n\n - Experience working on web products, mobile products or travel-related products.\n\n - Experience improving accessibility, reliability or usability.\n\n - Experience working with Java and Spring.\n\n - Experience with cloud services, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.\n\n \n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n \n - No meeting Fridays\n \n - Paid parental leave\n \n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n \n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\n \n\n\nCOMPENSATION\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $160,000-180,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.\n\n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. 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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.
Security at KAYAK is a team effort — we protect the people, systems, and data that power travel for millions of users worldwide, and we do it by working closely with engineering, operations, and product teams. As an Associate Security Engineer, you will help to drive our vulnerability management program while contributing across multiple security domains in a collaborative, globally distributed environment. You can find more information about our security program at https://www.kayak.com/security.
This role is required to work from our Berlin, Germany office 3 days per week.
Support and continuously improve the vulnerability management program — defining processes for identifying, prioritizing, tracking, and driving remediation of security findings across infrastructure and applications. This includes working closely with engineering, operations, and IT teams to ensure findings are understood, assigned, and resolved in a timely manner, and reporting on program health and trends to security leadership.
Participate in incident response activities, including triage, investigation, containment, and post-incident documentation.
Support application security initiatives, including automated code scanning, dependency analysis, and working with engineering teams to address security findings early in the development process.
Help configure, monitor, and improve security tooling across areas such as endpoint protection, email security, identity and access management, and cloud security posture.
Contribute to security automation and orchestration workflows that reduce manual effort and improve response times.
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and compliance teams to embed security thinking into development workflows and infrastructure changes.
Document processes, runbooks, and findings to support team knowledge sharing and continuity.
Participate in access reviews and support identity and access management processes in line with established policies.
Stay current with the evolving threat landscape and contribute ideas for improving the team's detection and response capabilities.
A solid understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals — including networking, operating systems (Linux, macOS, or Windows), and cloud environments — gained through any combination of formal education, self-study, bootcamps, or professional experience.
Hands-on experience in at least one security domain, such as vulnerability management, incident response, application security, endpoint security, or identity and access management.
Experience working with security tooling (e.g., vulnerability scanners, endpoint detection and response platforms, SIEM systems, or similar); familiarity with specific tools is a plus, but willingness to learn our stack matters more than exact tool experience.
Familiarity with AI tools and how they can be applied in a security context — whether for automating workflows, triaging alerts, or improving detection and response. Experience working with AI models or building AI-assisted workflows is a plus.
The ability to communicate clearly in writing and in conversation — our team is globally distributed and works primarily in English (professional working proficiency is sufficient; native fluency is not required).
A collaborative approach to problem-solving — you ask questions, share what you learn, and support your teammates.
Comfort working with some degree of autonomy on assigned tasks and projects, while knowing when to ask for input.
Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or similar security frameworks.
Experience with cloud environments (AWS or GCP) or container security.
Exposure to security automation or scripting (e.g., Python, workflow automation tools).
Experience working in a regulated environment (e.g., SOC 2, PCI).
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 thousands 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, Thursday happy hours, sports teams
An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nSecurity at KAYAK is a team effort — we protect the people, systems, and data that power travel for millions of users worldwide, and we do it by working closely with engineering, operations, and product teams. As an Associate Security Engineer, you will help to drive our vulnerability management program while contributing across multiple security domains in a collaborative, globally distributed environment. You can find more information about our security program at https://www.kayak.com/security.\n\nThis role is required to work from our Berlin, Germany office 3 days per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Support and continuously improve the vulnerability management program — defining processes for identifying, prioritizing, tracking, and driving remediation of security findings across infrastructure and applications. This includes working closely with engineering, operations, and IT teams to ensure findings are understood, assigned, and resolved in a timely manner, and reporting on program health and trends to security leadership.\n\n - Participate in incident response activities, including triage, investigation, containment, and post-incident documentation.\n\n - Support application security initiatives, including automated code scanning, dependency analysis, and working with engineering teams to address security findings early in the development process.\n\n - Help configure, monitor, and improve security tooling across areas such as endpoint protection, email security, identity and access management, and cloud security posture.\n\n - Contribute to security automation and orchestration workflows that reduce manual effort and improve response times.\n\n - Collaborate with engineering, operations, and compliance teams to embed security thinking into development workflows and infrastructure changes.\n\n - Document processes, runbooks, and findings to support team knowledge sharing and continuity.\n\n - Participate in access reviews and support identity and access management processes in line with established policies.\n\n - Stay current with the evolving threat landscape and contribute ideas for improving the team's detection and response capabilities.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - A solid understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals — including networking, operating systems (Linux, macOS, or Windows), and cloud environments — gained through any combination of formal education, self-study, bootcamps, or professional experience.\n\n - Hands-on experience in at least one security domain, such as vulnerability management, incident response, application security, endpoint security, or identity and access management.\n\n - Experience working with security tooling (e.g., vulnerability scanners, endpoint detection and response platforms, SIEM systems, or similar); familiarity with specific tools is a plus, but willingness to learn our stack matters more than exact tool experience.\n\n - Familiarity with AI tools and how they can be applied in a security context — whether for automating workflows, triaging alerts, or improving detection and response. Experience working with AI models or building AI-assisted workflows is a plus.\n\n - The ability to communicate clearly in writing and in conversation — our team is globally distributed and works primarily in English (professional working proficiency is sufficient; native fluency is not required).\n\n - A collaborative approach to problem-solving — you ask questions, share what you learn, and support your teammates.\n\n - Comfort working with some degree of autonomy on assigned tasks and projects, while knowing when to ask for input.\n\n\nBONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or similar security frameworks.\n\n - Experience with cloud environments (AWS or GCP) or container security.\n\n - Exposure to security automation or scripting (e.g., Python, workflow automation tools).\n\n - Experience working in a regulated environment (e.g., SOC 2, PCI).\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - 6 weeks paid vacation\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Pension plan contributions\n\n - Public transportation subsidies\n\n - Bike leasing program\n\n - Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours, sports teams\n\n - An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin\n\n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.\n\n#LI-AS1"},{"id":"6fcd74dc-0d96-411d-a238-a9dbaca3d555","title":"Senior Compliance Specialist, FCRM & Ethics","department":"Cost Centers","team":"Legal","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Concord Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-11T14:42:02.080+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"Massachusetts","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Concord"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/6fcd74dc-0d96-411d-a238-a9dbaca3d555","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/6fcd74dc-0d96-411d-a238-a9dbaca3d555/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 seeking a motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive Senior Compliance Specialist to join our dynamic in-house legal and compliance team! This versatile role is essential for the smooth operation of our Compliance & Ethics, Financial Crime Risk Management, and Regulatory programs. We are looking for an upbeat self-starter who is highly organized, thrives in a fast-paced technology environment, and is eager to make a lasting impact on our organization.
This position requires a presence in our Concord, MA office three days per week.
Support the day-to-day operation of KAYAK's Compliance & Ethics, Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) programs, including policy guidance, training coordination, and monitoring activities.
Help manage conflicts of interest disclosures, gifts and entertainment reviews, and anti-bribery and corruption processes.
Coordinate Know Your Partner (KYP) and risk-based third-party due diligence for prospective and existing partners, including information collection, review, follow-up, documentation, and escalation.
Assist with sanctions and restricted-country screening, supporting the Booking Holdings Financial Crime Risk Management Centre of Excellence and escalating issues to the appropriate team members as needed.
Identify, document, and escalate potential FCRM, sanctions, ethics, and other compliance risks and issues.
Support risk assessments by gathering information, documenting findings, and tracking approved mitigation actions.
Contribute to compliance training and awareness initiatives, including the Ethics Ambassador Program and compliance communications to employees.
Support regulatory monitoring efforts — tracking new and evolving requirements across US, EU, and UK jurisdictions and helping translate them into actionable guidance for the business.
Help maintain and improve self-service compliance resources, including policies, procedures, process flows, trackers, evidence repositories, and the internal compliance knowledge hub.
Support periodic monitoring, control testing, compliance audits, and preparation of concise reports and management updates.
Identify and support opportunities to use approved AI-enabled tools and workflow automation to streamline compliance processes, while maintaining appropriate human review, data protection, and audibility.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners in People & Culture, Finance, Product, and Engineering on compliance-related matters
5 or more years of experience in compliance and ethics, FCRM, sanctions, AML/KYC, third-party risk, legal operations, or a closely related control function - equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams independently and meet deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can explain a complex requirement clearly to someone who is not a lawyer or compliance professional.
Sound judgment and the ability to recognize when a situation calls for escalation, even when the right answer is not obvious.
Experience building productive working relationships across teams and functions.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office or Google Workspace tools, including spreadsheets and presentation software.
A positive, \"can-do\" mentality and a genuine eagerness to learn and contribute to a wide range of projects.
The following are helpful but not required:
Familiarity with one or more of the following areas: sanctions screening and OFAC concepts, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-bribery and corruption, financial crime risks and controls, consumer protection regulation, or platform regulation (such as the EU Digital Services Act or Digital Markets Act).
Experience working in a technology company, travel industry, or similarly fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional environment.
Experience using compliance, workflow, or case-management systems (e.g., learning management systems, helpline platforms, or document management tools).
Interest in using AI and automation tools to improve compliance workflows, documentation, or reporting.
Compliance, FCRM, AML, sanctions, or ethics certification such as CCEP, CAMS, or ICA.
We know that no candidate will check every box. If you meet most of these criteria and are excited about this work, we encourage you to apply.
Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Focus on mental health and well-being:
Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
Compensation
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $110,000 - 130,000 USD.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.
KAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).
This position is based in our Cambridge, MA office at least 3 times per week.
Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships
Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization
Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners
Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded
Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals
Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners
Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers
7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields
Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally
Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences
Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis
Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers
Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment
Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry
Experience in tech a major plus
Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”
Experience working with global teams in multiple locations
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $135,000-$155,000.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AC1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nKAYAK for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.\n\nKAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).\n\nThis position is based in our Cambridge, MA office at least 3 times per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships\n\n - Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization\n\n - Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners\n\n - Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded\n\n - Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals\n\n - Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners\n\n - Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields\n\n - Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally\n\n - Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences\n\n - Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis\n\n - Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers\n\n - Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment\n\n - Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry\n\n - Experience in tech a major plus\n\n - Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”\n\n - Experience working with global teams in multiple locations\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $135,000-$155,000.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. 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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.
At KAYAK for Business (K4B), we're building the future of corporate travel technology — and the engineering teams behind it are at the heart of that mission. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead one or more agile engineering teams delivering software that helps companies and their travelers move smarter and with less friction, while playing a key role in shaping our growing engineering hub.
Lead a cross functional agile teams focused on sustaining and operational quality
Mentor a team by providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support.
Own the team’s technical roadmap, aligning priorities with engineering leadership to support the broader platform strategy.
Champion backend architecture decisions by leading design reviews and collaborating with technical leaders across engineering.
Set and enforce engineering best practices for coding, testing, code coverage, and deployment quality.
Manage day-to-day team operations by removing blockers, balancing the backlog, and maintaining high standards for reliability and security.
Collaborate with engineering managers from other teams and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support product teams across the company.
Ensure business unit wide quality standards & processes and SLA’s
Manage high impact incident remediation and operational tool development for issue resolution with AI enabled technologies
Monitor team health and delivery metrics, identifying risks early and adjusting priorities as needed.
Champion agile practices and high impact engineering culture within the team
Recruit and onboard frontend/backend engineering talent to support the platform roadmap.
Proven track record of managing teams for 3+ years within B2B SaaS applications, focusing on improving quality operations, managing enterprise maintenance and system sustainability and meeting contractual SLA’s.
Demonstrated experience with quality process design and building quality first culture.
Experience of overseeing cross functional (quality engineers, quality assurance specialists and frontend engineers, backend engineers).
10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership or management role directly managing software engineers, and a proven track record of leading productive teams and shipping high-quality software in a fast-paced environment; equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills considered.
A proven track record of ownership and innovation within a data-driven, results-oriented environment, along with the ability to rapidly learn and master new business domains.
Experience steering organizational transformation, maximizing gains from agile methodologies, and fostering process optimization and innovation
Strong technical fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and backend service architecture, with the ability to credibly guide architectural decisions and participate meaningfully in design reviews.
Demonstrated experience owning the full people management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotions, with a strong track record of coaching and developing engineers at multiple levels through structured feedback, regular 1:1s, and deliberate career conversations.
Solid understanding of agile delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability practices; comfortable driving process improvements within a sprint-based team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate a clear technical vision to both technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering functions.
Hands-on experience with modern software development tooling — including version control systems (e.g., GitHub), issue tracking (e.g., Jira), and logging or observability platforms — and a demonstrated openness to adopting AI-assisted development tools to improve team productivity.
Comfort working in a global engineering organization with teams across multiple time zones and office locations.
A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; no specific certification is required.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from from 6000 EUR up to 7080 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 15% percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 50,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
Salary range provided is not final and will be discussed during the process based on your skills and experience.
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
We are looking for strong Senior Java backend developers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s world leading search and booking technology. We integrate with over 200 travel partners and link to over 500,000 hotels and 550 airlines. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!
This role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.
Design and maintain scalable backend search capabilities focused on speed, reliability, relevance, and user experience.
Own complex technical solutions from design through operational support.
Provide technical leadership by guiding architecture discussions and maintaining high engineering standards.
Collaborate with commercial, data, and engineering teams to deliver robust technical solutions.
Resolve production issues, improve system reliability, and reduce technical debt.
Mentor engineers and contribute to better testing, observability, CI/CD, and development practices.
Education in Computer Science or a related field.
7+ years of experience with the Java ecosystem and Spring Framework (Boot, Security).
Expertise in designing for high-throughput data environments using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis.
Fluent English communication skills.
Previous experience with AI/LLM would be a plus.
Exposure to ElasticSearch or similar search technologies.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
#LI-MP1
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.
KAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).
This position is based in our Miami, FL office at least 3 times per week.
Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships
Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization
Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners
Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded
Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals
Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners
Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers
7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields
Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally
Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences
Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis
Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers
Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment
Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry
Experience in tech a major plus
Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”
Experience working with global teams in multiple locations
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AC1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nKAYAK for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.\n\nKAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. 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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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. 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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 highly organized, detail-oriented Executive Assistant (EA)/Communications Specialist to support the executive team with administrative and coordination tasks. This role sits at the center of how our executive team runs day to day: owning complex calendars, coordinating communications, and keeping the leadership team's priorities moving. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, exercises sound judgment with sensitive information, and can juggle competing priorities without dropping details.
Note, this position is required to work from our Norwalk, CT office 3 days per week.
Own and manage complex, high-volume calendars for members of the executive team, including scheduling meetings across multiple time zones, resolving calendar conflicts.
Coordinate logistics for executive/leadership meetings, offsites, and leadership gatherings, including agendas, materials, and room booking.
Prepare and format presentations, briefing documents, and meeting notes.
Serve as a liaison between the executive team and internal/external stakeholders, managing correspondence and follow-ups.
Track action items and next steps from leadership meetings and ensure timely follow-through.
Handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Manage administrative tasks (e.g billing and travel details).
Anticipate the needs of the executive team and proactively address them.
3+ years of experience in an administrative, executive support, or communications coordination role, ideally supporting senior leadership.
Exceptional organizational and time-management skills with a proven ability to manage complex calendars.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with sharp attention to detail.
Proficiency with calendar and productivity tools
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
A proactive, resourceful, AI-forward mindset and the ability to work independently.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
We know that no candidate will check every box. If you meet most of these criteria and are excited about this work, we encourage you to apply.
Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Focus on mental health and well-being:
Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
COMPENSATION
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts -based role is $95,000-$120,000.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AC1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\n \n\nAs 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.\n\n \n\nKAYAK is looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented Executive Assistant (EA)/Communications Specialist to support the executive team with administrative and coordination tasks. 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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 looking for a strong Java Senior Software Engineers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s AI. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!
This role requires commuting to the Kaunas office 3 times a week.
Please submit your CV in English
Design, implement and maintain reliable production software for KAYAK’s travel-search and trip-planning experiences.
Build and evolve APIs and services supporting AI-assisted search, conversational travel planning, itineraries and related user experiences.
Investigate technical problems, assess trade-offs and choose practical solutions that improve reliability, performance and maintainability.
Write automated tests and contribute to quality across unit, integration and end-to-end testing.
Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, providing constructive feedback focused on correctness, clarity and maintainability.
Work with engineers, product managers and designers to clarify requirements and deliver useful, accessible user experiences.
Contribute to features such as ASK AI, smart filters, AI-generated hotel review summaries, Explore and related search experiences.
Help make AI-assisted features dependable, transparent and useful to travelers.
Learn unfamiliar systems and share knowledge with teammates through documentation, pairing and technical discussions.
Monitor and improve production behavior through effective debugging, observability and root-cause analysis.
Contribute to the evolution of development tools, engineering processes and delivery practices.
Experience building and maintaining production software.
Proficiency in Java or another relevant programming language.
Familiarity with APIs, data structures and software-design principles.
Experience testing software and investigating defects or production issues.
The ability to explain technical decisions clearly in writing and conversation.
The ability to take ownership of assigned work while asking for input or support when needed.
Experience contributing to projects from design through implementation, release and maintenance.
Equivalent practical experience is welcome in place of a specific degree or educational path.
Good communication skills in English.
Experience with distributed systems, search, personalization or other high-volume consumer products.
Experience with AI, machine learning or large language model applications.
Experience with relational databases or other structured data stores.
Experience working on web products, mobile products or travel-related products.
Experience improving accessibility, reliability or usability.
Experience working with Java and Spring.
Experience with cloud services, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
Salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nWe are looking for a strong Java Senior Software Engineers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s AI. 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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 for Business (K4B) is building the future of corporate travel — making it simpler, smarter, and more enjoyable for companies and their travelers worldwide. Our global K4B Engineering team is growing quickly and looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the technical direction of our backend systems!
In this role, you'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to design scalable solutions that power everything from AI-driven booking experiences to enterprise client integrations. If you enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring others, and seeing your architectural decisions come to life in a product used by major global organizations, we'd love to hear from you.
This role is required to work from our Vilnius office at least 3 days per week.
In this role, you will:
Ensure the search and booking logic maintains performance under the requirements of global enterprise clientele.
Lead the design of high-performance integration frameworks for third-party APIs, prioritizing low-latency execution and high availability.
Serve as a technical leader for multiple engineering squads, providing clarity on complex architectural trade-offs and ensuring technical consistency across the K4B ecosystem.
Spearhead initiatives to improve the engineering lifecycle, from establishing sophisticated observability patterns and CI/CD matures to refining internal standards for code quality and distributed system design.
Translate high-level business objectives into robust technical specifications, effectively communicating architectural risks and opportunities to leadership.
Please apply if you have:
7+ years of experience with the Java ecosystem and Spring Framework (Boot, Security).
Expertise in designing for high-throughput data environments using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis.
Good command of the English language
Knowledge of B2B integration patterns including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, and SCIM for automated user lifecycle management via Okta, Workday, or Azure AD.
Previous experience with AI/LLM would be a plus.
Compensation:
Software Engineer salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 4500 EUR up to 7900 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.
#LI-MP1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n \n\nKAYAK for Business (K4B) is building the future of corporate travel — making it simpler, smarter, and more enjoyable for companies and their travelers worldwide. Our global K4B Engineering team is growing quickly and looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the technical direction of our backend systems!\n\n In this role, you'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to design scalable solutions that power everything from AI-driven booking experiences to enterprise client integrations. If you enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring others, and seeing your architectural decisions come to life in a product used by major global organizations, we'd love to hear from you.\n\n \n\nThis role is required to work from our Vilnius office at least 3 days per week.\n\n \n\nIn this role, you will:\n\n - Ensure the search and booking logic maintains performance under the requirements of global enterprise clientele.\n\n - Lead the design of high-performance integration frameworks for third-party APIs, prioritizing low-latency execution and high availability.\n\n - Serve as a technical leader for multiple engineering squads, providing clarity on complex architectural trade-offs and ensuring technical consistency across the K4B ecosystem.\n\n - Spearhead initiatives to improve the engineering lifecycle, from establishing sophisticated observability patterns and CI/CD matures to refining internal standards for code quality and distributed system design.\n\n - Translate high-level business objectives into robust technical specifications, effectively communicating architectural risks and opportunities to leadership.\n\n \n\nPlease apply if you have:\n\n - 7+ years of experience with the Java ecosystem and Spring Framework (Boot, Security).\n\n - Expertise in designing for high-throughput data environments using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis.\n\n - Good command of the English language\n\n - Knowledge of B2B integration patterns including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, and SCIM for automated user lifecycle management via Okta, Workday, or Azure AD.\n\n - Previous experience with AI/LLM would be a plus.\n\n \n\nCompensation:\n\nSoftware Engineer salary consists of three elements:\n\nBase pay: from 4500 EUR up to 7900 EUR gross monthly.\n\n\nIn addition:\n\n - Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.\n\n - Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.\n\n \n\nBenefits and Perks:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Funds for your career growth\n\n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Generous additional Health Insurance\n\n - Flexible sick time off\n\n - Additional financial support for your sick leave\n\n - Additional day off on your birthday\n\n - Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)\n\n - Additional financial support during parental leave\n\n - Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office\n\n - Free yoga twice a week\n\n - Paid volunteering time\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!\n\n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Internal Communities\n\n \n\nInclusion\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.\n\n \n \n\n#LI-MP1"},{"id":"2c18275b-18eb-4351-9ac1-c7edcbcf9f10","title":"Senior Java Software Engineer","department":"Cost Centers","team":"K4B - Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Kaunas Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-30T06:50:27.445+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"Lithuania","addressLocality":"Kaunas"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/2c18275b-18eb-4351-9ac1-c7edcbcf9f10","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/2c18275b-18eb-4351-9ac1-c7edcbcf9f10/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
We are looking for strong Java backend developers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s world leading search and booking technology. We integrate with over 200 travel partners and link to over 500,000 hotels and 550 airlines. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!
This role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.
Implement new backend search and booking features under the guidance of senior engineers.
Collaborate with the team to improve existing features, focusing on speed and user experience.
Assist in creating and maintaining integrations with third-party APIs.
Education in Computer Science or a related field.
4+ years of experience working with Java.
Familiarity with Spring framework and SQL databases.
Fluent English communication skills.
A willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.
Ability to thrive in a hybrid working model, working at least three office days per week.
Exposure to ElasticSearch or similar search technologies.
Software Engineer salary consists of three elements:
Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.
In addition:
Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.
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
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.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
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","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\n \n\nWe are looking for strong Java backend developers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s world leading search and booking technology. We integrate with over 200 travel partners and link to over 500,000 hotels and 550 airlines. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!\n\n \n\nThis role will be required to work from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.\n\n \n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Implement new backend search and booking features under the guidance of senior engineers.\n\n - Collaborate with the team to improve existing features, focusing on speed and user experience.\n\n - Assist in creating and maintaining integrations with third-party APIs.\n\n \n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - Education in Computer Science or a related field.\n\n - 4+ years of experience working with Java.\n\n - Familiarity with Spring framework and SQL databases.\n\n - Fluent English communication skills.\n\n - A willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.\n\n - Ability to thrive in a hybrid working model, working at least three office days per week.\n\n\nBONUS SKILLS:\n\n - Exposure to ElasticSearch or similar search technologies.\n\n \n\n\nCOMPENSATION:\n\nSoftware Engineer salary consists of three elements:\n\nBase pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.\nIn addition:\n\n - Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.\n\n - Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.\n\n \n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Funds for your career growth\n\n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Generous additional Health Insurance\n\n - Flexible sick time off\n\n - Additional financial support for your sick leave\n\n - Additional day off on your birthday\n\n - Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)\n\n - Additional financial support during parental leave\n\n - Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office\n\n - Free yoga twice a week\n\n - Paid volunteering time\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!\n\n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n\n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n\n - Internal Communities\n\n \n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nIf you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.\n\n \n \n\n#LI-LG1"},{"id":"f94b53ee-9aa4-4569-9ceb-bd9b46c8d8cd","title":"LATAM Marketing Coordinator","department":"Cost Centers","team":"Commercial Marketing","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Coral Gables Office","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-06T15:29:09.460+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Hybrid","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"Florida","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Miami"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/f94b53ee-9aa4-4569-9ceb-bd9b46c8d8cd","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/KAYAK/f94b53ee-9aa4-4569-9ceb-bd9b46c8d8cd/application","descriptionHtml":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.
We’re looking for a strategic, creative, and execution-focused LATAM Marketing Coordinator to support brand marketing for KAYAK in the LATAM region. This role requires strong local market knowledge, media planning understanding, and the ability to work collaboratively across internal teams and external partners.
You’ll be responsible for driving brand awareness, relevance, and preference through localized marketing strategies, integrated campaign execution, and strategic brand partnerships.
This role will be required to work from our Miami, FL office 3 days per week.
Please submit your CV in English
Support the planning, execution, and tracking of marketing campaigns across LATAM markets (primarily Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia), ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and insights are captured along the way
Manage the monthly organic social media content calendar, incorporating regional events, cultural moments, and promotions to maintain a consistent and relevant brand presence
Monitor trends, current events, and conversations in the social media landscape to identify opportunities for the brand to engage authentically with audiences across the region
Contribute ideas for social media campaigns and content that connect with local audiences.
Collaborate with internal teams — including PR/Communications, Performance Marketing, Analytics, Creative, and Media — as well as external agencies and freelancers, to support the delivery of multi-channel marketing programs
Assist with media planning and buying activities, including supporting media negotiations, providing feedback on creative execution, trafficking campaigns, and contributing to post-campaign analysis
Prepare clear, data-informed reports on campaign performance, sharing findings and recommendations with the team to support continuous improvement
Help coordinate briefing processes for the creative team, ensuring briefs are clear, complete, and delivered on schedule
Support budget tracking and administrative tasks related to marketing activations, including vendor coordination and agreement management
1–3 years of experience in marketing, social media, advertising, or content — whether from an agency, a consumer brand, or a combination of both. Equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are also considered.
Familiarity with social media management tools (such as Meltwater, Hootsuite, or Sprinklr) and comfort with creative tools like Photoshop or stock image platforms.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly and confidently.
An analytical mindset — you're comfortable working with data and using it to identify opportunities and flag risks in content and campaign performance.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at once, keeping teams informed and on track.
Cultural curiosity and awareness, particularly of Latin American markets, travel behavior, and consumer trends.
A genuine interest in travel and technology.
Fluency in English and Spanish (required); Portuguese is a plus.
Experience in community management or digital engagement is a plus.
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem—we’ve got you.
#LI-AS1
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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 for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.
KAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).
This role is based in our NYC office or Norwalk, CT office, 3 times a week.
Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships
Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization
Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners
Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded
Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals
Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners
Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers
7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields
Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally
Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences
Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis
Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers
Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment
Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry
Experience in tech a major plus
Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”
Experience working with global teams in multiple locations
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AS1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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. 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This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).\n\nThis role is based in our NYC office or Norwalk, CT office, 3 times a week. \n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships\n\n - Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization\n\n - Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners\n\n - Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded\n\n - Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals\n\n - Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners\n\n - Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields\n\n - Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally\n\n - Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences\n\n - Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis\n\n - Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers\n\n - Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment\n\n - Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry\n\n - Experience in tech a major plus\n\n - Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”\n\n - Experience working with global teams in multiple locations\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. 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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 for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.
KAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).
This position is based in our Cambridge, MA office at least 3 times per week.
Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships
Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization
Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners
Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded
Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals
Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners
Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers
7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields
Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally
Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences
Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis
Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers
Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment
Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry
Experience in tech a major plus
Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”
Experience working with global teams in multiple locations
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 thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $135,000-$155,000.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.
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 any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.
#LI-AC1
","descriptionPlain":"KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nKAYAK for Business (K4B) is KAYAK's corporate travel platform — built to help companies manage business travel through a modern online booking experience, AI-powered features, and a connected network of travel management partners.\n\nKAYAK is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business. This person will report to the Senior Director KAYAK for Business and oversee the portfolio of all global preferred supplier partners (TMC, airline, rail, lodging, car rental, ground, expense, payment, etc).\n\nThis position is based in our Cambridge, MA office at least 3 times per week.\n\n\n\n\nIN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:\n\n - Drive global growth, engaging new partnerships as well as optimizing and retaining our existing partnerships, while expanding the value proposition and aligning the K4B strategy for suppliers and other partnerships\n\n - Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting for the organization\n\n - Collaborate with partners & internal teams on commercial opportunities, developing and strengthening strategic and mutually beneficial relationships for K4B and its partners\n\n - Working closely with customers and internal collaborators to ensure current and future content & functionality needs are exceeded\n\n - Collaborate with key internal teams like Business Development, Account Management, Product & Marketing to achieve target goals\n\n - Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements to help drive additional sales to key partners\n\n - Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting and forecasting and revenue reconciliation from suppliers\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE APPLY IF YOU HAVE:\n\n - 7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields\n\n - Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally\n\n - Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences\n\n - Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis\n\n - Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers\n\n - Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment\n\n - Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry\n\n - Experience in tech a major plus\n\n - Strong business development and problem-solving skills coupled with a willingness to “roll up your sleeves”\n\n - Experience working with global teams in multiple locations\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS AND PERKS\n\n - Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year\n\n - Focus on mental health and well-being:\n \n - Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth\n \n - Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace\n \n - Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)\n\n - No meeting Fridays\n\n - Paid parental leave\n\n - Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday\n\n - Paid volunteer time\n\n - Focus on your career growth:\n \n - Development Dollars\n \n - Leadership development\n \n - Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings\n\n - Travel Discounts\n\n - Employee Resource Groups\n\n - Competitive retirement and health plans\n\n - Free lunch 2 days per week\n\n - Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more\n\nThere are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $135,000-$155,000.\n\nWe offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.\n\n\n\n\nINCLUSION\n\nAt 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.\n\nNeed any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We've got you.\n\n#LI-AC1"}],"apiVersion":"1"}