KAYAK

Senior JAVA Software Engineer

Cambridge Office · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$125k-$165kDetected 99 days ago

JavaSpringGitMySQLRedisKafkaLeadership

About the role

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.
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.

Build and maintain backend features for the Stays team (search, booking, integrations).
Integrate and maintain connections with internal and third-party APIs.
Collaborate with frontend engineers, product, design, and QA to deliver features
Experience building high-performance, scalable services.

This role will be required to work from our Cambridge or Concord, MA office 3 days per week.
Practical experience with APIs (design, consumption, or integration).

Experience with Spring, Git, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies.
Experience working on search, booking, or high-throughput systems.
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 volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:

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 $125,000-165,000, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including:
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.
Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

Flexible hours and ability to work from home 1 or 2 days per week
Generous retirement plans
Awesome health, dental and vision insurance plans with flexible spending accounts
Universal paid parental leave
Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

This listing is sourced directly from KAYAK's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.