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Kayak

Associate Software Engineer

Concord Office (Remote)$95k–$105kfulltimeentryAdded today

About this role

Join KAYAK's Cars Meta UI team as an Associate Front End Engineer to build search experiences used by millions of travelers. You'll work with React and TypeScript in a hybrid role (3 days/week in Concord or Cambridge, MA), supported by senior engineers as you grow and contribute meaningful features from day one.

What you'll do

  • Develop and deliver front-end features for KAYAK's Cars search product using React and TypeScript
  • Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews with constructive feedback
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to implement user-facing features across web and mobile
  • Create unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure reliability and prevent regressions
  • Use AI coding tools (such as Claude Code) to improve development velocity and code quality
  • Contribute actively to agile ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives

What they're looking for

  • HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • React or modern UI framework
  • TypeScript
  • Git and version control
  • Unit and integration testing
  • Agile development practices
  • AI coding tools
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Work remotely up to 20 days per year
  • Company-paid mental health support (SpringHealth, Headspace) and company-wide recharge week
  • Generous paid vacation, paid parental leave, and birthday time off
  • Career development: Development Dollars, leadership training, and on-demand e-learning
  • Free lunch 2 days per week and quarterly team events (boat trips, ski trips, happy hours)
  • Competitive retirement and health plans, travel discounts, and Employee Resource Groups
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Kayak

Kayak is a travel search platform that processes large-scale data to help users find flights, hotels, and travel deals. The company is hiring infrastructure and backend engineering talent to build and maintain their platform's core systems and features.

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  • Tell us about a React project you've built—what challenges did you face and how did you solve them?
  • How do you approach writing testable code, and can you give an example of tests you've written?
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