€3,330 – €6,660 / month
Listed on Kayak.com’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
KAYAK seeks a Senior Full Stack Engineer to build and scale marketing experiences on their travel search platform, designing landing pages and backend services used by millions of travelers. This role suits experienced engineers who enjoy working across frontend and backend systems while collaborating with product and design teams.
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What they do together
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional experience building and maintaining web applications
- Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript, React, Redux, and CSS (Sass or Less)
- Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring
- Experience with relational databases (preferably MySQL) and SQL
- Understanding of programming fundamentals, software design principles, and web application architecture
- Experience across multiple layers of full-stack systems including UI, backend services, databases, and Elasticsearch
- Experience writing and maintaining automated unit and end-to-end tests
- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently, take ownership, and collaborate in a distributed cross-functional team
- Strong English communication skills (written and verbal)
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Git and web servers such as Tomcat or Apache
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerization technologies
- Experience operating high-traffic consumer-facing web applications
- Experience with observability, production troubleshooting, and performance optimization
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives without formal management responsibility