Java Search Engineer

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world's leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car, cruise, or vacation package. We're also transforming the in-travel experience with our app and new accommodation software.

KAYAK is looking for Java backend developers to help improve and maintain our world-leading search and booking technology! We integrate with over 200 travel partners and link to over 500,000 hotels, 550 airlines, and 1000 rental car companies. You will be an essential part of a high-powered team that keeps all of this running efficiently – helping millions of people find the best hotels and rental cars and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!

In this role, you will:

• Implement new backend search and booking features for Hotel Search Team
• Improve existing features with an eye towards speed and user experience
• Build and maintain existing integrations with third-party APIs

Requirements:

• A proven software engineer with backend experience
• Strong knowledge of Java and its data structure, concurrency and OOP patterns, and API design
• Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment
• Hands-on and self-motivated
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with high performance and scalable Java implementation
• Experience with SQL, HTTP, XML, JSON
• Solid experience working on APIs
• Bonus Points: Spring, MySQL, Git, Redis, Kafka

Benefits and Perks:

• 4 weeks paid vacation
• Ability to work from almost anywhere
• Day off on your birthday
• Generous retirement plans
• Awesome health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Headspace Subscription
• No Meeting Fridays
• Drinks, coffee, snacks, games etc.
• Weekly catered lunches
• Flexible hours
• Regular events/excursions
• Universal Paid Parental leave

This role will be required to work from our Concord, MA office at least 3 days per week.

Join us at KAYAK and help shape the future of travel!