Kayak
Senior Frontend Software Engineer
engineeringfull-timeCambridge Office
SALARY
Not specified
WORK TYPE
hybrid
JOB TYPE
full-time
INDUSTRY
general
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About the role
In this role you will:
- Work on K4B product features used by millions of corporate travelers
- Have end-to-end ownership of the UI, including testing, monitoring and troubleshooting
- Make architectural decisions and build prototypes
- Review and scope feature requests
- Drive technical debt reduction, oversee code quality, and pair with other developers
- Refactor and optimize existing code
- Work with geographically distributed teams
- Leverage modern AI tools & technologies to build excellent user interfaces
Please apply if you have:
- 4+ years of meaningful work experience building web applications
- Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in a quantitative/technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math)
- Deep experience building layouts using CSS and HTML
- Advanced understanding of JavaScript, ideally with some experience using a modern UI framework or library (we use React, but Angular and Vue.js experience counts)
- Knowledge of performance considerations, especially with respect to browsers
- Experience working in Java, C#, or a similar object-oriented language
- Experience leveraging AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or similar) to building high quality software solutions
- Ability to debug issues in a full-stack environment
- Work independently on solutions and designs with minimal oversight
- Produce scalable, high quality, and accurate work
- Estimate effort accurately and execute with pace
- Show good judgment in architecting software
- Use metrics to validate decision-making
- Own communication to key stakeholders on assigned projects
- Easily relate technical subjects to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrate leadership across teams and business functions
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, 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 socials, and more
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