Staff Engineer (Java)

About KAYAK

KAYAK is a leading travel search engine, part of Booking Holdings. With billions of queries across platforms, we help people find flights, stays, rental cars and vacation packages. We operate a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined.

The Role

We are seeking a Staff Engineer to serve as a principal technical authority within our backend engineering organization. You will provide technical vision and architectural governance to sustain our industry-leading search and booking ecosystem.

You will be responsible for the integrity of a high-concurrency platform that facilitates integrations with over 200 global travel partners, 500,000 hotel properties, and 550 airlines.

Responsibilities

• Act as a force multiplier, identifying cross-cutting technical challenges
• Mentor senior engineering talent
• Ensure enterprise-grade solutions remain resilient and scalable
• Provide architectural governance and technical leadership