Senior Software Engineer, Meta AI

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

We are looking for a strong Java Senior Software Engineers to implement new features and maintain KAYAK’s AI. You will be an essential part of a high powered team that keeps all of this running smoothly – helping millions of people find the best hotels and the best ways to fly from A to B every day!

This role requires commuting to the Kaunas office 3 times a week.

Please submit your CV in English

The following will help you stand out

• Experience with distributed systems, search, personalization or other high-volume consumer products.
• Experience with AI, machine learning or large language model applications.
• Experience with relational databases or other structured data stores.
• Experience working on web products, mobile products or travel-related products.
• Experience improving accessibility, reliability or usability.
• Experience working with Java and Spring.
• Experience with cloud services, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

Salary consists of three elements

• Base pay: from 3330 EUR up to 6660 EUR gross monthly.

In addition

• Significant yearly bonuses, approx 10 percent of annual salary.
• Booking Holdings RSU (Restricted Stock Units) package, worth 20,000 USD gross, with possibility to receive yearly refreshes.

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That's why we're focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.