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KAYAK Posted 19 days ago

Senior Java Software Engineer, Platform Team

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KAYAK is hiring: “Senior Java Software Engineer, Platform Team” (Senior level). Hybrid work, Kaunas. Salary: from 3 330 € per month gross, 35 % below the median for Backend (5 100 € gross). Technologies in the ad: AI, API Design, CI/CD, Distributed Systems, Java, Spring Boot. The ad is in English and does not ask for Lithuanian. KAYAK currently has 11 open IT positions.

Salary

from 3 330 €/month

Gross/month · −33 % vs the Senior median

Level

Senior

5+ years of experience. You own decisions, architecture and quality, mentor others and see the business context.

Work mode

Hybrid

Kaunas

What you will do

Contribute to the evolution of shared backend platform capabilities, frameworks, and runtime patterns that engineering teams across the company can adopt consistently.
Help shape backend platform direction around Java code structure, service architecture, and standardisation of common runtime patterns such as Spring Boot–based services.
Improve deployment quality and developer velocity by designing better CI/CD workflows, pull-request quality gates, and production-ready release practices.
Contribute to platform roadmap initiatives such as web gateways, multi-cluster deployment, faster pod startup, on-demand test environments, secure service-to-service communication, and AI-driven observability.
Partner with product engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and translate those into platform improvements.
Participate in design reviews, share knowledge with colleagues, and help raise the overall quality of the team's technical output.

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What is expected

4+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, preferably in Java or a similar ecosystem, with strong experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration tools and cloud-native infrastructure.
Solid understanding of backend service architecture, API design, and the trade-offs involved in building shared engineering platforms.
Experience improving CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, or test quality in production environments.
A strong observability and reliability mindset, with practical experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving operational health.
Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams across the company.
Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

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Nice to have

Experience with Spring / Spring Boot and modern JVM performance practices.
Familiarity with multi-cluster deployment models, zero-trust service communication, Kubernetes-hosted developer environments, or ephemeral test environments.
Equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered in place of any specific requirement listed above.

What they offer

Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
Funds for your career growth
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Generous additional Health Insurance
Flexible sick time off
Additional financial support for your sick leave
Additional day off on your birthday
Company-wide vacation week once a year (winter holidays)
Additional financial support during parental leave
Free lunch twice a week and daily snacks at the office
Free yoga twice a week
Paid volunteering time
No meeting Fridays
Office and team events such as summer camp, KAYAK birthday, winter party and more!
Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
Internal Communities
Inclusion
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
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Job description

The ad as published by the employer.

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.

The Role

Our Backend Platform team builds and maintains the core infrastructure, frameworks, and runtime systems that every engineering team at KAYAK relies on. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us in Kaunas and help evolve these shared foundations — improving how we deploy, observe, and scale our services so that product teams across the company can ship faster and more safely. You'll collaborate closely with teammates on technical decisions, contribute to meaningful platform improvements, and grow alongside a supportive group of experienced engineers.

This role requires working from our Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.

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 20000 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.

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Salary

from 3 330 €/month

Gross, before taxes

−33 % vs Senior median 5 000 €

Bottom 10 %

Compared with 254 Senior level jobs

Net ≈ 2 015 €/month. From 3 330 €: social security (Sodra) −649 € (19.5 %), income tax (GPM) −666 € = 2 015 €. Lithuanian taxes 2026, without the 2nd pension pillar.

Compared with the median −35 %−33 % 7

Whole IT market807 jobs · 4 000 €−17 %
Backend105 jobs · 5 100 €−35 %
Senior level254 jobs · 5 000 €−33 %
Kaunas104 jobs · 4 250 €−22 %
AI200 jobs · 4 550 €−27 %
CI/CD120 jobs · 5 150 €−35 %
Kubernetes92 jobs · 5 150 €−35 %

IT median +0 % per week

Based on 807 active IT jobs with a gross salary on aplikuok.lt, €/month, middle of the range.

Area

Backend

Level

Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

City

Kaunas

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About the company

KAYAK

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KAYAK is hiring for 11 IT positions right now, mostly in Backend, Frontend, Data and AI.

Open roles: 11
Salary median: 3 350 €
Remote or hybrid: 73 %
Cities: Kaunas, Vilnius

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