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.

Position

We are looking for an Associate Software Engineer to join our Marketing Enablement team. You will help maintain and improve the systems and tooling that power KAYAK's marketing efforts, while helping build a new generation of AI-driven workflows and systems that make our marketing teams faster and smarter.

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

In this role, you will:

• Maintain and improve existing systems and tooling that support our marketing teams, with guidance from your teammates.

• Help build new AI-driven workflows and systems that streamline how our marketing teams work.

• Experiment with new AI tools and technologies to find better ways of solving problems.

• Collaborate with engineers and marketing stakeholders to deliver reliable, easy-to-use tools.

• Grow your engineering skills through code reviews, pairing, and mentorship.
  

Please apply if you have:

• Education in Computer Science or a related field.

• 0–2 years of experience with Java, including internships or academic projects.

• Familiarity with Spring framework and SQL databases.

• Fluent English communication skills.

• A willingness to learn, grow, and experiment in a collaborative environment.

Bonus Skills:

• Exposure to ElasticSearch or similar search technologies.

• Experience with React.

• Experience with Python.

Compensation:

salary consists of three elements:

Base pay: from 3250 EUR up to 3450 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.

Benefits:

• 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

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.
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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