Front-End Software Engineer

Job Description

KAYAK, a leading travel search engine, is seeking a Front-End Software Engineer to join their growing team in Kaunas. The engineer will contribute to building and innovating the checkout flow across various verticals and brands, aiming to deliver a seamless booking experience for both leisure and business customers. This role requires working from the Kaunas office at least 3 days per week.

In this role, the engineer will:

• Engage in collaborative product development with global teams
• Participate in planning and execution of new features
• Design and implement innovative, high-performing, and scalable frontend solutions
• Maintain and enhance existing code
• Maintain existing and develop new solutions for automation: unit, integration, E2E testing

The ideal candidate should have:

• Education in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Web Development
• Solid knowledge and hands-on experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and React
• Experience with centralised state management tools e.g. Redux
• Experience with CSS preprocessors e.g. Sass, Less
• Understanding how frontend build tools work and ability to configure them e.g. Webpack, Rollup
• Experience writing unit and E2E tests
• Fluency in English
• Ability to thrive in a hybrid working model, working at least three office days per week

KAYAK offers:

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Funds for career growth
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Generous additional Health Insurance
• Flexible sick time off
• Additional financial support for sick leave and parental leave
• Additional day off on your birthday
• Company-wide vacation week once a year
• 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
• Company-paid therapy sessions and subscription to HeadSpace