Junior Front End Engineer (Fixed Term)

Job Description

KAYAK, a leading travel search engine, is seeking a Junior Front End Engineer for their team in Kaunas. This is a fixed-term contract position until December 1st, 2026. The engineer will contribute to building and innovating the checkout flow across various verticals and brands, ensuring a seamless booking experience. The role requires working from the Kaunas office at least three days per week.

In this role, the Junior Front End 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.
• 1+ 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 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.
• Company-paid therapy sessions.
• Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace.