
Software Architect
KAYAK
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Concord • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Work on the Cars product, used by millions of people across the globe
- Become a product expert in your vertical, collaborating with designers, product managers, and commercial stakeholders
- Have end-to-end ownership of the UI, including testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting production issues
- Drive technical debt reduction and improve code quality
- Leverage AI coding tools to take your efficiency to the next level
- Strive for high quality solutions for yourself, and the team with mentorship, pull request reviews, and architectural design assistance
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in a quantitative/technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math)
- 8+ years developing web applications using CSS, HTML, and JavaScript (with a preference for TypeScript)
- 8+ years working with React (or a comparable modern UI framework)
- Experience leveraging AI tools and frameworks to improve day-to-day job functions
- Expertise with end-to-end testing and test-driven development
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a proven ability to guide teams through architectural transitions
- Ability to…
- Debug issues in a full-stack environment
- Produce high quality and accurate work
- Break down complicated tasks into actionable, accurately-estimated deliverables
- Communicate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
- Process, store and manipulate large sets of data
- Work within an agile development process
- Develop working relationships with cross-functional teammates
- Demonstrate the ability to learn and grow from feedback
Benefits
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Flexible hours and ability to work from home 1 or 2 days per week
- Generous retirement plans
- Awesome health, dental and vision insurance plans with flexible spending accounts
- Focus on mental health and well-being:
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
- Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
- No meeting Fridays
- Universal paid parental leave
- Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Focus on your career growth:
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- Competitive retirement and health plans
- Free lunch 2 days per week
- Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
CSSHTMLJavaScriptTypeScriptReactend-to-end testingtest-driven developmentdebuggingdata processingagile development
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationorganizational skillsadaptabilityattention to detailfeedback receptivenesstask breakdown
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree