Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$50/hr–$57/hr
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 als…
Skills: Full-cycle recruitment, Talent acquisition, Sourcing strategies, Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania · Hybrid
$3k–$4k/mo
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 als…
Skills: Java, Spring framework, SQL, Backend development, API integration
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States · Hybrid
$50/hr–$57/hr
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 als…
Skills: Full-cycle recruitment, Talent acquisition, Sourcing strategies, Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package.…
Skills: Copywriting, Creative concept development, Advertising, Brand strategy, Social media content
Concord, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$125k–$140k/yr
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package.…
Skills: Java, MySQL, Oracle, REST, SOAP
Berlin, Germany · Hybrid
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 als…
Skills: Machine Learning Operations, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, CI/CD
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania · Hybrid
$5k–$7k/mo
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package.…
Skills: Backend engineering, Distributed systems, Java, Kubernetes, Cloud-native infrastructure
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package.…
Skills: Art direction, Graphic design, Visual storytelling, Creative strategy, Campaign development
Concord, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$135k–$150k/yr
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 als…
Skills: Quality engineering, Automation testing, CI/CD, API testing, AI-assisted quality tools
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$85k–$95k/yr
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 als…
Skills: Risk assessment, Compliance frameworks, NIST CSF, SOC 2, PCI DSS
Concord, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$140k–$155k/yr
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 als…
Skills: Product management, A/B testing, Experimentation methodologies, SQL, Statistical analysis
Berlin, Germany · Hybrid
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package.…
Skills: Product Design, iOS Design, Android Design, Apple HIG, Material Design
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States · Hybrid
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 als…
Skills: Public Relations, Data Analysis, Earned Media, Media Relations, Storytelling
United States · Remote OK
$115k–$125k/yr
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 als…
Skills: Corporate Travel Sales, Pipeline Management, Prospecting, Negotiation, Product Demonstrations
Berlin, Germany · Hybrid
KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package.…
Skills: Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Data Architecture, People Management, Kafka
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$95k–$105k/yr
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 als…
Skills: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Concord, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid
$95k–$105k/yr
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 als…
Skills: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Berlin, Germany · Hybrid
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 als…
Skills: Engineering Management, Supplier Integrations, Distributed Systems, API Design, Backend Architecture
Berlin, Germany · Hybrid
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 als…
Skills: Engineering Management, Supplier Integrations, Distributed Systems, API Design, Backend Architecture
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania · Hybrid
$7k–$8k/mo
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 als…
Skills: Engineering Management, Supplier Integrations, Distributed Systems, API Design, Backend Service Architecture
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Hybrid
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Manage the full-cycle recruitment process for various departments including Product, Design, and Engineering. Build strong relationships with hiring managers to develop effective recruitment plans and champion inclusive hiring practices.
Requires 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a global or multi-site environment. Proficiency in Ashby and LinkedIn Recruiter is essential, along with the ability to work independently across time zones.
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.
KAYAK is looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to join our global and collaborative People & Culture team on a 8-month fixed-term contract — a meaningful opportunity to make a real impact on how we grow KAYAK. You'll be a trusted partner to hiring teams across the business, owning the full recruitment cycle and helping us bring in talented, diverse people across Product, Design, Commercial, Marketing, and Engineering.
Manage full-cycle recruitment from initial intake through offer, with a focus on hiring for Product, Design, Commercial (Sales, Partnerships), Marketing, and Engineering roles — including backfills and incremental headcount
Build strong working relationships with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand their team's needs and develop recruitment plans that support them
Serve as a knowledgeable resource on market trends, talent availability, and sourcing strategies — sharing what you know to help teams make informed decisions
Design structured, role-specific interview plans and scorecards; champion inclusive hiring practices and ensure consistent, equitable evaluation across interview panels
Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines for near-term and future hiring needs
Represent KAYAK authentically to candidates, delivering an outstanding experience at every stage of the process
Collaborate closely with your TA teammates across time zones, contributing to a team culture built on trust, flexibility, and shared success
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including meaningful in-house or client-embedded experience in a global or multi-site environment
Proficiency in Ashby (our ATS) & LinkedIn Recruiter
A solid understanding of sourcing strategies and how to run an equitable, structured hiring process
The ability to manage your own workload and adapt when priorities shift — you're comfortable working independently without a lot of direction
Clear, thoughtful communication with both candidates and internal teams; you're at ease working across time zones and with distributed colleagues
Comfort using data to track your work, spot patterns, and improve processes over time
Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Free lunch 2 days per week
Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $50-57.00/hour.
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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We are a leading travel search engine.
At KAYAK, we help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. We are a leading travel search engine. KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. And because we aim to help travelers explore the world more confidently, we’re always on the lookout for ways to make travel planning and trip management easier – offering up a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK Trips, Explore, Price Forecast and our constantly evolving app and A.I. innovations. KAYAK is part of a global network that includes our sister brand OpenTable, as well as a portfolio of travel metasearch brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. Collectively, we’re uniquely equipped to help people experience the world through travel and dining. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories. KAYAK will never request payment(s) from its candidates for open positions. If you have ever been contacted about a job at KAYAK by phone/Whatsapp or email, and have been asked to provide a Credit Card, wire transfer or crypto payment, please be aware that KAYAK is not associated with this outreach. If you receive a suspicious request regarding a career opportunity at KAYAK, please report it to us. To find out more, visit KAYAK.com.
Offices: 1266 E Main St, 700R, Stamford, Connecticut 06902, US · Brastos St. 15, Kaunas, Trakai LT-47183, LT · 300 Baker Ave Ext, Concord, MA 01742, US · Fraumünsterstrasse 16, Zurich, 8001, CH · Straße der Pariser Kommune 8, Berlin, 10243, DE
We are a leading travel search engine.
At KAYAK, we help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. We are a leading travel search engine. KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. And because we aim to help travelers explore the world more confidently, we’re always on the lookout for ways to make travel planning and trip management easier – offering up a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK Trips, Explore, Price Forecast and our constantly evolving app and A.I. innovations. KAYAK is part of a global network that includes our sister brand OpenTable, as well as a portfolio of travel metasearch brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. Collectively, we’re uniquely equipped to help people experience the world through travel and dining. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories. KAYAK will never request payment(s) from its candidates for open positions. If you have ever been contacted about a job at KAYAK by phone/Whatsapp or email, and have been asked to provide a Credit Card, wire transfer or crypto payment, please be aware that KAYAK is not associated with this outreach. If you receive a suspicious request regarding a career opportunity at KAYAK, please report it to us. To find out more, visit KAYAK.com.
Offices: 1266 E Main St, 700R, Stamford, Connecticut 06902, US · Brastos St. 15, Kaunas, Trakai LT-47183, LT · 300 Baker Ave Ext, Concord, MA 01742, US · Fraumünsterstrasse 16, Zurich, 8001, CH · Straße der Pariser Kommune 8, Berlin, 10243, DE
