Solid Company with Strong Developer Culture - Software Engineer KAYAK Employee Review

5.0
29 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Collaborative culture with supportive, knowledgeable coworkers always ready to assist. Excellent office amenities including fully-stocked kitchen, fitness room, and recreational areas (foosball, ping pong). Well-defined career development path with clear growth opportunities and learning resources. Great work-life balance with flexible hours and hybrid work options. Also there's yoga lessons two times per week.

Cons

Team reorganizations are not uncommon so it can be expected to change a desk or team from time to time. It can be challenging at first to navigate a complex, large-scale codebase and it requires significant ramp-up time for new developers

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5.0
27 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people and interesting industry to be in

Cons

Sometimes too focused on the data and not the human experience.

4.0
24 Nov 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits: Healthcare had great coverage and affordable monthly payments. I also really appreciated the work-from-wherever policy as well as all the office snacks. Fantastic people: I genuinely loved the people I worked with—they made me feel like I belonged and was appreciated. My manager worked to build me up, something that can't be said for a lot of places. Travel perks: The ability to travel for work made this experience incredibly rewarding.

Cons

Slow mobility: Trying to get promoted felt like a moving goalpost—the expectations changed every six months and made it nearly impossible to get to the next step. Even then, the business was stingy about who gets promoted, which was incredibly discouraging after years of trying to prove myself.

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