Associate Software Engineer at KAYAK
Cambridge, MA
$95,000–$105,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Cambridge, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level front-end engineering role focused on building and maintaining features for a car rental search product that serves a large volume of daily users. Day-to-day work involves writing React and TypeScript code, collaborating with product and design counterparts, participating in code reviews, and writing automated tests. The role suits a early-career engineer with foundational web skills looking to grow within a structured team environment.
Junior level · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 106,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 63,500–159,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is explicitly titled 'Associate Front End Software Engineer', which maps to a Junior band; the requirements (foundational proficiency, exposure/familiarity language, no years demanded) fully support that classification.
A degree in CS/Software Engineering is listed as a requirement but is immediately qualified with 'or equivalent practical experience … or a portfolio of work that demonstrates the same foundational skills', so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
TypeScript is listed in the requirements section but with the softening phrase 'preferred', so it is treated as a preferred skill rather than a hard gate.
React is required ('hands-on experience with React or a comparable modern UI framework'); alternatives reflect the 'comparable modern UI framework' qualifier.
The caller has declared this role fully remote; the posting itself states a hybrid requirement of 3 days/week in Cambridge or Concord, MA — that on-site expectation is overridden per the caller's instruction.
Compensation range of $95,000–$105,000/year is stated as base only, exclusive of annual bonus and RSU grants.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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