Mid-level Product Designer, Mobile

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. We are also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a global travel company that operates a portfolio of metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights, and HotelsCombined. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA, and every employee has the 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.

This role will require you to work from our Berlin office at least three days per week.

The Role

We are looking for an expert designer to be a strategic contributor and lead projects for our mobile web and native app platforms. You will concept, design, and ship applications that millions of people use to find and book their travel. You will work with a diverse team of product managers, engineers, and designers to build, deliver, and test digital travel products.

You will be responsible for understanding customer needs in our markets worldwide and shaping experiences to meet those needs. You will take into account insights, technical constraints, platform guidelines, and business needs to craft user-centred app designs.

This role demands autonomy and ownership of your work, with responsibility for every detail and the success of your designs. You will rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes for experimentation, using data and user insights to guide exploration and solutions that drive user and business impact. Systems thinking is also essential, ensuring scalable design across current and future experiences.

About You

You have deep knowledge of Android design patterns, guidelines, and interaction models, and proven experience designing at consumer-focused product companies delivering outstanding user experiences. You can drive and ship features in a fast-moving, experimental environment and have excellent communication skills combined with analytical problem-solving.

You appreciate the entire product development process, from problem-solving through detailed interaction and visual design. You are user-focused, experienced in acquiring user feedback, conducting usability studies, and designing for experimentation.

You thrive in dynamic design processes that are guided by both quantitative and qualitative customer data. You bring strong time management skills, are self-directed, detail-oriented, and adaptable to emerging challenges.

You also bring a strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices for mobile platforms, including screen readers, colour contrast, and adaptable text sizes.

Benefits and Perks

KAYAK offers six weeks of paid vacation, work-from-anywhere flexibility for up to 20 days per year, and a focus on mental health and well-being with company-paid therapy sessions, HeadSpace subscriptions, and a company-wide recharge week.

Employees enjoy generous paid vacation, time off for birthdays, volunteer time, paid parental leave, pension plan contributions, free lunches two days per week, and transportation subsidies. Additional perks include gym discounts, bike leasing, travel discounts, monthly social events, employee resource groups, and a vibrant office in Friedrichshain, Berlin.

Inclusion

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas, and do great work. We focus on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, ensuring nobody feels they must fit a mold to belong here. If you need adjustments for interviews, applications, or the role itself, we are committed to providing them.