--- title: 'Freelance Localization Tester - European Spanish at KAYAK' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/freelance-localization-tester-european-spanish-kayak-germany-65rf0hnr02dm' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Freelance Localization Tester - European Spanish at KAYAK - **Company:** KAYAK - **Location:** Germany - **Employment:** part-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-07-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kayak/8373156b-e579-4de6-9fb2-86612dc8051d ## Job description Do you have a strong passion for travel, language, and quality? We are looking for a freelance European Spanish Localization Tester to help ensure our products and content, primarily for KAYAK, feel accurate, natural, and culturally relevant for local audiences. You will review localized experiences, identify linguistic and functional issues, and provide feedback that helps improve the traveler experience. Join our global localization team and help travelers discover, book, and enjoy the world’s most exciting destinations. In this role you will: - Test new features on our website and app - Perform regular sanity-check testing rounds across our website and app - Follow our style guides and glossary - Conduct LQA and functionality checks - Identify, document, and report localization issues and functional bugs Required Skills - Native-level proficiency in European Spanish required - Strong verbal and written command of English - Proven experience in website and/or app testing, with the ability to spot localization issues and functionality bugs - Familiarity with Jira and bug-filing workflows - Background in LQA and/or localization testing - Relevant academic or professional background in testing, translation, linguistics, or a related field - Quick learner who is comfortable adopting new tools and technologies in a fast-moving industry - Versatile multitasker who can manage workflows, information, and processes across different project types ## About KAYAK ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: KAYAK is the world’s leading travel metasearch engine, enabling travelers to compare flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages from hundreds of sites in one place. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Booking Holdings Inc., NASDAQ: BKNG) - **Headquarters**: Stamford, Connecticut, USA (with 15 international offices) - **Founded**: 2004 - **Founders**: Steve Hafner (former CEO until February 2026) and Paul English ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Online travel, travel technology, metasearch. - **Target customers**: B2C (leisure and business travelers) and B2B (travel providers, advertisers, and corporate clients via KAYAK for Business). - **Mission or purpose statement**: To help travelers make confident travel decisions by providing transparent, comprehensive search results that put control back in their hands. KAYAK believes “travel makes the world better.” ## Products & Services - **KAYAK Metasearch**: Core product allowing comparison of flights, hotels, rental cars, and vacation packages from hundreds of travel sites. - **KAYAK for Business (K4B)**: Free corporate travel solution for business travelers. - **KAYAK Mobile App**: iOS and Android app offering seamless travel planning, price forecasts, price alerts, trip management, and AI-powered search. - **KAYAK.ai**: AI-powered travel assistant providing personalized tips, live pricing, and conversational booking. - **Explore Tool**: Inspires spontaneous travel by showing destinations within a chosen budget. - **Trips**: Personal travel assistant for organizing, managing, and sharing itineraries with real-time flight status. - **Price Forecast & Alerts**: Predicts price trends and notifies users of changes for flights, hotels, and car rentals. - **KAYAK for Partners & Advertisers**: Commission-based and advertising revenue models. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a subsidiary; parent Booking Holdings has a market cap of ~$150+ billion (as of mid-2025). - **Key Metric**: Processes billions of searches annually; 800+ team members; 60+ international sites in 25+ languages. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Owned by Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), which acquired KAYAK in 2013. Partners with hundreds of airlines, hotels, online travel agencies, and car rental companies. - **Growth Signals**: - Named #1 Best Airfare Search Site by Frommer’s (2024, 2025). - Won World’s Best Flight & Hotel Comparison Website at World Travel Tech Awards (2022–2024). - Recognized by Statista & COMPUTER BILD as a Top Online Platform 2025. - First mainstream travel company to introduce AI-powered conversational search (KAYAK AI Mode). - Expanded portfolio of 7 travel search brands globally. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in travel metasearch**: Pioneered the concept in 2004, creating a trusted, comprehensive comparison platform. - **Unbiased results**: Displays fares from all major providers without favoritism, clearly labeling booking sources. - **Massive data advantage**: Processes billions of searches, enabling powerful AI/ML tools like Price Forecast and AI Mode. - **Global brand portfolio**: Manages 7 brands (KAYAK, SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi, HotelsCombined) with a global footprint. - **Strong financial backing**: Part of Booking Holdings, providing stability and resources for innovation. - **High trust & recognition**: Consistently ranked #1 by leading travel publications and awards. ## Strategic Focus - **AI & personalization**: Leading with AI-powered search and conversational planning to improve user experience. - **Expanding corporate travel**: Growing KAYAK for Business as a free, self-service corporate travel tool. - **Global scale**: Continuing to expand international sites and language support. - **Innovation in search tools**: Developing new features like Price Forecast, Explore, and real-time trip management. - **Maintaining transparency**: Strengthening trust through clear labeling and fair marketplace practices. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Mission-driven, data-obsessed team of 800+ passionate about travel technology; emphasis on career growth, skill development, and individual learning. - **Work policy**: Hybrid model – team members work from the office three days a week, with flexibility to come in more often. Some roles are fully remote (US-based). - **Perks**: Part of a global network including OpenTable and a portfolio of travel metasearch brands; employee-resource groups for under-represented communities; global equal-pay policy. - **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on data, AI, and scalable systems (billions of queries); tech stack includes modern Java, frontend frameworks, and ETL tools. - **Global opportunities**: 15 international offices with opportunities to work across teams. - **Recognition**: Named a top employer by Built In and industry awards. - **Caution**: KAYAK warns of fraudulent job ads – all genuine recruitment ends with @kayak.com, and no payment is ever requested from candidates. ## Sources 1. [kayak.com](https://www.kayak.com/careers/) 2. [kayak.com](https://www.kayak.com/about) 3. [kayak.com](https://www.kayak.com/c/help/about/) 4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/kayak) 5. 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