Senior Software Engineer

Navan has transformed the corporate travel payment and expense landscape by consistently prioritizing user needs. As a Senior software Engineer in the Flights group you’ll play an essential part in building and scaling the next-generation flight platform Navan’s flagship product that drives global business growth. This is a high-scale complex environment where your work will impact customers worldwide. You’ll solve challenging problems collaborate with engineers product managers and designers across the globe and contribute to a platform trusted by major enterprises.

What You’ll Do:

• Build at Scale: Design and develop robust high-performance features and core services that support the company’s flagship product and serve a global customer base.
• Solve Complex Problems: Apply deep technical expertise and creativity to address large-scale engineering challenges driving improvements in reliability performance and user experience.
• Deliver Customer-Facing Solutions: Take end-to-end ownership of features—from design and development to deployment and operational support—ensuring exceptional quality and value for users.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work effectively as part of a global cross-functional team partnering with fellow engineers product managers designers and business leaders to deliver impactful solutions and elevate team performance.
• Contribute to Engineering Culture: Champion best practices in code quality scalability documentation monitoring and testing fostering a culture of technical excellence collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Learn and Grow: Stay engaged with new technologies and industry trends bringing a growth mindset and a passion for delivering elegant solutions to complex problems.

What We're Looking For:

• 6+ years of experience building and scaling complex systems in fast-paced high-growth or large-scale environments (open to exceptional candidates with less experience)
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining consumer-facing or core business products at scale
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot with solid understanding of JVM performance and optimization
• Strong experience with distributed systems micro-services and API design including practical expertise with AWS or other cloud platforms
• Ownership mentality with a record of delivering production-quality maintainable code and supporting features post-release through monitoring and troubleshooting
• Collaborative team player able to work effectively with global cross-functional partners
• Commitment to engineering best practices in testing documentation scalability and code quality
• Problem-solving mindset with a passion for tackling technically demanding and customer-impacting challenges
• Domain knowledge in the travel industry (flights bookings or inventory management) is a strong plus
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent hands-on experience

How does Navan ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?

What We Do

Navan (Nasdaq: NAVN) is the leading all-in-one business travel payments and expense management platform that makes travel easy for frequent travelers. From finding flights and hotels to automating expense reconciliation with 24/7 support along the way Navan delivers an intuitive experience travelers love and finance teams rely on. See how Navan customers benefit and learn more at navan.com.

Why Work With Us

At Navan we’re never satisfied with the status quo and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation.

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