Senior Backend Software Engineer
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- Navan is building the next generation of intelligent travel experiences, where loyalty, personalization, and AI agents help travelers make better decisions before, during, and after every trip
- As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you’ll drive the technical vision, architecture, and execution for the highly available, distributed services that form the backbone of Navan’s global travel and expense platform
- Architect Core Backend Systems: Design, build, and scale high-performance, fault-tolerant microservices that process millions of travel and expense transactions globally
- Lead Technical Initiatives: Drive complex, cross-functional engineering projects from conception to deployment, making critical architectural trade-offs and setting technical standards for the wider backend organization
- Optimize Performance & Reliability: Build robust APIs, asynchronous event-driven architectures, and scalable data pipelines with a relentless focus on low latency, high availability, and operational excellence
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with product management, engineering leadership, data, and platform teams to translate ambiguous business requirements into cohesive, enterprise-grade technical solutions
- Raise the Engineering Bar: Champion maintainable code, thoughtful abstractions, and rigorous testing. Act as a force multiplier by mentoring engineers, leading architecture reviews, and fostering a culture of strong operational ownership
Benefits
- Parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Healthcare
- Flexible Vacation
- Health and Wellness
- Fuel for Connection
- Pet Friendly
- IATAN (travel-related discounts)
- 401k (retirement plan)
- Connectivity Allowance
- Learning & Development
- 6+ years of software engineering experience building and operating highly scalable, distributed production systems at an enterprise or global scale
- Product mindset with the ability to balance immediate product delivery with long-term technical health and scalability
- Experience with travel platforms, fintech, payment processing, or complex financial ledgers is a strong plus
- Exceptional skills in systems observability, production debugging, and ensuring the reliability of critical Tier 1 services
- Deep technical expertise in backend engineering stacks such as Java, TypeScript/Node.js, Python, or Go, alongside a strong mastery of engineering fundamentals
- Extensive hands-on experience designing microservices, complex APIs, event-driven workflows (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), caching strategies, and distributed databases
- Proven track record of driving technical vision and leading the architecture of large, multi-team projects from inception through to successful production rollouts