Staff Backend Software Engineer

At Navan, “It’s all about the user. All of them.” We’re passionate about providing a seamless one-stop experience for business travelers, no matter how they travel, where they stay, or where they’re going. Navan Hotels Team is a dynamic group of professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional lodging solutions for business travelers. As part of the Hotels Team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of business travel accommodations through technology. Our engineers work closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists to build innovative tools and services that make hotel booking seamless, efficient, and enjoyable. We are responsible for creating and maintaining scalable systems that connect clients to the best hotel options worldwide, optimize booking flows, and deliver outstanding user experiences.

This is a very unique role that combines the small team feeling of a startup launching a brand new product, with the perks, opportunity size, and impact of an established company. Our team is building the next big thing, from scratch, but all within the hyper-growth context of Navan. You have a chance to heavily impact the roadmap of a nascent product and organization.

What You'll Do

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers on the team
• Contribute and drive frameworks that lead to significant user experience improvements
• Assist the team in understanding and adopting new technologies
  
  

What We're Looking For:

• 10 years or equivalent quality experience, preferably in startup environments
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems serving developers and/or end users
• Ability to be an innovative problem solver that can turn ambiguous problem spaces into clear solutions, and comfort with new technology and thinking outside the box to develop and implement solutions
• Ability to influence without authority, working with technical and cross-functional teams who do not report into this role
• In-depth experience with Java, Spring Boot and AWS
  
  

The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.

Pay Range: $146,250 USD - $255,000 USD