Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Bengaluru, INPosted Jul 29, 2026

Navan has disrupted the corporate travel, payment, and expense market, always putting user needs at the center of our solutions. You now have the unique opportunity to join the Flights group in building the next generation flight platform. In your role, you will have a high degree of flexibility to shape a fast-growing product, working in a high-profile cross-functional team and launching new features at a fast pace.You will be responsible for leading, designing, and developing mission-critical product features and services driving our Flights platform.

What You'll Do: 

  • Designing and implementing APIs and core services
  • Developing models and business logic
  • Building out impactful product features
  • Ensure the quality of the features you built, follow-up on usage/issues post release.
  • Work closely with product and design team to deliver new features that align with the needs of the business
  • 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:

  • 5+ years of experience working in a fast paced environment
  • Prior experience working at startups and/or on consumer-facing products
  • In-depth experience with Java and Spring Framework
  • Strong programming skills and CS fundamentals 
  • Deep architecture and API design skills to build core services and new product features
  • Strong sense of ownership demonstrated through shipping production-quality code equipped with testing, monitoring and documentation
  • Passion for solving problems and learning new tools and technologies
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Domain expertise in the travel industry
  • Experience with AWS and/or distributed systems is a plus
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience

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$1$1 USD

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