# Senior Backend Software Engineer, Flights at Navan

> United States · Senior · Backend · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Atripactions%3A7874424 (read 2026-11-04).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Navan](https://alderhq.app/companies/navan)
- Location text: New York, NY; New York City
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: New York, NY; New York City")
- Posted: 2026-05-12 (176 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://navan.com/careers/openings?gh_jid=7874424
- Skills listed (inferred): Java, AWS, Distributed systems

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $113k–$252k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 48): p25 $183k, median $204k, p75 $215k
- H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 18, median offered wage $200k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance))
- Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Navan Netherlands B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants))
- Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Navan Netherlands Labs B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants))
- Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Navan Labs UK Limited" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers))

## Description (the employer's text)

Navan has transformed the corporate travel, payment, and expense landscape by consistently prioritizing user needs. As a Senior Backend 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
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

$113,400—$252,000 USD

Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers.

Human oversight: Metaview does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our recruiters and hiring managers review all outputs and make the final hiring decision regarding every application.

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