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Sr. Backend Software Engineer

Posted 2 Days Ago
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Hybrid
Palo Alto, CA
113K-252K Annually
Senior level
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Hybrid
Palo Alto, CA
113K-252K Annually
Senior level
Design and implement APIs and core backend services, develop business logic and models, build product features, ensure production quality with testing and monitoring, collaborate with product/design, provide technical leadership and mentoring, and drive framework and tooling improvements.
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Navan is an expense and corporate card solution that eliminates the hassles of expense management while giving finance leaders real-time spend visibility and control. Navan Expense provides employees with a refreshingly easy way to pay for what they need while giving finance leaders one easy place to control, manage, and track spend. With physical and virtual cards, smart policy management, and automated expense reports, T Expense streamlines the entire business spending process — driving cost-savings, productivity, and compliance.

The backend services this role will build serves customers across the globe. You will get to work with a highly motivated team pushing features at a fast clip. The services are going to be mission critical for our users to pay, book and expense their trips within seconds. The role will support a highly reliable and resilient application. You will be part of continuously improving culture that values craftsmanship and developer productivity.

What You’ll Do:

  • Design and implement APIs and core services 
  • Develop models and business logic
  • Build 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:

  • Strong programming skills and CS fundamentals combined with 5+ years of experience building products 
  • 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
  • Excellent communication skills working with stakeholders and domain experts across the company to design solutions to user problems
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment 
  • Prior experience working at startups and/or on consumer-facing products
  • Fintech or payments processing experience is a plus
  • Experience with Java, AWS and/or distributed systems is a plus
  • Experience with Hibernate or similar ORM technologies is a plus
  • Experience with Spring Framework is a plus

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

Top Skills

Java,Aws,Distributed Systems,Hibernate,Spring Framework
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3045 Park Blvd, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 94304

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