# Sr. Software Engineer

**Company:** [Navan](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-companies/navan)
**Location:** Bengaluru, IN
**Work mode:** On-site
**Seniority:** Senior
**Employment type:** Full Time
**Category:** Software
**Department:** Other
**Listed:** 2026-09-07

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## Job description

Navan has transformed the corporate travel, payment, and expense landscape by consistently prioritizing user needs We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) for our AI-first engineering team to drive the architecture of a next-generation corporate expense management platform, In this role, you will scale backend systems powering global commerce, payments, issuing platforms, and Payment/money ledgers, while building infrastructure for automated policy management, granular admin controls, and seamless accounting system integrations.

  

**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:**

-   4-6  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
-   Previous Fintech payment systems experience a plus (not required)
-   Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
-   Proven experience leveraging AI models and AI-driven development to build intelligent, automated features and enhance engineering productivity

  

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. 

-   **Your rights:** If you prefer to have your application reviewed without AI assistance, you may request a human evaluation by entering your email [here](https://my.metaview.app/applications/opt-out?organization=15dd7e883f). Your decision to do so will not affect how your candidacy is evaluated. 
    

Please refer to our [Candidate Privacy Notice](https://navan.com/candidate-privacy-notice) for more information about our processing of personal data, and your rights.

## Other open roles at Navan

- [Director of Consulting Ecosystem](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/navan/director-of-consulting-ecosystem-8346765) — Boston, MA
- [Senior Software Engineer (Backend)](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/navan/senior-software-engineer-backend-8336683) — London, UK
- [Senior iOS Software Engineer](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/navan/senior-ios-software-engineer-8336693) — Berlin, Germany
- [Senior iOS Software Engineer](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/navan/senior-ios-software-engineer-8336696) — London, UK
- [Junior Backend Software Engineer](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/navan/junior-backend-software-engineer-8336673) — London, UK

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