Engineering Manager

Navan

Quick summary

Work type: On-site
Location: Redwood City, CA
Salary: $167,625–$372,700 / yr
Posted: 35 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $270k

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About Navan

Navan (formerly TripActions) is a travel and expense management platform that provides corporate travel booking, expense management, and card solutions to simplify business travel for enterprises. Industry: Travel Management & Financial Technology

Navan currently has 17 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $113,400–$252,000 across 6 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager

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As an Engineering Manager in the Flights group at Navan, you will lead and mentor a team of 3-5 engineers to build and scale the next-generation flight platform, a critical component for global business travel. Your daily responsibilities include guiding architectural decisions with Java/Spring Boot on AWS, delivering high-quality customer-facing solutions, optimizing agile processes, and collaborating closely with product management and design teams. You will also contribute to hiring top-tier engineering talent and fostering a culture of technical excellence. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience building complex systems in fast-paced environments, proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, and hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms. Domain knowledge in travel industry products is a significant plus, as you will tackle technically demanding challenges that impact customers worldwide.

Skills

Java Spring Boot AWS Docker CI/CD Kubernetes PostgreSQL Git Jenkins Prometheus Grafana Agile Scrum

What you'll do

Lead and mentor a team of 3-5 engineers, setting goals and providing feedback.
Guide architectural decisions for Java/Spring Boot stack to ensure scalable services.
Take end-to-end ownership of flight shopping features from design to deployment.
Optimize agile development processes and maintain robust operational reliability.
Champion best practices in code quality, scalability, documentation, and testing.

What we're looking for

3+ years experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
8+ years building and scaling complex systems in fast-paced environments.
Hands-on technical expertise with Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.
Strong leadership and decision-making skills in rapidly changing contexts.
Excellent communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Commitment to delivering production-quality code and supporting features post-release.
Domain knowledge in travel industry (flights, bookings) preferred.

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