Senior Backend Engineer

Navan

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redwood City, CA
Posted: 41 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

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TL;DR · Senior Backend Engineer

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We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and implement advanced AI solutions in travel and expense management products. The ideal candidate will design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs that integrate large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and conversational interfaces into consumer-facing applications. Responsibilities include collaborating with AI specialists to deliver production-ready features while ensuring system reliability, performance, and security. Candidates should have 5+ years of professional experience in backend engineering, proficiency in languages like Java, and expertise in building APIs and microservices. Strong understanding of distributed systems, SQL and NoSQL databases, vector databases, and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP is essential, along with familiarity with AI/ML concepts and platforms like OpenAI and Hugging Face.

Skills

Java Python SQL NoSQL AWS GCP Azure OpenAI HuggingFace RAG LLMs VectorDatabases CI/CD

What you'll do

Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs for AI integration.
Implement integrations with AI platforms like OpenAI and Hugging Face.
Translate AI capabilities into production-ready features in collaboration with specialists.
Ensure high reliability, performance, and security of AI-powered systems.
Work with product teams to gather requirements and deliver consumer-facing solutions.

What we're looking for

5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
Strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Java).
Experience building and maintaining production-grade APIs and microservices.
Solid understanding of distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms.
Familiarity with AI/ML platforms and services like OpenAI and Hugging Face.

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