Staff Software Engineer

Navan

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On-site
Location
Berlin, Germany
Posted
18 days ago
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3 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

Navan currently has 20 open roles on FindRole.

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Join our Expense Platform team in Berlin as a Staff Software Engineer, where you will lead the design and evolution of distributed systems that power the full expense lifecycle. You’ll work closely with engineering leaders, product managers, designers, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive technical strategy, platform scalability, and engineering excellence. Key responsibilities include architecting backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot, designing event-driven systems with Kafka and AWS SQS, and developing high-performance REST APIs for external financial integrations. You will also mentor engineers, champion best practices like CI/CD and code quality, and collaborate across teams to deliver impactful solutions. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of backend and distributed systems experience, expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, Kafka, AWS SQS, and cloud-native applications on AWS, along with a proven track record in technical leadership and system reliability.

Skills

Java Spring Boot Kafka AWS_SQS Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL MySQL AWS REST_APIs Event_Driven_Architecture Mentorship Testing Microservices_Architecture Observability Scalability Reliability Automation_Pods OCR_Processing_Pods

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and evolution of distributed systems for expense management.
  • Drive technical strategy and long-term platform architecture decisions.
  • Design high-performance REST APIs and integrations with external financial systems.
  • Own critical expense workflows including reimbursements, approvals, and automation.
  • Mentor engineers across teams through technical leadership and design reviews.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with expertise in backend and distributed systems.
  • Strong background in building scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and event-driven architectures.
  • Deep understanding of Kafka, AWS SQS, or similar messaging technologies for asynchronous processing.
  • Expertise in relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and cloud-native application design on AWS.
  • Proven leadership in large technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.
  • Experience championing system reliability, observability, performance optimization, and scalability.
  • Strong mentorship skills to guide engineers and drive technical excellence across teams.

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