# Fullstack Software Engineer II, Flights

**Company:** [Navan](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/navan)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $92k – $206k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Java, spring, Spring Boot, hibernate, AWS, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Caching, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, API Design, automated testing, Observability
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Build and scale end-to-end flight search, booking, payment, and expense platform services using Java, Spring, AWS, and distributed systems. The role requires 3–5 years of backend development experience and ownership of reliable, production-grade software.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency APIs and backend microservices for flight search, booking, and payment workflows.
- Own features end to end, including technical architecture, data modeling, production coding, deployment, and monitoring.
- Build fault-tolerant systems with automated testing, observability, alerting, and telemetry.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineering Leads to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to shared frameworks, and promote engineering best practices.
- Evaluate technologies, frameworks, and tools to modernize the backend stack and refine architecture.

## Requirements
- 3–5 years of professional backend software development experience.
- Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and API design.
- Experience delivering production-grade applications with comprehensive testing, monitoring, and documentation.
- Proficiency in Java and experience with Spring, Spring Boot, and Hibernate or other ORMs.
- Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS using microservice architectures.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, caching strategies, relational databases, and distributed state.
- Strong problem-solving and cross-functional communication skills.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with consumer-facing products, high-availability transactional platforms, or travel technology integrations.

## Compensation
- Pay range: **$92,475–$205,700 USD**.

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