About the company
Navan has transformed the corporate travel, payment, and expense landscape by relentlessly prioritizing the user experience. As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer in the Flights group, you will play an essential role in building and scaling Navan’s flagship product—a next-generation flight platform that drives global business growth.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end experience: drive complex features from inception to launch, partner closely with product and design, monitor real-world impact, and iterate based on data
- Architect for scale: lead application design and implement critical portions of the frontend architecture
- Champion operational excellence: set the gold standard for frontend reliability, performance, and measurability, and define the team's approach to application performance monitoring (APM)
- Supercharge developer velocity: build and refine internal frameworks and frontend pipelines that improve developer experience (DX), code health, and time-to-ship
- Mentor and elevate: establish credibility through high-quality code and rigorous design reviews, and mentor fellow engineers on best practices, modern design patterns, and system architecture
- Bridge the stack: work full-stack with a strong understanding of backend systems and APIs to drive holistic, cross-system improvements
Requirements
- 5+ years of dedicated UI/frontend development experience in high-growth, agile environments
- Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
- Strong hands-on experience in modern frontend frameworks, specifically React and Angular
- Comprehensive understanding of the technical intricacies of large-scale frontend systems
- Proven track record of driving positive technical change within engineering organizations
- Low-ego, high-impact approach to problem-solving
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Conditions
- Pay range: $113,400 – $252,000 USD
- Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets
- Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes; all final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers
- Candidates may request a human evaluation without AI assistance