--- title: 'Manager, Engineering at Navan' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/manager-engineering-navan-bengaluru-r3tpwe47q35g' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-15' --- # Manager, Engineering at Navan - **Company:** Navan - **Location:** Bengaluru, India - **Posted:** 2026-09-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15 - **Apply:** https://navan.com/careers/openings?gh_jid=8185067 ## Job description ## About the Role Navan's Enterprise Team builds the critical "operating system" of our corporate travel platform—handling complex travel policies, dynamic approval workflows, user identity, and enterprise-grade analytics. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performing team of 5-10 full-stack engineers to build sophisticated configuration tools and scalable backend engines. You will be responsible for translating business requirements into technical strategies, balancing short-term execution with long-term architectural vision. By combining deep technical expertise with strong leadership, you will foster a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive and do the best work of their careers. What You’ll Do: - Lead & Mentor: Manage, coach, and grow a team of 5-10 talented full-stack engineers. Set performance goals, conduct regular 1:1s, and provide actionable feedback. - Drive Execution: Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and other stakeholders to define project scopes, deliverables, and roadmaps for our Admin and User portals. - Technical Leadership: Guide architectural decisions and trade-offs for our stack (Java/Spring Boot, React/TypeScript, SQL/NoSQL), ensuring the team delivers scalable, secure, and highly available microservices. - Process Optimization: Maintain and improve agile development processes. Organize schedules, track deliverables, check work for technical accuracy, and ensure robust operational reliability. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effectively communicate and coordinate work with other managers and staff to seamlessly integrate complex, cross-domain features. - Team Building: Identify staffing needs, lead hiring efforts, and onboard top-tier engineering talent to scale your team. What We’re Looking For: - Experience: 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, plus at least 2+ years of direct engineering management experience. - Technical Depth: Strong architectural background with a solid understanding of both backend (Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate) and frontend ecosystems (modern frameworks like React/Angular/Vue, and TypeScript). - Leadership & Organization: Highly organized and detail-oriented. Proven ability to manage project delivery, balance competing priorities, and challenge the status quo to make our products better. - Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to evaluate complex technical information, solve intricate system challenges, and validate the engineering methods used by your staff. - Excellent Communication: Strong verbal and written skills for overseeing staff, setting clear expectations, and presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. - Modern Workflow Awareness: An understanding of AI-enabled development tools (like GitHub Copilot or Claude) to help the team accelerate workflows while maintaining high quality. Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) or equivalent practical experience. Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes against job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. Human oversight: Metaview does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Our recruiters and hiring managers review all outputs and make the final hiring decision regarding every application. - Your rights: If you prefer to have your application reviewed without AI assistance, you may request a human evaluation by entering your email [here](https://my.metaview.app/applications/opt-out?organization=15dd7e883f). Your decision to do so will not affect how your candidacy is evaluated. Please refer to our[Candidate Privacy Notice](https://navan.com/candidate-privacy-notice) for more information about our processing of personal data, and your rights. ## About Navan ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Navan is the leading all-in-one, AI-powered business travel, payments, and expense management platform that makes corporate travel effortless for frequent travelers while giving finance teams full control. - **Entity Type**: Public (ticker: **NAVN**, listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in October 2025) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Corporate travel management, expense management, travel technology, payments. - **Target customers**: B2B – mid-market to enterprise companies; also SMBs. - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Make travel easy for every traveler by being the best travel agency on the planet." ## Products & Services - **Navan Travel**: AI-powered booking platform for flights, hotels, and ground transportation with extensive inventory access (including NDC content from 17+ airlines). - **Navan Expense**: Automated expense management that categorizes and reconciles receipts, with real-time policy enforcement and integration with ERPs. - **Navan Edge**: AI travel assistant (chat-based) that handles bookings and provides 24/7 human support. - **Navan Rewards**: Incentive program that rewards employees for booking below budget. - **Navan Connect (BYOC)**: Card-link technology that connects corporate cards from 250+ banks, enabling unified spend visibility. - **Navan Corporate Cards**: Physical and virtual cards for payments. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in search results (post-IPO, real-time market cap available on exchanges). - **Key Metric**: **Total Headcount** ~3,300 employees (as of 2026); **Number of customers** – thousands, including major enterprises like Heineken, Unilever, Wayfair, and Zoom. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources, but strategic partners include Amadeus (dual-GDS model) and major airlines via NDC. - **Growth Signals**: Went public in October 2025; expanded globally through acquisitions of Comtravo (Germany), Resia (France), Tripeur (India), and Reed & MacKay (Europe); now operates 50 offices worldwide; first TMC to integrate AI across the entire platform. ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-first platform**: First travel management company to embed AI across search, booking, expense reconciliation, and customer service. - **All-in-one T&E**: Combines travel, expense, and payments in a single system, eliminating the need for multiple vendors. - **Dual-GDS model**: Integrated with both Sabre and Amadeus, providing global coverage and competitive pricing. - **NDC leader**: Offers access to 17 airlines’ New Distribution Capability content for better fares and inventory. ## Strategic Focus - Continue leading in AI-powered travel and expense innovation. - Expand corporate card and payments ecosystem (Navan Connect, external card linking). - Deepen enterprise capabilities and global footprint (targeting mid-market and large multinationals). - Drive user adoption through employee rewards and seamless mobile experience. ## Why Work Here - **Work model**: Hybrid – 4 days per week in office (Palo Alto HQ and other global offices). Strong emphasis on in-person collaboration. - **Culture**: Meritocratic, high-ownership, “high-talent density” environment. Values include extreme ownership, bias to action, “AI-first mindset”, and “seriously fun”. - **Perks & Benefits**: - Flexible vacation (take time off as needed, manager coordination). - Paid parental leave (16 weeks birthing parent, 10 weeks non-birthing). - 401k, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discount. - Medical, dental, vision, pet insurance. - Commuter benefits, in-office snacks and lunches, dog-friendly offices. - Headspace mental health subscription. - Navan personal travel discounts (employee leisure bookings at corporate rates). - Connectivity allowance (bi-weekly stipend for remote work). - **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly scaling public company; teams across engineering, product, data science, travel operations, and R&D. ## Sources 1. [navan.com](https://navan.com/ – Product overview, platform details) 2. [navan.com/about](https://navan.com/about – Company history, mission, timeline, IPO) 3. [navan.com/careers](https://navan.com/careers – Culture, values, benefits, work model) 4. 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