Frontend Software Engineer - 2

About Role

Navan has transformed the corporate travel, payment, and expense landscape by consistently prioritizing user needs. As a Software Engineer II, you’ll help build the next generation of our user-centric platform that powers global business travel and expense management. You will work on a high-impact, mission-critical application that is used by thousands of travelers every day.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll work on the core user-facing features of our product. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver high-quality, impactful solutions that meet customer needs and are accessible to a global audience.

What You’Ll Do

• Build User-Centric Features: Design, develop, and maintain intuitive and responsive user interfaces that power a seamless global travel and expense management experience.
• Champion Accessibility and Localization: Ensure our products are accessible to all users by adhering to WCAG standards. Implement internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) best practices to deliver a world-class experience to our global customer base.
• Own Features End-to-End: Take responsibility for core features—from system design and coding to deployment, monitoring, and operational support—ensuring performance, reliability, and an excellent user experience.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers globally to deliver solutions that drive impact across multiple lines of business.
• Champion Best Practices: Contribute to a culture of technical excellence by writing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code. Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving feedback to raise the bar for the entire team.
• Grow and Innovate: Stay engaged with emerging technologies in frontend development, continuously bringing fresh ideas to improve system efficiency and customer value.

What We’Re Looking For

• 2–4 years of experience building frontend systems for SaaS products or consumer-facing web applications in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience with Angular (or a similar modern frontend framework such as React or Vue)
• Demonstrated experience with and a strong passion for web accessibility (A11y) standards and localization (l10n) best practices.
• Ability to effectively leverage AI development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, CodeGPT, Claude, and Cursor) to accelerate development and innovate on engineering workflows while maintaining high standards for code quality.
• Proven ability to deliver production-quality code, with strong practices in testing, documentation, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates strong ownership, clear communication, and a collaborative mindset, with a proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional, global teams to solve complex problems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent hands-on experience.

Bonus Points For

• Familiarity with TypeScript and modern frontend tooling (Webpack, Nx, etc.)
• Experience working with design systems or contributing to shared UI component libraries.
• Understanding of backend systems and APIs to collaborate effectively across the stack.
• A product-focused mindset and a passion for understanding and solving user problems.