Lead Software Systems Engineer

Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide.

Order Managements System (OMS) team is looking for a talented Lead Engineer. We are in an exciting phase of Sabre’s evolution with Personalized offers with the announcement of Sabre Smart Retailing Engine and technology shift.  OMS is a core component in the NEW ecosystem that will be built as a high-scale, low-latency, high through-put component. We are looking for a strong Team Lead Engineer to lead/be Tech anchor for one of our teams that design, development and deploy critical component.  If you think you have the right skills and mindset, come join us in this thrilling journey to create something that will be a big differentiator in the marketplace. 

Role and Responsibilities  

• Develops, codes, tests and debugs moderately complex software solutions or enhancements to existing software. 

• Be tech anchor/TL for one of dev teams 

• Works with technical staff to understand problems with software and resolve them. 

• Be part and lead discussion on tech panels, propose suggestions for improvements and enhancements 

• Designs and codes moderately complex applications using advanced technology. 

• Designs, builds and demonstrates prototype applications. 

• Has good understanding of business application. 

Technology stack:  

• Programming language: JAVA 17 

• Version control system: Git 

• Database: GCP Spanner 

• Messaging: GCP Pub/Sub 

• Architecture: 

  • Microservices 

  • REST/JSON and/or GRPC API 

  • Monorepo 

  • GCP Traffic Director 

  • Envoy load balancer 

  • CI/CD 

• Cloud provider: GCP 

• Dependency management system: Maven and Bazel 

• Java libraries:  

  • Spring boot 2.2.X 

  • Spring 5.2.X 

  • Lombok 

  • RestAssured 

  • Cucumber 

  • TestNG 

• Deployment: 

  • Containers deployed on GKE 

  • IaaC (Terraform) 

• Security and access control: 

  • JWT, OKTA 

Must Have Skills: 

• Minimum 6 year of hands-on Java programming (including Java 17)  

• Experience and knowledge of open-source software, frameworks, and broader cutting-edge technologies around server-side development in Java 11;  

• Wide and deep understanding of Java ecosystem, monitoring and diagnosis; Containers, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes  

• Strong experience in database systems with both relational and NoSQL stores  

• Experience in Cloud deployments, Preferably in GCP  

• Expert practical knowledge on Agile and Lean processes 

• Experience in leading dev team/being tech anchor 

• Excellent English/Polish communication skills 

Nice To Have Skills: 

• OMS domain knowledge 

Work arrangements

• Hybrid working mode; 3 chosen days from the office in a week

• Flexible working hours: Maintain your work-life balance by adjusting your working hours to your needs

Paid time off

• Year-End-Break: enjoy additional fully paid days off during the last week of the year

• Paid parental leave: Take up to 12 weeks off with pay after birth or adoption of a child. Sabre Global Paid Parental Leave runs concurrently with local leave policies.

• Paid volunteer time: take up to 4 days annually to give your time to a charitable organization of your choice

Your money

• My Benefit platform/Multisport card: enjoy the benefit cafeteria system and use popular sport card

• Tax deduction: take the opportunity to claim deductible costs, reducing your income tax

• Employee Capital Plans: profit from long-term saving scheme co-financed by Sabre and the State Treasury

• Baby Bonus: benefit from one-time allowance on childbirth or adoption 

• Say Thanks program: collect points on recognition program and transfer them to wide variety of gifts and services

Health and wellness

• Luxmed medical coverage: take care of yourself and your family with the extensive medical package with a broad range of additional services

• Foreign travel insurance: feel safe going abroad with free Allianz insurance offered as part of our Lux Med package

• Employee Assistance Program: find help in free, confidential program with a certified counselor

• Mindfulness & meditation apps: take care of your mental and physical health

• Life insurance: sign up for free, high coverage life insurance program

Career development

• Professional development: access to e-learning platforms as well as join Sabre live learning sessions

• Certification and tuition reimbursement

• Our Communities: join one of our team member groups focused on sharing knowledge and best practices (Google Developers Group, Innovation Lab Community, Women in Technology, SOLVE!T and many more)

And more

• Car and bike parking 

• Fun & Relax zone in modern office: enjoy electronic tables to work, foosball, ping pong, pool table, swings, massage chairs and terraces to admire a panoramic view of Kraków. We have parents’ rooms as well

• No dress code

• Innovation Lab: access Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality equipment, Robot construction kit, 3D printers and many more

• Attractive Referral Bonus: earn $2500 USD for every hired referral

Skills: software development, software engineering, agile, scrum, Java, developer, engineer

We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as we progress your application.

Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will proceed in the selection process.

Sabre is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.