Senior Software Development Engineer

Travelport; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Travelport is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer for a remote US role. You will design, build, and operate scalable backend systems, data pipelines, and AI-facing platforms that power flight search, pricing and trip planning services.

You will work across backend, data, and platform engineering with a strong emphasis on CI/CD, observability, and production readiness in a cloud-native environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating production-grade backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Scala, and Python across multiple runtimes.
• Experience building distributed data processing using Apache Spark and Kafka.
• Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm, AWS).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Terragrunt).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, and software delivery best practices.
• Knowledge of observability—monitoring, logging, metrics, alerts—for production systems.
• Excellent collaboration in agile, code-review driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and data pipelines spanning streaming ingestion, batch, and API layers.
• Develop and evolve data models, schemas, and storage patterns for a data lake.
• Build platforms exposing data, tools, and services to AI-driven applications.
• Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot workloads on a Kubernetes-based cloud platform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Collaborate with data science, platform, and engineering teams for scalable solutions.
• Implement automated testing, observability, and operational tooling with metrics and dashboards.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, architecture decisions, and agile planning.
• Drive improvements in reliability, scalability, performance and cost efficiency.

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

Tools

Apache Spark

Kafka

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Terragrunt

CI/CD

Helm

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer| REMOTE | US

Travel obsessed? Big tech fan? Hey, you’re in good company. If you want to be part of the industry that makes the world go round, then look no further.

Travelport is the brains behind lots of your travel bookings- plane, car or hotel. Our technology is used to book that magical holiday, infamous long-awaited bucket list trip or that overdue school reunion. While we can’t solve mosquito bites or lost luggage, we can simplify a lot of the technical parts of travel, and we’re looking for the best thinkers to help us do it.

We’re hiring right now for a Senior Software Development Engineer! Search for #Travelport on LinkedIn and hear from our amazing team.

How you’ll make an impact:

We’re looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to join a team building AI-centered, cloud-native systems that enable flight search, pricing and trip planning services. You’ll design, develop, and operate scalable distributed systems, large-scale data pipelines, and AI-facing platforms that make travel data and services accessible to applications and intelligent agents. This role brings together backend engineering, data engineering, platform engineering, and operational ownership.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and data pipelines spanning streaming ingestion, batch and stream processing, and API layers.
• Develop and evolve data models, schemas, and storage patterns that support a growing analytical data lake.
• Build and maintain platforms that expose data, tools, and services to AI-driven applications and agents.
• Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot workloads running on a Kubernetes-based cloud platform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable, automated build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Collaborate closely with data science, platform, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions.
• Implement automated testing, observability, and operational tooling, including metrics, logging, dashboards, and alerts.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, architecture decisions, and agile planning activities.
• Drive continuous improvements in system reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience in professional software development, including designing, building, and operating production-grade backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Scala, and/or Python, with the ability to work effectively across multiple languages, frameworks, and runtime environments.
• Experience building and operating distributed data processing solutions using technologies such as Apache Spark and Kafka.
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and container orchestration platforms, including Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code practices and tools such as Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD principles, automated testing, and software delivery best practices.
• Understanding of observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting for production systems.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills, with experience working in agile, code review-driven engineering environments.

Other Valuable Experience

• Experience with modern data lake and lakehouse technologies (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Nessie, or similar catalog systems)
• Experience managing schema evolution and data governance within analytical data platforms
• Experience building or integrating AI-facing interfaces and agentic AI solutions (e.g., MCP, RAG, Spring AI, LangChain, LangGraph, LLM function calling)
• Experience with AI/ML lifecycle management and MLOps practices
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.