Sabre

Senior Software Engineer

India · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerSabre
LocationIndia
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted29 Sep 2026

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.

Job Description

Role Summary

The Senior Software Engineer is a hands-on technical expert responsible for designing and developing production-grade applications and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, GCP, and Kubernetes, along with Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions using Python, Vertex AI, and ADK. The role involves building rapid AI prototypes and POCs, developing React-based conversational UIs and widgets, and taking solutions through the full lifecycle from design to production deployment. The engineer will focus on scalability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency, while contributing to reusable engineering patterns, best practices, and mentoring junior engineers.

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Key Responsibilities

Software & Full Stack Engineering

Design and develop scalable applications using Java/JDK 17+, Spring Boot and microservices.
Build REST APIs and integrate with enterprise systems, relational/NoSQL databases and external services.
Develop modern web applications and conversational widgets using React and TypeScript/JavaScript.
Apply sound software engineering principles, design patterns, automated testing and code quality practices.

GenAI & Agentic AI

Develop GenAI and Agentic AI POCs using Python, Vertex AI, ADK and related frameworks.
Build agentic workflows involving tool calling, planning, memory/context management and guardrails.
Implement RAG, embeddings, vector search and prompt engineering solutions.
Build integrations using Model Context Protocol (MCP) and other LLM tool/function-calling frameworks.
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and transition successful POCs into production-grade solutions.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

Build and deploy cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Work with GKE/Kubernetes, Docker, Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub and Secret Manager.
Implement CI/CD, monitoring, logging, error handling and production observability.
Optimize application and LLM workloads for performance, scalability and cost.
Develop data pipelines using Dataflow, Apache Beam or Spark where required.

Engineering Leadership & Quality

Participate in architecture, design discussions and code reviews.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute reusable engineering patterns and best practices.
Ensure production readiness through testing, observability, resiliency and operational support.
Apply security and Responsible AI practices including IAM, secrets management, data protection, guardrails and audit logging.

Required Technical Skills

Strong hands-on experience with Java/JDK 17+, Spring Boot and microservices.
Strong understanding of OOP, data structures, design patterns and REST APIs.
Experience with GCP, Docker and Kubernetes/GKE.
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
Hands-on experience with React and JavaScript/TypeScript.
Working experience with Python, particularly for AI/GenAI development.
Experience with Git, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD and automated testing.

Preferred Skills

Experience with Vertex AI and Google ADK or comparable Agentic AI frameworks.
Experience developing MCP servers/tools or ChatGPT integrations.
Experience building conversational AI/chatbot applications and interactive widgets.
Experience with BigQuery, Pub/Sub and event-driven architectures.
Exposure to Terraform/Infrastructure-as-Code and LLMOps.
Understanding of enterprise security including IAM, JWT/OAuth, Okta/IAP and Secret Manager.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
5–8 years of software engineering experience, with strong enterprise application development experience.
Exposure to building GenAI/Agentic AI solutions and taking POCs toward production.

Expected Outcomes

Deliver high-quality, scalable Java microservices and full-stack applications.
Rapidly prototype and productionize GenAI and Agentic AI capabilities.
Build reusable AI integrations, MCP tools and conversational UI components.
Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, reliability, observability and cost efficiency.

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

Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process.

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