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Job Location drjobs

Dallas - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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1 Vacancy

Job Description

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel.

Positioned at the center of the travel we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps online travel sites airline and hotel reservation networks travel agent terminals and scores of other solutions.

Simply put we connect people with moments that matter.

NOTE: TPG Capital a global alternative asset management firm recently acquired Hospitality Solutions. Over the coming months Sabre is working with TPG to formally separate the Hospitality Solutions business from Sabre. It is important to understand that while you will be employed by a Sabre legal entity your role will be to support the Hospitality Solutions business which is now owned by TPG.

Hospitality Solutions formerly part of Sabre Holdings is a global leader at the forefront of hospitality technology powering over 40000 properties across 174 countries. Celebrated for our innovative and customer-centric approach we deliver integrated platforms for distribution reservations retailing and guest experience to both renowned hotel brands and independent properties worldwide.

Role Overview:

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and development of our next-generation platform and reliability this role you will apply your deep software engineering expertise to solve complex infrastructure scalability and software delivery challenges. You will be a hands-on architect and developer building the software that ensures our services are reliable performant and continuously deployable.

This is a unique high-impact position that combines platform engineering with expert-level consultation. You will not only engineer the core of our automation and infrastructure but also serve as a key technical advisor to our Performance Engineering team ensuring that reliability and scalability are primary considerations in our architecture. Your work will directly influence our long-term technical strategy and elevate the capabilities of our entire engineering organization.

About the Team:

Join a core engineering team dedicated to building the foundational platforms and services that empower our entire development organization. We design build and run the critical infrastructure and software delivery systems that enable our product teams to ship features quickly reliably and at scale. Our mission is to solve complex engineering challenges through elegant code robust systems and a commitment to automation creating a world-class developer experience.


Key Responsibilities:

DevOps and Infrastructure Engineering:

  • Architect design and build the software and automated systems that define our CI/CD and software delivery platform.
  • Engineer resilient scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles applying your software development skills to tools like Terraform and Packer.
  • Develop and enhance our Kubernetes-based container orchestration platform creating robust solutions for service deployment management and scaling using tools like Helm and Docker.
  • Design and build the software that powers our API gateway infrastructure contributing to the evolution of our Apigee Hybrid implementation.
  • Write clean maintainable and well-tested code for infrastructure automation and platform services using languages like Python in addition to scripting with Bash.
  • Lead by example in software engineering best practices and mentor other engineers to raise the bar for technical excellence.

Performance Engineering Consultation:

  • Serve as a software architecture consultant to the Performance Engineering team providing expert guidance on building scalable and performant systems.
  • Collaborate on the design of performance tests and models advising on how to best simulate and validate system behavior under load.
  • Analyze complex performance issues from a software and systems design perspective partnering with development teams to architect and implement effective solutions.
  • Translate business and product requirements into technical specifications for system capacity and scalability influencing long-term architectural decisions.

Qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in a senior or principal-level Software Engineering role with a demonstrated focus on building backend systems platforms or infrastructure.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with deep hands-on experience using Terraform and Packer to build and manage production environments.
  • Deep hands-on experience engineering solutions on and for containerization technologies (Docker) and Kubernetes including platform development and management with Helm.
  • Proven expertise in designing and building CI/CD systems and developer-focused automation.
  • Strong programming skills in at least one language such as Python Java or C in addition to scripting (e.g. Bash).
  • Practical experience using performance testing tools like JMeter to analyze and validate the performance characteristics of the software you build.
  • A strong foundation in distributed systems software architecture and SRE principles (SLOs observability reliability).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale technical projects and mentor other engineers.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex technical ideas to a variety of audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Direct experience in a dedicated performance engineering or capacity planning role.
  • In-depth knowledge of API gateway technologies specifically Apigee Hybrid.
  • Experience building custom integrations for observability tools (e.g. AppDynamics Splunk Grafana Prometheus).
  • Experience in a large-scale hybrid-cloud environment.

Outstanding Benefits

  • Very competitive compensation
  • Generous Paid Time Off (25 PTO days)
  • 4 days (one day/quarter) Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
  • 5 days off annually for Year-End Break
  • We offer a comprehensive medical dental and Wellness Program
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
  • Formal and informal reward recognition and acknowledgement programs
  • Lots of fun and engaging employee development events

Reasonable Accommodation

Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre at .

Determinationson requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Affirmative Action

Sabre is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities females veterans and disabled individuals.EEO IS THE LAW

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