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.
Principal Software Engineer – Cloud, GenAI, Agentic AI & Enterprise Orchestration PlatformsRole SummaryWe are seeking an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to provide technical vision, architectural leadership, and hands-on engineering expertise across cloud-native platforms, enterprise applications, and next-generation AI solutions.This role is responsible for driving large-scale platform modernization, enterprise architecture, AI/ML adoption, Generative AI enablement, and Agentic AI workflows. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in PHP, Java Spring Boot, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, and AI-powered platforms with a proven track record of influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams and business domains.As a Principal Engineer, you will act as a technical leader, mentor, and trusted advisor, shaping the future-state architecture and engineering practices while enabling innovation through GenAI and intelligent automation.Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical & Strategic Leadership- Define and drive technical vision, architecture, and engineering strategy across multiple products and platforms.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning application modernization, cloud transformation, platform engineering, and AI adoption.
- Serve as a technical authority for complex architecture and design decisions.
- Establish engineering standards, development frameworks, and best practices across teams.
- Mentor Senior Engineers, Technical Leads, and Engineering Managers.
- Influence technology roadmaps aligned with business and organizational goals.
- Architect and lead the evolution of enterprise applications using PHP, Java Spring Boot, Microservices, and Cloud-Native architectures.
- Drive modernization programs including:
- Monolith to Microservices transformations
- Legacy platform modernization
- Cloud migration and transformation
- Platform consolidation initiatives
- Create scalable reference architectures and reusable engineering patterns.
- Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies that improve business outcomes and engineering productivity.
- Lead design and implementation of AI-enabled enterprise applications and intelligent automation platforms.
- Architect and develop solutions leveraging:
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Prompt Engineering
- Vector Databases
- Semantic Search
- AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
- Design and implement Agentic AI workflows capable of autonomous task orchestration, reasoning, planning, and tool utilization.
- Partner with Data Science and AI teams to operationalize ML models at scale.
- Define AI governance, security, responsible AI practices, and monitoring frameworks.
- Evaluate AI platforms including Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Anthropic Claude, and enterprise AI ecosystems.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering and developer productivity tools.
- Define enterprise cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
- Lead platform engineering initiatives that improve developer experience and deployment efficiency.
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps, and automation strategies.
- Lead implementation of:
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Service Mesh
- API Gateway
- Event-Driven Architectures
- Optimize scalability, resilience, security, and cloud cost management across platforms.
- Establish enterprise standards for:
- Security
- Reliability
- Availability
- Performance
- Observability
- Drive implementation of monitoring, distributed tracing, logging, and AIOps capabilities.
- Lead architecture reviews, risk assessments, and system resiliency programs.
- Partner with Security and Compliance teams to embed secure-by-design principles.
- Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security, Data Science, Platform Engineering, and Business Leadership teams.
- Translate strategic business objectives into scalable technology solutions.
- Present technical strategies, architecture recommendations, and investment proposals to senior leadership.
- Influence engineering culture, innovation, and organizational technical direction.
- Expert-level experience in PHP (Laravel/Symfony).
- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
- Proven experience architecting large-scale enterprise systems.
- Deep understanding of:
- Object-Oriented Design
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Design Patterns
- SOLID Principles
- Distributed Systems
- Strong experience designing REST APIs, GraphQL, and service-oriented architectures.
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern UI integration patterns.
- Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Strong experience with:
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Infrastructure-as-Code
- Platform Engineering
- Experience with cloud security, identity management, and zero-trust architectures.
- Knowledge of service mesh and modern cloud networking architectures.
- Experience building and scaling AI-powered applications in production environments.
- Strong understanding of:
- Machine Learning lifecycle
- MLOps
- Generative AI architectures
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Prompt Engineering
- Embedding Models
- Vector Databases
- Knowledge Graphs
- Experience with:
- Azure OpenAI
- OpenAI APIs
- AWS Bedrock
- Google Vertex AI
- LangChain
- Semantic Kernel
- LlamaIndex
- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Experience building AI Agent and Agentic Workflow solutions with tool integration and orchestration capabilities.
- Advanced SQL expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server.
- Experience with NoSQL databases including MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, or Cosmos DB.
- Experience with:
- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Event Streaming Platforms
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Strong understanding of data governance and data security practices.
- Enterprise-scale architecture leadership.
- High-availability and mission-critical systems design.
- Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC).
- Observability, AIOps, and operational excellence.
- Scalability and performance optimization.
- Engineering governance and architecture review processes.
- Agile, DevOps, and Platform Engineering practices.
- 12–18+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proven experience as a Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, Chief Architect, or Enterprise Architect.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide technology transformation programs.
- Experience influencing architecture and engineering decisions across multiple teams and business units.
- Strong mentoring and technical leadership experience.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, or related field.
- Experience leading enterprise GenAI, AI Agent, or Intelligent Automation initiatives.
- Experience building AI Centers of Excellence (AI CoE) or platform engineering organizations.
- Expertise in AI governance, Responsible AI, and AI security.
- Experience with digital transformation programs in:
- Airlines & Airports
- Banking & Financial Services
- Telecommunications
- Retail & E-commerce
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- AI/ML certifications and advanced architecture certifications.
- Experience working with executive leadership and enterprise architecture boards.
- Enterprise-wide adoption of scalable cloud-native and AI-powered platforms.
- Successful delivery of GenAI and Agentic AI capabilities that improve business outcomes and productivity.
- Accelerated modernization of legacy systems and applications.
- Consistent architecture standards and engineering excellence across teams.
- Measurable improvements in reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Strong technical mentorship and development of future engineering leaders.
- Recognized as a trusted technical leader driving innovation and business transformation.
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.
#LI-Hybrid#LI-GS1Skills Required
- Expert-level experience in PHP (Laravel/Symfony)
- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot
- Proven experience architecting large-scale enterprise systems
- Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Design, Domain-Driven Design, Design Patterns, SOLID principles, Distributed Systems
- Strong experience designing REST APIs and GraphQL
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS and modern UI integration
- Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and GitOps
- Experience with cloud security, identity management, and zero-trust architectures
- Experience building and scaling AI-powered applications, ML lifecycle and MLOps
- Knowledge of Generative AI architectures, RAG, prompt engineering, embedding models, and vector databases
- Experience with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI APIs, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex, MCP
- Advanced SQL expertise (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server)
- Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Cosmos DB)
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ and event-streaming/event-driven architectures
- 12-18+ years of software engineering experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, AI, or related field
- Experience leading enterprise GenAI, AI Agent, or Intelligent Automation initiatives
- Experience building AI Centers of Excellence or platform engineering organizations
- Expertise in AI governance, Responsible AI, and AI security
- Experience with digital transformation in airlines, banking, telecom, retail, logistics
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) and AI/ML or advanced architecture certifications
Sabre Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sabre Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Sabre Corporation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is expansive, with five weeks of PTO from day one, eight paid holidays, floating holidays, and a companywide year‑end break. Paid volunteer time further broadens available leave.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave provides 12 weeks fully paid for birth or adoption, complemented by generous bereavement leave up to 15 paid days. Disability coverage and dependent eligibility to age 26 reinforce family support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a strong company match underpins long‑term savings. This foundation strengthens overall financial security alongside core benefits.
Sabre Corporation Insights
What We Do
We are a software and technology company that powers the global travel industry. With decades of revolutionary firsts, our team of experts drive innovation and ingenuity in the industry. Today, we are creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. We partner with airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other travel partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel. We are committed to helping customers operate more efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences with next-generation technology solutions. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Sabre's technology powers the nearly US$8 trillion travel industry. Our technology and data-driven solutions help our airline, hotel, travel agency and corporate customers grow their businesses and transform the traveler experience. The scale, breadth and depth of our technology is unmatched and sustains a complex industry. We provide an open and stable platform to deliver flexible, reliable and scalable solutions. Over the years, we have shaped and modernized the travel industry. We pioneered online travel agencies, corporate booking tools, revenue management, and web and mobile itinerary tools, to name a few. Our travel marketplace transacts more than US$120 billion of travel spend per year. And we are the world’s largest provider of airline and hotel technology. We have been named to the InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative technology companies for 11 consecutive years. And InformationWeek named Sabre seventh on its list of the “Greatest Software Ever Written.”
