Principal Software Architect

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: Principal II Software Architect

This is a highly technical, hands-on position requiring an individual who can delve into

details while maintaining a strategic vision. The role involves designing and architecting

solutions that align with both strategic objectives and tactical execution. Key

responsibilities include:

- Developing comprehensive software designs and solutions, complete with system

architecture diagrams, design documents, and walkthroughs for various stakeholders.

- Providing architectural guidance and support to both local and global development

teams.

- Crafting high-level architecture specifications with a focus on integration and

feasibility.

- Designing and implementing new components and subsystems, as well as reviewing

and redesigning existing architectures as necessary.

- Strategizing, architecting, and supporting the realization of company and

organizational goals.

- Creating an architectural roadmap that aligns with business, client, and stakeholder

strategies and requirements.

- Collaborating with business partners to translate functional requirements into

technical specifications.

- Interfacing with customers to understand system and architectural needs.

- Working with peer organizations and architects globally to produce cutting-edge

software business solutions.

- Eliciting functional and non-functional requirements from subject matter experts.

- Collaborating with solutions and systems teams across multiple locations.

- Understanding customer needs and translating them into technical solutions.

- Mentoring developers through code reviews, design principles, and design pattern

implementations.

- Providing technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers.

- Assisting in the development of technical documentation.

- Mentoring technical leads and developers to enhance their competencies.

- Introducing best practices, enterprise standards, microservices architecture, and API

implementation methodologies to the technology stack.- Defining development aspects, from technology choices and workflows to coding

standards.

- Establishing consistent product and system patterns to ensure high-quality results

and promote cross-team collaboration.

- Ensuring high-quality, realistic, and detailed architectures with consistent technical

artifacts.

- Staying current with new technologies and tools, performing Proof of Concepts (PoCs),

and defining adoption plans.

- Applying industry best engineering practices.

- Advising on development processes and practices.

- Diagnosing system failures and production issues, working with technical staff to

identify and address root causes.

- Applying broad knowledge of technical solutions to solve challenging assignments.

- Leading teams to deliver against product development plans by leveraging a strong

understanding of system and software architecture.

- Driving alignment of architectures and designs with product specifications.

- Exercising discretion and independent judgment in line with organizational direction.

- Communicating concepts and guidelines effectively to the development team.

- Overseeing development team progress to ensure design consistency.

- Ensuring software meets all quality, security, extensibility, and data privacy

requirements.

- Driving and owning non-functional mandates, compliance, and security requirements.

Job Requirements:

- MS/MTech, BE/BTech in computer science or related fields.

- Excellent programming skills with 10+ years of professional experience in Java

development.

- 5+ years of experience as an architect or in leading software development teams.

- High ethical standards, mutual respect, and the ability to work across global teams.

- Proven ability to architect stable, fault-tolerant, high-performance, well-instrumented,

compliant, and 'Always On' systems in high-transactional global distributed

environments.- Exposure to design patterns, software architecture best practices, Agile SDLC, build

and deployment tools, and CI/CD practices.

- Good understanding of non-functional requirements.

- Excellent knowledge of software and application design, solutioning, and architecture.

- Exceptional hands-on skills in Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, RDBMS, NoSQL, and

OOAD.

- Proficiency with SOAP, REST, RESTful, JSON-RPC, JMS, SOA/EDA, and Microservices

Architecture, client-server and distributed systems, and Enterprise Integration

methodology and standards.

- Practical knowledge of cloud technologies (GCP is a plus) and application

containerization.

- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills in architecture and design.

- Experience with SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and cloud migration strategy.

- Understanding of web/application servers like Tomcat.

- Familiarity with integration frameworks.

- Knowledge of rule engines like Drools.

- Experience in JVM monitoring, diagnostics, and tuning.

- Proficiency in Test-Driven Development.

- Experience in networking, system monitoring, and problem diagnostics.

- Knowledge of command-line tools and scripting (bash, Python, or others).

- Understanding of presentation technologies (HTML, JavaScript, jQuery).

- Proficient in presentation and distributed cache technologies.

- Solid understanding of Data Engineering and related technologies.

- Excellent communication skills for seamless collaboration with stakeholders,

extended teams, and customers.

- Capable of clearly articulating technical concepts and analysis implications to a

diverse audience.

- Highly motivated team player with a deep understanding of business needs.

- Strong intermediary between business and technical staff.

- Committed to continuous development and learning.- Knowledge of the payment domain is a plus

- Hands-on experience with AI technologies and MCP servers.

- Strong understanding of AI concepts, machine learning techniques, and model

lifecycle management.

- Proficiency in Python, AI libraries, and cloud-based AI services.

- Experience in designing and implementing MCP servers, including setup, tuning, and

troubleshooting.

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.