Junior Software Systems Engineer with Java - Customer Identity and Access Solutions

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.

Location: Kraków (hybrid work - 3 days per week in the office)

Who are we?

The Customer Identity and Access Solutions (CIAS) engineering team is looking for a Junior Engineer.

Our scrum teams in Kraków are responsible for developing and maintaining applications that handle Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) for Sabre’s customers across all Business Units. We deliver services and third-party products focused on user authentication, authorization, and customer identity management. Our applications are critical to the company, so stability, security, and scalability are particularly important to us.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for engineers dedicated to the work they do. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong ownership, takes initiative to deliver commitments with high quality, and is accountable for outcomes.

Priorities may change frequently, so the perfect candidate is open-minded, adaptable, and well-organized. We value engineers who are curious, continuously learning, and interested in adopting modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development.

What will you do?

When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to participate in every phase of the software development lifecycle: feature design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

You will:

Build and maintain backend services supporting authentication, authorization, and identity management

Work with a broad suite of automated tests (functional, integration, performance)

Deploy and operate services in production environments, gaining full ownership of your code

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to ensure system reliability and availability

Collaborate with product, architecture, and SRE teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions

In our day-to-day work, we leverage modern technologies including Java 21, Spring Boot, cloud-native architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).

We are continuously evolving our identity platform and authentication solutions, and you will have the opportunity to influence how we manage identity and access at scale.

We also actively adopt AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini) to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and developer experience.

Job requirements

Must have:

Experience with Java (Java 17/21 preferred)

Experience with Spring / Spring Boot

Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native development (or similar Cloud Solutions)

Experience with microservices architecture and REST APIs

Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Maven, Git)

Experience with Linux/Unix environments

Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, Spock)

Good self-organization skills and ownership mindset

Excellent communication skills in English, written and verbal

Nice to have:

Experience with identity and access management, including SSO, SAML, OAuth

Familiarity with OKTA or similar identity providers

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (GKE)

Basic scripting skills

Experience using AI tools in the Software Development Lifecycle, including:

AI-assisted coding (e.g., GitHub Copilot)

AI assistants (e.g., Claude, Gemini)

Agent-based workflows, prompt engineering, or developer productivity tooling

Benefits:

Paid time off

Year-End-Break: enjoy additional fully paid days off during the last week of the year

Paid parental leave: Take up to 12 weeks off with pay after birth or adoption of a child. Sabre Global Paid Parental Leave runs concurrently with local leave policies.

Paid volunteer time: take up to 4 days annually to give your time to a charitable organization of your choice

Your money

My Benefit platform/Multisport card: enjoy the benefit cafeteria system and use popular sport card

Tax deduction: take the opportunity to claim deductible costs, reducing your income tax

Employee Capital Plans: profit from long-term saving scheme co-financed by Sabre and the State Treasury

Baby Bonus: benefit from one-time allowance on childbirth or adoption

Say Thanks program: collect points on recognition program and transfer them to wide variety of gifts and services

Health and wellness

Luxmed VIP medical coverage: take care of yourself and your family with the extensive medical package with a broad range of additional services

Foreign travel insurance: feel safe going abroad with free Allianz insurance offered as part of our Lux Med package

Employee Assistance Program: find help in free, confidential program with a certified counselor

Life insurance: sign up for free, high coverage life insurance program

Career development

Professional development: enjoy access to Udemy learning platform as well as join Sabre live learning sessions

Certification and tuition reimbursement

Our Communities: join one of our team member groups focused on sharing knowledge and best practices (Google Developers Group, Innovation Lab Community, Women in Technology, SOLVE!T and many more)

And more

Car and bike parking

Fun & Relax zone in modern office: enjoy electronic tables to work, foosball, ping pong, pool table, swings, massage chairs and terraces to admire a panoramic view of Kraków. We have parents’ rooms as well

No dress code

Innovation Lab: access Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality equipment, Robot construction kit, 3D printers and many more

Attractive Referral Bonus: earn $2500 USD for every hired referral

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

Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will proceed in the selection process.

Sabre is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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