Full-Time
Software Engineer 4
Sabre
5,001-10,000 employees
Global travel distribution system
No salary listed
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hybrid
Hybrid role; periodic on-site days at Bengaluru, India.
Bachelor's, Master's
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- 2+ years of experience building enterprise-grade software or data applications
- Hands-on experience in distributed data processing using Apache Spark
- Hands-on experience orchestrating complex DAGs using Apache Airflow
- Strong proficiency in Python for data manipulation, scripting, and pipeline development
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field
- 2+ years of professional experience building and operating enterprise-grade systems
- Partner with Product Management to translate business requirements into scalable, cloud-native data solutions.
- Design, develop, and deliver high-performance batch and streaming data pipelines using Apache Spark and Apache Airflow.
- Contribute to the modernization of data tech stacks, adopting cloud-native patterns and managed GCP services (e.g., Cloud Composer, Dataproc).
- Analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, reliability, and cost of cloud-hosted data workloads.
- Collaborate with Architects to define and evolve the technical data roadmap.
- Follow the best practices for data architecture, including stateless processing, asynchronous ingestion, and event-driven data streaming.
- Adopt new technologies that improve data processing performance, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows on GCP.
- Contribute to automation across build, test, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning.
- Work closely with platform and SRE teams to ensure strong observability, monitoring, and alerting for data pipelines.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues in distributed data systems.
- Contribute to cost-aware engineering, balancing performance, reliability, and cloud spend.
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
- Data Modeling & Architecture experience with relational and dimensional data modeling techniques (e.g., Star Schema, Data Vault) for data warehouses
- Experience with dbt (data build tool) for data transformation and modeling
- Understanding of Lakehouse architectures (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Apache Hudi)
- Experience with optimized, columnar storage formats such as Parquet, Avro, or ORC
- Experience implementing automated data quality testing, tracking data lineage, and ensuring data security and compliance
- Bonus: Experience building cloud-native microservices and RESTful APIs with Java and Spring Boot
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform services such as BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Firestore, Pub/Sub, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, and Cloud Monitoring & Logging
- Understanding of cloud-native networking, security, and IAM concepts
- Knowledge in containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and DataOps automation
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting for distributed data systems
- Willingness to learn new technologies and innovate when standard solutions are insufficient
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Sabre provides technology and distribution services for the global travel industry, operating a global distribution system that connects airlines, hotels, and travel agencies to search, book, and manage travel reservations. It began as American Airlines’ internal mainframe for bookings, schedules, and inventory and later expanded to serve other airlines and travel providers. Its advantage comes from being an early, wide-reaching distribution backbone with a large network and end-to-end capabilities across travel suppliers. The goal is to connect travel providers with customers on a scalable platform that simplifies searching, booking, and managing travel worldwide.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Southlake, Texas
Founded
1960
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 4% to $712 million, with EBITDA up 19% to $151 million.
- Hotel-related revenue grew 11% in Q2 2026, and payments processed over $6 billion.
- Sabre doubled agentic AI pilot and production partners to 60 during Q2 2026.
What critics are saying
- Sabre carries $4.4 billion debt and $4 million cash interest pressure remains severe in 2026.
- India tax litigation still exposes Sabre to roughly $21 million as of March 31, 2026.
- If bookings stall, refinancing dependence and restructuring costs can crush liquidity and trigger distress by 2027.
What makes Sabre unique
- Sabre powers airline reservations, NDC, and lodging through one global travel marketplace.
- SabreMosaic reached 42 live NDC airlines and 2 million lodging options by 2026.
- Air Tanzania and China Eastern chose Sabre in August 2026 for core pricing and retailing.
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↑ 2%Sabre has appointed Derek Sharp as Senior Vice President, Lodging, Ground and Media to lead a key growth initiative. Sharp, who starts on 8 September, succeeds Chinmai Sharma and brings over 30 years of leadership experience across travel, transportation and IT services, including senior roles at EDS/HP, CWT and Travelport. The appointment comes as Sabre expands its travel marketplace. The company's hotel-related revenue grew 11% year-over-year in the second quarter. Sharp will focus on deepening supplier relationships, strengthening customer engagement and expanding content quality across lodging, ground transportation and media offerings. He will report to Andy Finkelstein, Chief Commercial Officer of Travel Marketplace.
Categories. ZentrumHub August 19, 2026 Partnership brings Sabre's global lodging content into the ZentrumHub hotel API, adding to an existing network of 100+ hotel suppliers SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - ZentrumHub, an AI-powered travel technology company, today announced a global distribution partnership with Sabre, one of the world's largest travel technology companies. The integration makes Sabre's global lodging inventory available directly through the ZentrumHub hotel API. Sabre supports travel agencies and travel sellers in more than 160 countries. Through this partnership, Sabre Mosaic(TM) lodging content now sits alongside ZentrumHub's existing network of over 100 hotel suppliers - accessible to Online Travel Agencies and Travel Management Companies through a single integration. For ZentrumHub customers, the addition requires no new development work. Existing API connections gain access to broader hotel content, wider geographic coverage, and real-time rates and availability without any change to how they call the platform. "Our customers do not want to manage another connection every time they need more inventory," said Bhushan Tamhankar, Co-founder & COO at ZentrumHub. "Adding Sabre to our supplier network means one more major source of hotel content becomes available through the same API call our partners already use. That is the entire point of what we have built." "Expanding how our lodging content reaches travel sellers is a priority for us, and technology partners like ZentrumHub help us do that efficiently," said Lakshmi Kannan, Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Partnerships, Sabre. "This partnership puts our hotel inventory in front of a wider set of agencies and travel platforms through infrastructure they are already using." The partnership reflects growing demand from travel businesses for consolidated hotel distribution, as OTAs and corporate travel platforms look to widen their inventory without expanding engineering overhead. The integration is live and available to all ZentrumHub customers. About ZentrumHub ZentrumHub is an AI-powered travel technology company providing a unified hotel API and booking engine that connects travel businesses to over 100 hotel suppliers through a single integration. ZentrumHub serves OTAs, Travel Agencies, Travel Management Companies, and loyalty platforms worldwide. Learn more at www.zentrumhub.com. About Sabre Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world's largest travel data clouds. 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. Sabre is built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture and 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. SOURCE ZentrumHub Distributed by PR Newswire / Cision.
Sabre wins China Eastern fare-setting deal. Sun, August 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM GMT-7 · Geopolitics · Compiled by Adalytica Engine v1.12 Sabre is deepening its role in airline pricing after China Eastern adopted the travel technology company's fare-setting tools, a move that underscores how carriers are using software to squeeze more revenue from each seat as demand, fees and premium travel hold up. The development matters because fare optimization is becoming a profit lever, not just an IT upgrade. For airlines facing higher costs and uneven traffic, better pricing systems can raise yields, improve load-factor economics and reduce reliance on blunt ticket hikes that risk alienating travelers. Sentiment Indicatorsi Proprietary · adalytica.com · August 16, 2026 US-China Relations Deeply Negative Sabre, which runs reservation and marketplace systems for airlines, says direct billable bookings are a core revenue driver. That makes deeper adoption by a major carrier like China Eastern strategically important: if the airline gets better at matching prices to demand, Sabre can strengthen its position as a seller of mission-critical infrastructure across Asia's aviation market. The timing also fits a broader industry shift. Airlines have been expanding premium partnerships, loyalty offers and fee-based revenue streams, while testing how far consumers will tolerate higher fares and add-on charges. That backdrop has supported technology vendors that help carriers price more precisely and protect margins. Sabre shares have also been volatile. The stock closed at $2.23 on Aug. 14, up sharply from $1.46 on Jan. 9, with the 50-day moving average at $1.89 and the 200-day average at $1.63, a sign the recent rally has improved the technical backdrop even as momentum remains stretched, with the RSI near 70. For investors, the key question is whether this kind of airline software win translates into stickier recurring revenue and more bookings, or whether pricing tools remain a niche add-on in a highly competitive travel-tech market. The next catalyst is likely to be Sabre's execution on new airline contracts and whether carriers in China and elsewhere keep investing in revenue management as the global airline pricing cycle holds up. | Entity | Gains | Losses | | Sabre | | More airline software adoption | | Slower contract conversion if deals stall | | China Eastern | | Better fare optimization | | Higher dependence on vendor systems | | Airlines | | Higher yields, stronger margins | | Consumer pushback on fares and fees | | Travelers | | More targeted pricing options | | Less room for discounted fares | Long Sabre Breakout on airline software adoption Entry 2.23 Target 2.75 R:R 1: 1.6 Geopolitics Trade Idea Turn this analysis into a trade. Unlock the complete setup.
Sabre shares rose 7.2% after the travel technology company reported second-quarter revenue of $712 million, up 4% year-over-year, and raised its full-year profitability outlook. Normalised adjusted EBITDA grew 19% to $151 million, exceeding expectations. Management increased its pro forma adjusted EBITDA guidance to approximately $600 million whilst reaffirming revenue growth forecasts. The company announced new client wins for its Airline Technology business, including Hawaiian Airlines, Lao Airlines, and Air Tanzania. The positive movement came just six days after shares dropped 7.8% when investors focused on a wider-than-expected quarterly loss despite the revenue beat. Sabre's stock has experienced 59 moves greater than 5% over the past year, reflecting high volatility.
Sabre reported second quarter revenue of $712 million, beating analyst estimates of $694.1 million with 3.6% year-on-year growth. The travel technology company also exceeded expectations on adjusted EBITDA, which reached $143 million against estimates of $127 million. CEO Kurt Ekert attributed the performance to share gains in air bookings and strong corporate travel demand, which represents nearly half of marketplace bookings. Total bookings increased by 1.7 million year on year. However, the company's EBITDA guidance for the third quarter of $127 million fell short of analyst expectations of $151.9 million. During the earnings call, analysts questioned management about AI-powered travel initiatives, competitive pressures from Amadeus, and the impact of New Distribution Capability adoption on unit economics.