Senior Software Engineer - FlightAware Backend (Onsite)
About The Position
FlightAware is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Backend team. This role involves engineering backend software for web-based products that serve billions of views to industry partners and consumers. FlightAware operates the world's leading aviation software platform, processing over 180 million messages per hour from 34,000 data feeds, amounting to 5 terabytes daily. The Backend crew develops state-of-the-art systems powering FlightAware's website and mobile apps, managing a single source of truth for every flight tracked. This includes systems for data feeds, live flight updates, alerts, and interfaces for self-service account management, subscription, billing, and accounting. As a software engineer at FlightAware, you will be part of a collaborative, ambitious, and innovative organization that attracts engineers passionate about aviation and data. The team values intellectual curiosity, openness, and technical innovation, supported by excellent internal tooling and engineering support. The role requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an expectation of clear communication, open feedback, trust, and efficient project execution.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.
- Experience as a Software Engineer using languages and technologies such as Go, Rust, C++, PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar.
- Understand why a clear (API) contract is important in software engineering.
Nice To Haves
- Participated in a collaborative environment using practices such as pair programming, Agile standups and retrospectives, peer code review, etc.
- Experience with cloud technologies and platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Kubernetes.
- Experience supporting microservice architectural paradigms such as service meshes, API contracts, message/event queues, asynchronous workflows, and graphql interfaces.
- Experience with large-scale SaaS systems using data storage and caching technologies such as PostgreSQL (or other SQL) databases, PostGIS, TimescaleDB, Redis, Dragonfly or similar.
- Integration experience with advertising networks, billing, or accounting systems.
- Knowledge of cloud native tools like Flux, Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, or similar.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and secure software design.
- A track record of acquiring new skills, proactively solving problems, applying new technology in the workplace and openness to new approaches.
- A private pilot, looking to pursue a private pilot license, or have a passion for aviation.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to building new features from scratch and bring them to production.
- Contribute to building and scaling FlightAware’s backend infrastructure, including streaming data feeds, databases, queueing systems, compute infrastructure, and analysis engines.
- Ensure customers have a seamless self-service account management experience, extending integration with subscription, billing, and accounting management systems.
- Ensure customers' access to services is secure and correctly provisioned according to their purchased products.
- Work with teams across FlightAware to deliver cloud-native microservices powering the website, mobile apps, data reporting, and more.
- Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet the needs of customers, including large airlines and airports.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Program, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
