FlightAware- Senior Software Engineer Flight Tracking On-site
FlightAware- Senior Software Engineer Flight Tracking On-site
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United States of AmericaLocation:
HTX37: FlightAware HQ Eleven Greenway Plaza Suite 2900 Houston TX 77046 USAPosition Role Type:
OnsiteWould you like to engineer software that provides businesses actionable aviation data and allows family & friends to track their loved ones when traveling
FlightAware part of Collins Aerospace has built the worlds leading aviation software platform processing over 300 million incoming messages an hour from almost 40000 individual data feedsmore than 5 terabytes a day and growing! We provide the best most complete and most accurate realtime flighttracking service and are proud to have built a wide variety of successful products on this foundation that have become central to the aviation industry at large.
FlightAware is looking for a senior software engineer passionate about aviation and distributed systems to join our core flight tracking crew. In this backendfocused role you will work alongside fellow engineers (and pilots! on our critical flight tracking systems to ensure FlightAware is always producing the highest quality and most accurate flight and surface tracking data in the industry. The data produced by our core flight tracking team underpins nearly every product offered by FlightAware so your work will have a high impact on the entire company and its product suite. As a member of our team you will build scalable faulttolerant software systems and solve meaningful challenging problems.
FlightAware Engineering consists of teams that develop and deliver an array of services powering its commercial products. These teams tackle a diverse set of technologies and solve challenging technical and product problems daily. From collecting and interpreting aviation datasets to enriching them with procedural and AI/ML solutions and delivering them through APIs web interfaces and reporting products our engineers work in a dynamic environment that tests their ability to marshal over 100 resources to achieve the companys vision.
Regardless of role we expect excellent interpersonal and communication skills across all hires at FlightAware. We look for candidates who will thrive here meaning they demonstrate clear communication embrace open feedback trust their colleagues and are driven to execute deliver and complete projects independently and efficiently.
Learn more about FlightAwares interview process here.
What You Will Do:
Write highquality welltested code for our systems to meet the needs of our customerssome of the largest airlines and airports in the world along with those in countless other industries.
Help articulate a longterm vision for maintaining and scaling our backend systems and the teams running them.
Build new services to support new products and revolutionize existing ones using Rust & Python
Scale the architecture of the companys core flight tracking systems.
Work with other engineers product owners and senior leadership to transform our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
Interact with customers in the industry to understand how our systems can better serve them.
Collaborate with junior members of the team and support them in deepening their skills and experience.
In addition you could work on any of the following:
Dig deep into our data fusion and interpretation algorithms to improve matching and information synthesis of live position and flightplan feeds.
Detect data quality issues identify their root causes develop fixes and design auditing to prevent future issues.
Design improve and maintain customerfacing APIs.
Design new distributed systems from scratch and bring them to production.
Design build and maintain ETL pipelines to support data and analytical needs.
What You Will Learn:
You will strengthen your experience working with realtime distributed systems which process enormous volumes of data.
You will become adept at solving aviation domain challenges & data problems to decipher what is true and accurate in order to produce our single source of truth data stream which powers FlightAware products.
Qualifications You Must Have:
Typically requires a degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree 12 years of relevant experience.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. RTX will not offer sponsorship for this position.
Engineering experience building software with Rust containerization & orchestration with Docker & Kubernetes.
Qualifications We Prefer:
Strong practical knowledge of the Linux command line.
Experience writing welldocumented and highly tested code and interest in and deep knowledge of programming languages including functional languages.
Experience working with distributed systems or realtime APIs with demanding reliability and SLA requirements.
Experience with queueing frameworks (RMQ Kafka JMQ etc..
Experience with Nix dependency management.
Passionate about general developer tooling and productivity.
Excited about improving the worlds foremost flight tracking and aviation platform.
You are a private pilot; you are looking to pursue your private pilot license or have a passion for aviation.
What We Offer:
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
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 you can buy: pet insurance home and auto insurance additional life and accident insurancecritical illnessinsurance group legal ID theft protection
Birth adoption parental leave benefits
Ovia Health fertility and family planning
Adoption Assistance
Autism Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan 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
And more!
Learn More & Apply Now!
Avionics:
Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays vision systems and comprehensive digital solutions for global government commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers crews and militaries from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world one flight at a time. Start your application today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees as they are essential to the development of our products.
Relocation assistance may be available for this position.
At Collins the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form with our customers and with each other propel us all higher again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team thats redefining aerospace every day.
RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.
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Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
