Urgently Need FlightAware- Senior Software Engineer, Flight Tracking (Remote) in USA
Posted 2025-03-14Job title: FlightAware- Senior Software Engineer, Flight Tracking (Remote)
Company: Raytheon Technologies
Job description: Date Posted: 2023-08-08
Country: United States of America
Location: HTX99: Field Office - TX Remote Location, Remote City, TX, 73301 USA
Position Role Type: Remote
FlightAware, part of the Connected Aviation Solutions unit of Collins Aerospace, has built the world's leading aviation software platform, processing over 180+ million incoming messages an hour from over 30,000 individual data feeds?2 terabytes a day and growing! We provide the best, most complete, and most accurate real-time flight-tracking 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.
Would you like to engineer software that provides businesses actionable, aviation data and allows family & friends to track their loved ones when traveling? FlightAware is looking for a senior software engineer passionate about aviation and distributed systems to join our core flight tracking crew. In this backend-focused 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, fault-tolerant software systems and solve meaningful, challenging problems.
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.
What YOU will do:
Write high-quality, well-tested code for our systems to meet the needs of our customers?some of the largest airlines and airports in the world, along with those in countless other industries.
Help articulate a long-term 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 company?s 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 customer-facing 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 real-time, 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.
You will work in a supportive environment with a team of people who treat each other with respect, and care about building and delivering high-quality software.
Skills You Must Have:
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations 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.
Professional experience building software with Rust, containerization & orchestration with Docker & Kubernetes, and strong practical knowledge of the Linux command line.
Skills We Value:
Experience writing well-documented and highly tested code.
Experience working with distributed systems or real-time APIs with demanding reliability and SLA requirements.
Experience with queueing frameworks (RMQ, Kafka, JMQ, etc.).
Strong interest in and deep knowledge of programming languages, including functional languages.
Passionate about general developer tooling and productivity.
Experience with Nix dependency management.
Excited about improving the world?s foremost flight tracking and aviation platform.
You are a private pilot, or you are looking to pursue your private pilot license.
Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers? toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.
Connected Aviation Solutions:
Our Connected Aviation Solutions team provides advanced information management systems, products and services that enable the connected ecosystem by bringing together Collins? unique breadth of aviation, surface transportation and critical infrastructure products with our smart digital solutions to help us enhance every aspect of the end-to-end travel experience. We help airlines, airports, business aircraft and rail operators turn data into value to streamline operations, increase efficiency and reduce cost, enhance the passenger experience and contribute to sustainable flight. By combining the best networks, connectivity and data/analytics solutions, we?re solving big problems for our customers and the world, while enhancing the security and connectivity of systems both on and off the aircraft, to help operators and passengers stay more connected and informed and create a more sustainable, efficient, reliable and enjoyable travel experience. Aviation connects the world. Our Connected Aviation Solutions team connects aviation. Sustainably. Seamlessly. Securely.
Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.
WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.
Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.
Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.
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 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 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!
Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.
Note:
Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)
Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year
The salary range for this role is 94,000 USD - 196,000 USD; however, RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate?s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company?s performance.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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Expected salary: $94000 - 196000 per year
Location: USA