Backend Engineer: Flight Planning & Aviation Data (Denmark)

Jeppesen ForeFlight; Odense; On-site; DKK 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

International team

Flexible working arrangements

Growth opportunities

Learning culture

Job summary

Jeppesen ForeFlight is expanding its Denmark-based engineering team. We are seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable services and APIs that power flight planning and navigation for pilots and operators worldwide.

Join a collaborative, international team and help deliver secure, reliable systems at scale. You will work closely with product managers and data specialists to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, while adhering to engineering standards and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional backend experience in Java, Python, Go, or C#.
• Strong API design skills (REST/GraphQL) and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and query optimization.
• Cloud experience (AWS or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews.
• Excellent communication in English, written and spoken.
• Based in Denmark or willing to work at our Denmark location with EU work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Process aeronautical and geospatial data accurately and efficiently.
• Collaborate with front-end engineers to design clean APIs meeting performance needs.
• Translate requirements with product managers into robust technical solutions.
• Write high-quality, tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Improve performance, scalability, reliability, monitoring, and incident response.
• Contribute to architecture decisions including data modeling and infrastructure.
• Ensure systems meet security and compliance for aviation software.

Job description

Jeppesen ForeFlight is expanding its Denmark-based engineering team. We are seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable services and APIs that power flight planning and navigation for pilots and operators worldwide.

Join a collaborative, international team and help deliver secure, reliable systems at scale. You will work closely with product managers and data specialists to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, while adhering to engineering standards and