Senior Aviation Platform Engineer

Flightradar24 AB; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to impact a service with millions of users

Modern office in downtown Stockholm

Flexible work environment with free snacks

Diverse team

Job summary

A leading aviation tech company in Stockholm is seeking a Senior Aviation Platform Engineer with expertise in building production systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in data pipelines and real-time telemetry. Responsibilities include processing flight data and enhancing algorithms for aviation insights. This position requires quick adaptability to existing systems and independent decision-making in a modern office environment. A strong commitment to clean coding and effective communication in English is essential.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience in production systems.
• Self-driven with independent decision-making skills.
• Ability to quickly understand existing systems and codebases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Proactive, autonomous, and capable of making technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate real-time aircraft telemetry systems.
• Process flight trajectories and aviation data pipelines.
• Analyze airspace and compute geo-spatial data.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions.
• Improve flight trajectory reconstruction and geo-spatial analytics modules.
• Develop, test, and operate production systems with a focus on reliability.
• Analyze large-scale historical flight datasets for insights.
• Support operations and incident response for production systems.
• Help drive architectural decisions and best practices within the team.
• Communicate progress and risks clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Hands-on experience building and operating production systems

Self-driven and comfortable making technical decisions independently

Ability to understand existing codebase and architecture

Values clean code, testing, automation

Clear communication in English

Job description

Flightradar24 is one of the most successful growth‑stage tech companies in Stockholm. Each month more than 50 million aviation enthusiasts visit Flightradar24 (app/website) and our Commercial services team has many of the biggest names in aviation on its customer list.

We are looking for a Senior Aviation Platform Engineer, who can quickly understand existing systems, work independently, and deliver value from day one. You will play a key role in evolving our aviation data and improving flight matching algorithms, working closely with other engineers and stakeholders. You will be part of a platform engineering team responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable data solutions in AWS. The work includes both hands‑on development and architectural decision‑making.

The position requires that you are able to work in Stockholm, Sweden. Relocation is not offered for this role.

What you’ll do

• Real‑time aircraft telemetry
• Global receiver networks (ADS‑B, Mode‑S, MLAT)
• Noisy radio data
• Flight trajectory processing and reconstruction
• Aviation data pipelines
• Geo‑spatial computation
• Airspace analytics
• Aircraft state vectors
• Large‑scale historical flight datasets
• Work with data that powers aviation insights
• Access to the largest open aircraft surveillance dataset in the world
• Systems used by millions of aviation enthusiasts every month
• Data that contributes to accident investigations and aviation safety

Who you are

• Has several years of hands‑on experience building and operating production systems
• Is self‑driven and comfortable making technical decisions independently
• Can quickly understand and work within an existing codebase and architecture
• Values clean code, testing, automation, and pragmatic engineering practices
• Communicates clearly and professionally in English

About Flightradar24

Flightradar24 is the leading flight tracking and aviation data provider, leveraging the world’s largest ADS‑B network. Our B2C platform serves millions, while our B2B solutions empower airlines, airports, and aviation stakeholders with essential operational insights.

All this is made possible thanks to our globally distributed network of 55,000+ radio receivers that feed real‑time aircraft data into the Flightradar24 platform. Over a billion database entries are added each month and we are processing several years of historical data totalling many terabytes. Our proprietary flight tracking data is industry leading and even investigative government agencies from around the world rely on it for aviation accident investigations.

Benefits

• Opportunity to impact a service with millions of end users from all around the world
• Contribute to the value which Flightradar24 creates both for B2C and B2B but also for humanity.
• Modern office in the heart of beautiful downtown Stockholm, Sweden
• Being part of a diverse team
• Flexible and social work environment with free beverages, fruit, and snacks