Senior Aviation Platform Engineer

Flightradar24; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to impact a service with millions of users

Flexible work environment with free beverages and snacks

Modern office in downtown Stockholm

Diverse team

Job summary

A leading aviation data provider in Stockholm is looking for a Senior Aviation Platform Engineer to enhance their aviation data systems. The role involves hands-on development and architectural decision-making for scalable solutions in AWS. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with production systems and the ability to work independently. The position requires strong English communication skills and a commitment to clean coding practices. This role offers a chance to impact millions of users worldwide while working from a modern office in downtown Stockholm.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production systems.
• Self-driven and comfortable making technical decisions independently.
• Able to quickly understand and work within an existing codebase & architecture.
• Values clean code, testing, automation, and pragmatic engineering practices.
• Communicates clearly and professionally in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage real-time aircraft telemetry.
• Develop global receiver networks, handling noisy radio data.
• Process and reconstruct flight trajectories.
• Create aviation data pipelines and conduct geo-spatial computation.
• Analyze airspace data and manage historical flight datasets.

Skills

Production systems

Clean code

Testing

Automation

Pragmatic engineering

English communication

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

Your responsibilities include

• 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 5+ 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 & 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 of working at Flightradar24 include:

• 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