Remote Flight Operations Platform Engineer

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Flight Operations Software Engineer to join a globally distributed team building scalable software for flight planning, crew scheduling, and operational analytics. The role emphasizes autonomy, strong backend development, and aviation domain knowledge.

Responsibilities include designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining backend services and APIs, with a focus on reliability, performance, and secure data handling in a fully remote setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with strong software development experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy software applications for flight operations and dispatch.
• Collaborate with airline operations centers and flight planners to gather requirements.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using modern languages and frameworks.
• Develop and maintain APIs for integration with third-party systems.
• Implement robust error handling, logging, and monitoring for flight ops software.
• Troubleshoot and resolve defects and performance issues in production.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Ensure adherence to best practices including CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Flight Operations Software Engineer to join a globally distributed team building scalable software for flight planning, crew scheduling, and operational analytics. The role emphasizes autonomy, strong backend development, and aviation domain knowledge.

Responsibilities include designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining backend services and APIs, with a focus on reliability, performance, and secure data handling in a fully remote setup.