Senior Software Engineer

Company Overview Aireon deployed the world’s first global space-based air traffic surveillance system, providing real-time aircraft monitoring capabilities around the world, including over the poles, over the oceans and in remote areas.

Aireon data enables safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly aviation travel, resulting in significant CO2 emission reductions. More than 20 Air Navigation Service Providers representing more than 40 countries – including NAV CANADA, NATS (UK), Air Traffic and Navigation Services (South Africa), Airports Authority of India (AAI), and ASECNA (Africa) -- rely on Aireon data to navigate aircraft in their airspaces.

We are committed to offering an employment experience and benefits package that enables you and your family to grow with us and to share in our success.

Position Summary, Job Requirements & Responsibilities As a Senior Software Engineer, you will participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle which includes estimating, technical design, implementation/development, documentation, testing, deployment, and production operations support of Aireon’s integrated product applications developed for our external and internal customers. As a member working in a team environment, you will take direction from the Product Engineering Lead and/or the Product Engineering Director on development and production operations activities.

What Youll Do

Participate in technical planning & requirements gathering phases including design, code, test, troubleshoot, and document software applications

Ensure that technical software development process is followed on the project according to internal and industry best practices for software development and operational support

Document and present design documents for project approval

Develop and perform unit and integration testing and document results

Perform peer code reviews

Define measures and KPI’s

Utilize key components of Aireon’s cloud ecosystem for the integrated products we launch and operate

Perform analysis and troubleshooting of processing errors and data inconsistencies and provide solutions

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Understand Data Flows and Common Data Model

Participate in daily scrum meetings and weekly status meetings to provide a status report of work in progress or accomplished, as well as issues encountered

Track and maintain task activities using Azure DevOps tool

Support implementation of CI/CD pipelines and test automation, as well as automate operational procedures (DevOps)

Create and maintain technical documentation following Aireon’s policies and procedures for software engineering

Adapt and work with team members of various experience levels and locations

Experience & Education Requirements / EEO Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in MIS, computer science, math, engineering or comparable major

Passionate developer with 5 years minimum of application development and testing experience

At least 7 years of demonstrable programming/testing experience in C#, .NET, and PowerShell scripting

Experience RESTful APIs and microservices in containerized environments

Experience using Microsoft’s Azure Cloud to create and deploy applications

Working knowledge of geospatial data solutions

Eligible to obtain SF-85P Public Trust clearance

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service on Linux clusters

Experience with Azure DevOps as a collaboration tool

Experience with Azure Pipelines CI/CD

Hold an active Microsoft Azure certification

About You

You are a self-starter. You take the initiative to make things happen with strong follow-through on delegated tasks.

You are precise. You have an excellent eye for detail. Nothing gets past you without a careful and thorough analysis to deliver high-quality products and services.

You are task oriented. You are disciplined and accountable. You can efficiently manage specialized work in your area of expertise.

You are collaborative. You are a team player who puts the interest of the team above your own. You display a positive attitude, are open to sharing information, and enjoy contributing.

1-3-6-12 Month Plan

In the first month well expect you to...

Get onboarded and train with your manager

Get acclimated into the role

Understand the tools and different stakeholders

Understand the existing development environment

Start defining annual goals

At 3 months well expect you to...

Participate on one or two scrum teams

Understand ongoing project system requirements and design

Develop APIs/microservices and as needed

Develop and execute unit tests

Conduct demos as needed

At 6 months well expect you to...

Continue developer responsibilities

Get involved in new software product requirement phases

Provide technical recommendations for new software product and features

At 12 months well expect you to...

Continue developer responsibilities

Continue providing feedback for product features

Support operational support activities

Training on other Aireon products

Research on new development technologies (Proof-of-Concept)

About the Team

Development team of 10+ distributed across North America and 3 different time zones

Uses Agile methodology and tools (daily scrums, 2-week sprints, etc.)

Mostly using Azure DevOps and Microsoft Office tools for collaboration and communication

Perks and Benefits

Premium medical, dental and vision plan

Life Insurance and AD&D

Short Term and Long Term Disability

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Retirement 401K plan with Employer Matching

Education Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Company Sponsored Events

Employee Referral Program

Aireon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or status as a protected veteran. EOE of Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability and other protected categories.

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