Navigraph
Backend (AWS) Developer
NavigraphSweden3 days ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology

Navigraph is currently looking for a Fullstack Developer to join our Sim dev team in central Stockholm. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to work in a developer team in a mid-size company, serving a large and passionate user base worldwide. 🌍✈️


About Navigraph

Navigraph is a SaaS company providing aviation fans and aspiring pilots with charts, navigation data, flight planning tools, and training material. Our users fly everything from Microsoft Flight Simulator to X-Plane. With our Electronic Flight Bag, virtual avionics, flight planning tools, performance calculators, and teaching material we’re the trusted co-pilot for any serious virtual aviator.

 

We have a modern tech stack for our main apps based on React and React Native, and also specialized GIS data pipelines and simulator integrations based on Rust (compiled to WASM) — all with a strong focus on usability and modern design. Our mission? To make flight simulation as realistic and immersive as possible by making data, software, and tools like those available to the aviation industry accessible for flight simulation gaming.


With our HQ in Stockholm and a global crew of c. 50 aviation-loving professionals, led by our founders Magnus Axholt (CEO) and Stephen O’Connell (CTO), our team thrives on creativity, experimentation and collaboration. Join us, and you’ll discover a vibrant community, a thriving business, and a workplace where innovation takes off every day.


Check out our career site for more information on who we are ✨. 


What We’re Looking For!

We need someone with experience across the full stack who loves solving challenges, writing clean, 

efficient code and an eye for details.


Required Skills

  • Proven record of building and maintaining robust software
  • Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, and relational databases
  • Proficiency with backend development and system design 
  • Proficiency with managing cloud infrastructure - preferably AWS
  • Proficiency working with DevOps
  • Fluent in written and spoken English


Bonus Skills

  • Experience with React
  • Experience with frontend development
  • Understanding of principles in navigation and geography
  • Passion for flight simulation and aviation
  • Experience with flight simulator avionics


What You Could Be Doing!


  • Work with high-volume, real-time flight data streams, supporting detailed visualisation and analysis
  • Work with our extensive cloud-native processing pipelines, optimizing and improving our workflows
  • Develop and maintain APIs that provide 3rd parties and in-house applications with valuable navigation datasets, ranging from navigation data to real-time simulator traffic insights.
  • Ensure that Navigraph remains top-of-mind for new and well-established simulator add-on developers through innovations in developer experience and first-class direct developer support
  • Shape the infrastructure and CI/CD processes around our projects
  • Develop and maintain flight simulator integrations, often as part of research-focused projects that aim to bridge the gap to the real world
  • Design, develop and maintain the backends of our products.


What We Offer!


  • Flexible Work Options: On-site and hybrid.
  • A great benefits package: please check out our career site.
  • Growth Opportunities: We’ll support your professional development and give you the resources to excel.
  • Memorable experiences: The Navigraph team is a tight-knit group with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enjoy spending time together, and it is not uncommon for our yearly trips to flight simulator conventions in Europe and the U.S. to be combined with team-building activities that leave lasting impressions!


How to Join the Team?

We’re reviewing applications quickly - so don’t leave us hanging too long! 🚀✈️ Apply now and help us take Navigraph - and flight simulation - to the next level!



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