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These services enable aviation customers and pilots to access, manage, and distribute Jeppesen data across desktop, mobile, and avionics workflows.\nThis role is ideal for an experienced backend and cloud engineer who can help design and implement modern cloud-native services while also supporting the existing production infrastructure. The modernization effort will focus on building a scalable, resilient architecture that can support growth, high download volumes, and new products or data packages.\nThis engineer will also support and gain knowledge of the existing Jeppesen Download Manager infrastructure and legacy services built with technologies including AWS, Kubernetes, Apache, Linux, SQL Server, PHP, Docker, and CloudFormation. They should be comfortable working in a production environment where uptime, data integrity, automation, cloud security, and operational discipline matter. 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Candidates residing outside these regions should be willing and able to travel to an office location on that same basis.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDevelop and modernize cloud-hosted backend services using cloud-native technologies and managed services where appropriate\nHelp design scalable and resilient backend architecture that can support growth, high download volumes, and new products or data packages with minimal engineering effort\nImprove backend web services, integrations, automated jobs, and operational workflows used by desktop and mobile applications\nImprove infrastructure automation, CI/CD, monitoring, high availability, disaster recovery, and production support practices\nApply cloud security best practices across services, infrastructure, automation, access control, and deployment processes\nIdentify and mitigate risks, issues, and technical debt in backend services and cloud infrastructure\nMaintain and support existing AWS-hosted legacy backend services built on Apache, Linux, PHP, SQL Server, Kubernetes, Docker, and CloudFormation\nManage, debug, and maintain Kubernetes clusters, containerized services, infrastructure-as-code templates, and AWS environments.\nPatch and maintain existing infrastructure and application\nCollaborate with desktop, mobile, QA, DevOps, and product teams to deliver reliable backend services\nUse AI-augmented development tools such as Claude, Codex, or similar coding assistants to support software design, implementation, debugging, testing, refactoring, and code review while preserving code quality, security, maintainability, and human accountability\nRequired Qualifications:\n6-8 years of experience \nExperience developing or modernizing backend services in production cloud environments\nExperience with cloud infrastructure, cloud-native architecture patterns, and common cloud operational practices\nExperience designing and supporting scalable, resilient backend systems that serve high-volume customer workflows\nExperience with establishing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, automated backend jobs, deployment workflows, or operational scripting\nUnderstanding of high availability, disaster recovery, observability, patching, and production support practices\nFamiliarity with cloud security best practices, including access control, patch management, secrets handling, and secure service configuration\nExperience with Kubernetes cluster management, troubleshooting, configuration, and containerized application deployments\nExperience with infrastructure as code\nAbility to diagnose and resolve issues across application code, infrastructure, containers, databases, and cloud services\nExperience using AI-augmented development tools such as Claude, Codex, or similar coding assistants to support development, debugging, testing, and code review\nAbility to work independently on moderately complex technical problems while collaborating with senior engineers and cross-functional teams\nStrong communication skills and the ability to document technical decisions, risks, and operational procedures\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience building cloud-native services using AWS managed services and modern cloud migration patterns\nExperience designing robust and extensible backend systems that can onboard new products, packages, or data distribution workflows with minimal engineering effort\nExperience supporting backend services for desktop, mobile, data distribution, or customer-facing applications\nHands-on experience with Linux, Apache, PHP, and Docker\nExperience database performance troubleshooting, schema changes, or data migration\nExperience improving CI/CD, HA/DR, monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices\nExperience establishing safe agentic engineering workflows for complex codebases and production systems\nAbout Jeppesen ForeFlight:\nJeppesen ForeFlight is a leading provider of innovative aviation software solutions, serving the Commercial, Business, Military, and General Aviation sectors globally. 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