About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Java) with deep expertise in the airline Passenger Service System (PSS) domain to help develop and evolve a cloud-native airline retailing platform. You’ll use your hands-on experience across reservations, ticketing, inventory, schedules, fares, and distribution to help bridge traditional airline PSS capabilities with modern Offer/Order retailing models.

About the Project

The role combines hands-on software engineering with complex airline-domain challenges. You’ll work closely with Product Managers, Architects, and other engineers to design and own scalable solutions, while improving the performance, reliability, and maintainability of existing services. AI coding assistants are part of the everyday engineering workflow, and we expect engineers to be comfortable incorporating AI-assisted development into their engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and evolve Java-based microservices using Spring Boot.
Build and integrate REST APIs and cloud-native services.
Work on core airline PSS capabilities, including reservations, ticketing, inventory, schedules, fares, and distribution.
Help bridge legacy PSS capabilities with modern Offer/Order (OOSD) retailing architectures.
Design solutions for airline-grade requirements such as high availability, scalability, performance, and transactional integrity.
Work with Product Managers and Architects to translate complex business and domain requirements into robust technical solutions.
Analyze and improve existing services, including performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Contribute to technical decisions, architecture discussions, and engineering best practices.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Use AI-assisted development tools as part of the daily software development lifecycle.

Requirements

7+ years of professional experience with Java
Strong experience with Spring Boot and microservices
Solid experience building and integrating REST APIs
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms; AWS is preferred
Strong software engineering fundamentals, clean code, and automated testing
Experience with relational databases, particularly MySQL
Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB is a plus
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Fluent English, both written and spoken

Nice to Have

Knowledge of IATA standards, PADIS messaging, PNRGOV, and related airline data formats
Experience with NDC and Offer/Order (ONE Order) retailing models
Experience with Departure Control Systems (DCS), including check-in, weight & balance, and load control
Experience with GDS connectivity, such as Amadeus, Sabre, or Travelport
Experience designing distributed and event-driven systems
Awareness of PCI-DSS and GDPR requirements for handling passenger data
AWS certification
Curiosity and practical experience with AI-assisted software development

We Offer

Work-life Balance

Possibility to work remotely

Health Care

Reimbursement of medical expenses
Online morning exercise

Education

Compensation for trainings, seminars, conferences
Free access to the Pluralsight and ACloudGuru knowledge base
Access to the AltexSoft library with top-notch materials
A mentor for a probation period
Engagement in our Mentorship Hub program as a mentor or a mentee to foster professional growth and development

Development

Horizontally - master new technologies at internal courses
Vertically - choose your own career path through Competency trees

Recognition Program

All your activities are marked by points that can be exchanged for gifts to fit any taste.

About the Company

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Java) with deep expertise in the airline Passenger Service System (PSS) domain to help develop and evolve a cloud-native airline retailing platform. You’ll use your hands-on experience across reservations, ticketing, inventory, schedules, fares, and distribution to help bridge traditional airline PSS capabilities with modern Offer/Order retailing models.

To many people, the world is chaos. To us, it's something a few effective formulas can organize and even change.

Come along if you share our vision:

We were founded in 2007. Employer of the Year (2014, 2017, 2019).
The AI Ukraine conference and the Know Your Onions meetups organizer.
R&D centers in Ukraine (Kharkiv, Kremenchuk, Lviv) and Georgia (Tbilisi). We employ more than 300 people.

Contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist

Bohdana Kliek

[email protected]

Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Airline PSS / Retailing Platform

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