Software Engineer, Flights and Loyalty

The role

This engineer will scale the flight routing and booking engine. You will work with airline loyalty programs to build partnerships for flight search and booking.

What you will do

• Taking ownership of major feature releases across the entire flight booking funnel.
• Building logic for award ticket inventory pricing and point transferring to partners.
• Integrating with external airlines and GDS partners.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of engineering experience
• Most recently writing production-grade Python
• Experience with GDS systems, such as Amadeus or Sabre
• Technical experience in Python / Django, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, AWS
• Into credit card points/travel hacking and book many flights with points
• Have considered building your own flight inventory scrapers
• Have multiple credit cards
• History with FlyerTalk

Nice to have

• Want to be in a scaling startup that is experiencing exponential growth
• Excited by building foundational work and enjoy making an impact
• Traveling is in your DNA
• Thrive in growing high-caliber teams and want to influence both technical and strategic direction

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Stock option plan
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with 5% company match
• Flexible vacation policy

Before you apply

• Candidates must be able to travel to San Francisco, New York, Chicago, or Austin for an onsite interview. All required travel will be paid for by Taekus.

About the company

Taekus is a 6-year-old luxury financial services company offering premium checking, credit, and debit accounts paired with an exclusive travel rewards ecosystem. It is a profitable fintech with $120M revenue/yr.