Software Engineer, Flights and Loyalty
At a glance
Mid-level Software Engineering role at Taekus. Remote, United States · full-time · $175,000–$230,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Take charge of key releases throughout flight search, booking, and fulfillment after a reservation is made
- Create pricing rules for award seats and build ways to move points to partner programs
- Connect airline and GDS partners, adapting to their communication protocols and data structures
What you bring
- Bring at least six years of engineering work, including recent production Python development
- Have experience with GDS platforms such as Amadeus or Sabre
- Know Python and Django, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS
Who this fits
This remote U.S. role suits a flights-focused backend or full-stack engineer interested in airline points and travel rewards. You’ll help shape the Flights & Loyalty team’s technical and strategic direction. An onsite interview requires travel to San Francisco, New York, Chicago, or Austin, with interview travel costs covered.
From the employer
Taekus is a fintech and travel startup building a next generation premium financial services brand. As a profitable fintech with a $120M revenue/yr and new carrier partnerships, we’re entering a new stage of growth—significant expansion of our loyalty engine.
We’re seeking a flights focused full-stack or backend engineer to help scale our flight routing & booking engine. This includes working with airline loyalty programs to build our partnerships out for flight search and booking. You will be joining our resident flights expert in shaping the Flights & Loyalty team.
Help us tackle this $3.2T opportunity to innovate in the true super-premium market since the inception of rewards credit cards.
Interview Process
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.
Your Responsibilities
Driving Core Feature Delivery: Taking ownership of major feature releases across the entire flight booking funnel, from flight search to booking creation and post-booking fulfillment.
Building logic for award ticket inventory pricing & point transferring to our partners.
Integrating with external airlines and GDS partners and navigating their complex communication protocols and data schemas.
What You Bring to the Table
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.
You’re into credit card points/travel hacking and book yourself many flights with points — and you can play all those pesky airline rewards search engines like an instrument.
You’ve considered building your own flight inventory scrapers, have multiple credit cards, and have history with FlyerTalk
You'd Love This Job If
You want to be in a scaling startup that is experiencing exponential growth.
You’re excited by building foundational work and enjoy making an impact.
Traveling is in your DNA and you get to apply your passion into your work.
You thrive in growing high-caliber teams and want to influence both technical and strategic direction.
About Taekus
Taekus is a 6-year-old luxury financial services company offering premium checking, credit, and debit accounts—paired with an exclusive travel rewards ecosystem. We serve an affluent, global customer base that expects excellence in both experience and execution. With $4B+ in annual transaction volume and strong profitability, we’re redefining what it means to bank beautifully.
What We Offer
Competitive salary and stock option plan
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
401(k) plan with 5% company match
Flexible vacation policy
Fully remote work environment
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