Backend Developer (Full Stack) - Hybrid

We are Pegasus Airlines!

We are Pegasus. We represent the new generation in Turkish aviation. With our motto: Everyone has the right to fly, we inspire our guests to travel with low fares thanks to our business model.

As your digital airline, our guest-centric approach offers digital technologies and unique innovations that enhance the travel experience.

Today, we operate connecting flights to more than 56 countries across Türkiye, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Russia, and Central Asia. We have one of the youngest fleets in the world, with 129 aircraft and an average fleet age of 5.3 years as of 2026.

Are you ready to embark on your Pegasus career path as our Backend Developer (Full Stack), flight number PC-2026?

Requirements

• Education: BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.Team Player: Eager to learn, with a customer-first mindset, good communication skills, a collaborative approach, and a sense of ownership.
• Experience: 2–4 years of professional backend development experience, with hands-on experience developing and maintaining backend applications and services.
• Backend Development & Java: Good knowledge of Java and hands-on experience with Spring Boot. Familiarity with dependency injection, application configuration, exception handling, and common backend development practices.
• API Development & Integration: Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs. Understanding of request validation, error handling, API documentation, and service integration. Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and backward compatibility is a plus.
• Software Engineering & Testing: Good understanding of OOP, SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean code practices. Experience writing unit tests and familiarity with integration testing, refactoring, and code reviews.
• Databases & Data Management: Experience with at least one relational or NoSQL database, such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Elasticsearch. Basic understanding of data modeling and query optimization. Familiarity with caching technologies such as Redis is a plus.
• Microservices & Messaging: Basic understanding of microservices and distributed application concepts. Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ is a plus.
• Performance, Reliability & Security: Understanding of basic application performance optimization and secure coding practices. Willingness to learn about application monitoring, production troubleshooting, and common security practices.
• CI/CD & Development Tools: Familiarity with Git, CI/CD workflows, and automated build and deployment processes. Basic knowledge of Docker is a plus.
• AI-Assisted Development: Experience using AI-powered tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or GitHub Copilot to support coding, debugging, testing, and refactoring. Ability to review and validate AI-generated code.
• Agile Mindset: Comfortable working in an Agile team and collaborating with Product, Web, Mobile, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
• Preferred: Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS, Kubernetes, serverless computing, and event-driven architectures. Interest in MCP, AI agents, and agentic software development is a plus. Willingness to contribute to mobile application development, with experience or interest in Kotlin (Android) or Swift (iOS), is an advantage. Experience with high-traffic applications, particularly in travel, airline, e-commerce, or other transaction-intensive domains, is also a plus.

In this role, you will

• Build & Maintain: Develop and maintain backend applications and services, focusing on code quality, reliability, and performance.
• Learn & Improve: Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, and continuous improvements while developing your technical skills.
• Collaborate & Deliver: Work with Product, Web, Mobile, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams to implement features, integrate services, and deliver quality solutions within an Agile environment.

What Pegasus Airlines can offer you

• Discounted domestic and international flight tickets that include first-degree family members, For a single candidate can add +1 person, Discounted flight with contracted airlines to destinations where there are no flights

• Private health insurance

• Food voucher

• Remote and flexible working hours on certain days according to a working model, allowance for remote working days

• Fun@Fly Social Activity Clubs (Social clubs such as theatre club, sailing, trekking, running, basketball, music, books, zumba, tennis, volleyball and football teams, e-sports team)

• Kindergarten opportunity for female employees (Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya)

• Performance-based bonus system

• Shuttle

Discover Pegasus Airlines!

Our Framework for a Sustainable Future prioritizes our impact on the environment and society, as well as economic development. We call our route Sustainable Future. By 2050, we aim to eliminate carbon emissions from our operations, and we are working towards this goal. We are proud of a rich governance culture that is developed through a perspective open to continuous improvement and the feedback of our stakeholders. We regularly and transparently share our targets and performance on these issues with the public.

Gender equality is at the foundation of our corporate culture. We are one of the pioneering airlines that have signed IATA's voluntary initiative "25by2025" to increase the representation of women in all areas of the aviation industry, including pilot, technician, and management ranks. We were the first airline in the world to join the UN Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) platform.

Listen to every different voice in our quest for a more equal tomorrow for future generations and we call our voice #PegasusHarmony 💛