WestJet Tech Stack

North American low-cost carrier operating 200+ aircraft to 120+ destinations

Airlines and Aviation Calgary, Alberta 10,001+ employees Founded 1996 Privately Held

WestJet operates a mature, compliance-heavy tech stack spanning Java, Node.js, Kafka, Azure, and Oracle — layered with observability (Splunk, Terraform, Kubernetes) and governance tooling (ServiceNow, Coupa, JD Edwards). Active hiring across engineering (15 roles), ops (12), and data (3) skews senior, focused on infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and observability — signaling investment in operational resilience and automation. The project pipeline reflects dual pressures: regulatory (pay equity compliance), operational (fleet reliability, on-time performance), and platform modernization (loyalty enhancements, API delivery).

Tech Stack 55 technologies

Core StackJira Confluence Azure DevOps Postman Kubernetes Docker Terraform Akamai Node.js Java Kafka SQL Server Oracle Database Power BI ServiceNow Splunk Snowflake Apache Kafka ReadyAPI Azure Splunk Cloud Splunk Observability Azure Event Hubs Azure Cache for Redis Db2 Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance JD Edwards Hyperion Coupa+25 more

What WestJet Is Building

◆Challenges

Ensuring compliance with pay equity legislation
Reducing aircraft on ground situations
Managing pay equity risk
Delivery obstacles
Partner onboarding and readiness
Improving on-time performance
Reducing turnaround time
Enhancing operational resilience
Improving test coverage
Reducing cycle time

▲Active Projects

Observability implementation for data platforms
Federal pay equity act compliance implementation
Compensation governance projects
Annual pay equity statements
Loyalty platform enhancements
Network and schedule construction improvements
Operational scorecards dashboards
Infrastructure as code for api delivery
Ci/cd pipeline implementation for api delivery
Fleet reliability strategy

Hiring Activity

Accelerating45 roles · 45 in 30d

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About WestJet

WestJet is Canada's leading low-cost carrier, operating since 1996 with 14,000+ employees and a fleet of nearly 200 aircraft serving 120+ destinations across North America, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Europe. The airline operates a complex, mission-critical stack including Java and Oracle backends, event-driven architecture (Kafka, Azure Event Hubs), and business systems (JD Edwards, Hyperion, Coopa, ServiceNow). Core operational challenges center on reducing aircraft turnaround time, improving on-time performance, and managing fleet reliability — all supported by a growing observability and infrastructure-automation footprint.

HeadquartersCalgary, Alberta

Company Size10,001+ employees

Founded1996

Hiring MarketsCanada

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does WestJet use?

WestJet runs Java, Node.js, Kafka, Azure, Oracle Database, SQL Server, Kubernetes, Docker, Splunk, Snowflake, ServiceNow, and Terraform across its platform. Infrastructure leans heavily on Azure cloud services and containerization for API delivery and CI/CD.

Where is WestJet headquartered?

WestJet is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. All current hiring is based in Canada.

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