Senior Software Engineer – The Emirates Group

Senior Software Engineer – The Emirates Group

Join our Software Engineering team, where we are always on the lookout for passionate and curious software engineering professionals who are driven to deliver a world-class experience to our customers. We are a diverse team that leverages modern technologies, engineering practices, and innovative approaches to build exceptional software products. Our technology stack currently includes React, Java 11-17, Node, ALCS, frameworks like Spring Boot, Solace, Relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server), non-relational databases (Couchbase, Elastic Search, Cassandra), APIs (REST & SOAP protocols) with OpenAPI Documentation and continually evolving with the industry and profession. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology and enhancing customer experiences, we invite you to apply to be part of our team shaping the future of aviation technology at Emirates Group.

The Senior Software Engineer – Java Fullstack is a fully participating member of an agile feature team working independently on software development and problem resolution. The role involves technical design, software development, implementation and maintenance software solutions/products that support the Emirates Group Business.

In this role, you will:

• Work with senior technical engineers in the technical design process by contributing in the analysis of technical application requirements.
• Convert technical solutions for small to medium sized initiatives into low level design and working code.
• Independently write secure and optimized code through implementation of Emirates Group approved coding standards.
• Be part of the rotational on-call support and actively participate in resolving production issues within SLA?s with minimal or no active supervision.
• Be accountable for built in quality and ensuring 100% unit testing as part of the CI/CD pipeline
• Analyse and fix all identified defects with minimal rework
• Ensure re-factoring practices are adequately adopted to ensure minimum code debt.
• Ensure logging and monitoring hooks are implemented as part of the code development.
• Continuously stay up to date in the relevant technologies and implement the learnings to enhance the code quality.
• Adhere to the Emirates Group IT coding standards, guidelines and best practices and contribute to Software Engineering Playbooks and other Standards documents.

Qualifications & Experience
To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Backend Application Development, primarily in Python (versions 3.7+) with microservices capability.
• Back End Technologies – Java8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Restful API, SOAP, Microservices, Design Patterns.
• Web Technologies: – React.JS
• Data Base Technologies: Relational databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres; NoSQL databases: Couchbase, MongoDB, Elastic Search, Cassandra.
• Cloud Technologies – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud.
• DevOps: GIT, Docker, Openshift, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Splunk, JIRA, Confluence.
• Build: Maven, Ant, Gradle.
• Automation Testing: Jasmine, Jest, Karma, Junit, mockito, Jmock, Jmeter.
• Quality: SonarQube
• Security: ShiftLeft.
• Integration: Informatica, Snaplogic, Solace, APIGee; Application Performance Monitoring: AppDynamics.
• Experience of developing advanced/Complex technology Software solutions for large organisations.
• Experience in providing production support for business solutions using ITIL framework.
• Deep experience in Full stack development capabilities, technology technical evaluation, vendor selection and management
• Implementation of contemporary engineering practices like lean software and test-driven development, CI/CD for ensuring robust and reliable code base is always maintained and managing technology platforms for DevOps, Code Management/Testing.

Leadership Role : NO

Salary & Benefits
Embark on a journey with Emirates where your Java skills will not only be valued but will also propel you towards new heights! Find out more about working with us on our website www.emirates.com/careers.

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world, to and through, our global hub in Dubai; and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’.

Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we’re always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We’re on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as Senior Technical Software Engineer.