Lead Full Stack Engineer

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: KP902-1379

Job description / Role

Job Type
Full Time

Job Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Nationality
Any Nationality

Salary
Not Specified

Gender
Not Specified

Arabic Fluency
Not Specified

Job Function
IT - Software & Web Development

Company Industry
Travel, Hotel & Tourism

Synopsis

We're seeking a lead full stack engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering scalable, high-performance web applications in enterprise environments. This role involves full lifecycle development with a strong emphasis on agile methodologies, architectural design, and automated testing. You will lead a team of senior engineers and engineers, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, design principles, and established delivery frameworks.

Accountabilities

Develop software strategy, design principles, and delivery frameworks to drive effective and scalable solutions.

Lead and mentor teams of software associates and engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Act as a subject matter expert (SME) in software engineering with deep technical expertise across the stack.

Guide and validate application development to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and SDLC frameworks.

Contribute to communities of practice (CoP) to support the modernization, growth, and maturity of software engineering capabilities.

Conduct targeted peer code reviews, providing actionable feedback to continuously enhance code quality and team performance.

Contribute to low-level technical design and architecture, ensuring alignment with high-level business and solution requirements.

Collaborate within agile teams to analyze user stories and decompose them into manageable, well-defined tasks.

Proactively identify and recommend new frameworks, tools, and processes to improve team productivity and code quality.

Take full ownership of the quality, performance, and reliability of your deliverables throughout the development lifecycle.

Communicate clearly and effectively with team members and stakeholders across all stages of implementation.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering or related field.

8+ years of experience in designing, coding and maintaining medium to large web applications using the following tech stack:

Web technologies - Angular, Angular.js, React.js, Node.js

Back end technologies - Java8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Boot Webflux, Restful API, Microservices, Design Patterns

Database technologies - Relational databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres; NoSQL databases: MongoDB, Elastic Search, Cassandra

Cloud technologies - Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud

DevOps tools - GIT, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Jenkins

Build & release - Maven, Ant, Gradle

Quality - SonarQube

Strong agile software development skills and systems analytical and technical design skills.

Solid understanding of testing concepts such as unit testing, functional testing and test automation.

About Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world's leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad's codeshare partners, Etihad's network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more. All this ties into Etihad's ambitious Journey 2030 strategy. The airline plans to double its fleet size and triple the number of customers over the next six years as it sets out to be the airline everyone wants to fly!

About the Company

Etihad Airways is the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates. The airline was set up by a Royal Decree in July 2003, with Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, as its hub. Etihad started commercial operations in November 2003.

With Etihad, everyone who flies with us is welcomed as our guest.

This simple credo illuminates everything we do, from big things like making sure that our fleet is one of the most advanced in the sky, to small touches like letting you choose the films you watch.

Were proud to be the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates. At the crossroads between Europe and Asia, our home reflects our commitment to bringing the world closer together - as does our highly cosmopolitan staff.

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