Senior Software Engineer Full Stack

Job description / Role

Job purpose

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 are always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We are 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 as a senior software engineer - full stack.

The senior software engineer - full stack is a fully participating member of an agile feature team with a minimum of 3 years of hands-on full-stack development experience. Proven expertise in developing and implementing full-stack solutions and problem resolution independently. The role involves technical design, software development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions and products that support the Emirates Group business.

In this role you will:

• Work with senior technical engineers in the technical design process by contributing to analyzing 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 by implementing the Emirates Group-approved coding standards.
• Participate in rotational on-call support and actively participate in resolving production issues within SLAs with minimal or no active supervision.
• Be responsible 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 refactoring practices are adequately adopted to ensure minimum code debt.
• Ensure logging and monitoring hooks are implemented in the code development.
• Continuously stay current with the relevant technologies and implement the learnings to enhance code quality.
• Adhere to the Emirates Group IT coding standards, guidelines, and best practices, and contribute to software engineering playbooks and other standards documents.

Qualification

To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Degree or honours (12+3 or equivalent) in computer science, computational mathematics, computer engineering, or software engineering with 3+ years of experience in information technology.
• Certification in full stack developer or UI experts.
• Software engineering experience, preferably in agile ways of working.

Experience with the following technologies:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in software development.
• Back end technologies - Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful API, SOAP, Node.js.
• Web technologies - AngularJS, React.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3.
• Architecture/development - Microservices architecture, monolith, microfrontend, API design, OpenAPI specifications, Swagger, API versioning.
• Database technologies - Relational databases: Oracle, Postgres; NoSQL databases: Couchbase, Redis.
• Cloud technologies - Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, OpenShift.
• DevOps - GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins.
• Build tools - Maven, Ant, Gradle, Node, Grunt.
• Automation testing - Jasmine, Jest, Karma, JUnit, Mockito, JMock, JMeter.
• Quality - SonarQube; Security - ShiftLeft.
• Integration - Solace; Application performance monitoring - AppDynamics.
• Experience in developing advanced and complex technology software solutions for large organisations.
• Experience in providing production support for business solutions using the 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 a robust and reliable code base is always maintained, and managing technology platforms for DevOps, code management, and testing.
• Experience in using different AI and large language models in the overall SDLC process actively.

Leadership role:

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Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Find out what it's like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city.

About the Company

A fast-growing international airline with one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 400 awards for excellence worldwide.