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Senior Software Engineer - Java

Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 20 Jun 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $60k - $90k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world through our global hub in Dubai and 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 are looking for exceptional IT professionals to strengthen our position as leaders in the industry. In this role as a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key part of an agile feature team, responsible for software development, technical design, implementation, and maintenance of 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 to analysing technical application requirements.
  • Convert technical solutions for small to medium-sized initiatives into low-level design and working code.
  • Write secure and optimized code by implementing Emirates Group approved coding standards.
  • Participate in rotational on-call support and actively resolve production issues within SLAs with minimal supervision.
  • Ensure built-in quality and 100% unit testing as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Analyze and fix all identified defects with minimal rework.
  • Manage refactoring practices to ensure minimum code debt.
  • Implement logging and monitoring hooks in code development.
  • Stay current with relevant technologies and apply learnings to enhance code quality.
  • Adhere to Emirates Group IT coding standards, guidelines, and best practices.

Qualifications
To be considered for this role, you must meet the following 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 Java (versions 8+) with microservices capability.
  • Experience with the following:
    • Back End Technologies: Java8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Restful API, SOAP, Microservices, Design Patterns.
    • Web Technologies: React.JS.
    • Database Technologies: 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.
    • Automation Testing: Jasmine, Jest, Karma, Junit, Mockito, Jmock, Jmeter.
    • Quality: SonarQube.
    • Security: ShiftLeft.
    • Integration: Informatica, Snaplogic, Solace, APIGee; Application Performance Monitoring: AppDynamics.

Work Conditions
Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and unique travel benefits, including discounts on flights and hotel stays worldwide. We encourage you to explore what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan city.

If you are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to support diverse operations, we invite you to apply and contribute to the success and innovation at Emirates Group.

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About Emirates

Emirates Airline, based in Dubai, is a global leader in aviation, known for its exceptional service and state-of-the-art fleet. Since 1985, we've connected passengers to over 150 destinations and continue to innovate for a better flying experience.

Benefits at Emirates

    • Competitive salaries and career development opportunities.
    • Comprehensive health insurance plans.
    • Generous travel benefits and a culturally diverse work environment.