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The Software Engineer will directly report to the on-shore Software Engineering Manager for the assigned project within the UAE. The Engineer must proactively work within an agile team on a microservice-oriented architecture. A practical understanding of software development, a clear proposal mindset, adaptability to change, continuous improvement of technical skills, and a strong affinity for agile environments are essential.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Contribute to breaking down specifications into development stories under the supervision of the Product Owner/Scrum Master: clarify scope, define acceptance criteria, estimate effort, and prepare tasks for the sprint backlog.
- Develop technical contracts and detailed designs, contribute to architectural proposals, and proactively drive enhancements.
- Develop and maintain backend and frontend components using Java 8 (Spring Boot/Vert.x), Python, and Angular/Vue.js, ensuring clean and documented code that adheres to team standards and design guidelines.
- Analyze issues, propose corrective actions, and quantify effects on implementation and performance.
- Support integration and system testing on virtual platforms by deploying builds, executing and extending integration and functional test suites, diagnosing issues, and resolving defects for release readiness.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD and test automation in cooperation with DevOps: understand pipelines, contribute to managing Ansible playbooks/Bash and Python for software configuration, deployment, and testing, ensuring fast and reliable build/test feedback loops.
- Contribute to team engineering practices: participate in code reviews, update technical documentation, and engage in sprint ceremonies to encourage rapid team integration and continuous improvement.
Work Experience Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in JAVA 8+ software development.
- Experience in front-end development with Angular/Vue.js and Typescript.
- Additional proven experience with the Vert.x framework is a plus.
- Familiarity with Ansible is preferred.
- Understanding of container technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
- Exposure to Agile methodologies and practices is required.
- Technical writing experience in English with the ability to produce high-quality documents is mandatory.
- Knowledge and experience of Linux systems is also required.
