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Senior Software Engineer

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 19 Jun 2025

Financial

  • Estimate: $80k - $120k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Office Only
  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Job
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 and is always at the forefront of aviation innovation. We are looking for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry.

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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a fully participating member of an agile feature team, independently working on software development and problem resolution. The role involves technical design, software development, 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 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 while implementing Emirates Group approved coding standards.
  • Participate in rotational on-call support, actively resolving 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.
  • Promote refactoring practices to ensure minimum code debt.
  • Implement logging and monitoring hooks in code development.
  • Continuously stay current with relevant technologies and enhance code quality.
  • Adhere to the Emirates Group IT coding standards and contribute to Software Engineering Playbooks.

Requirements
To be considered for the role, you must meet the following requirements:

  • Degree or Honours in a relevant field (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.
  • Backend Technologies: Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Restful API, SOAP, Microservices, Design Patterns.
  • Web Technologies: React.JS.
  • Database Technologies: Relational (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres); NoSQL (Couchbase, MongoDB, Elastic Search, Cassandra).
  • Cloud Technologies: 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.
  • Experience in developing complex technology software solutions for large organizations and providing production support using ITIL framework.
  • Deep experience in Full stack development, technology evaluation, vendor selection, and management.
  • Familiarity with contemporary engineering practices like CI/CD, managing technology platforms, and ensuring a robust code base.

Salary & Benefits
Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary, travel benefits exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays worldwide.

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