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’. As a Senior Software Engineer in our innovation platforms team, you will play a key role in building and scaling our iXR platforms. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, and Python scripting. You will be responsible for designing cloud-native solutions, implementing robust deployment pipelines, and contributing to backend development efforts.
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Responsibilities
- 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 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.
- Responsible for built-in quality and ensuring 100% unit testing as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
- Analyze and fix all identified defects with minimal rework.
- Ensure refactoring practices are adequately adopted to minimize code debt.
- Ensure logging and monitoring hooks are implemented in the code development.
- Continuously stay current with relevant technologies and implement learnings to enhance code quality.
- Adhere to Emirates Group IT coding standards, guidelines, and best practices and contribute to Software Engineering Playbooks and other standards documents.
Qualifications
To be considered for the role you must meet the below requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.
- 3+ years of experience in Information Technology.
Knowledge/skills
- Design & Develop software in an enterprise environment.
- Solid understanding of testing concepts such as unit testing, functional testing, and test automation.
- Hands-on experience developing and deploying solutions on AWS.
- Skilled in automation and scripting languages such as Python, GoLang, TypeScript, and Node.js.
- Resolving a variety of issues using technical expertise.
- Skilled in system design tools.
- Designing, coding, and maintaining medium to large applications/modules.
- Strong Agile Software Development Skills.
- Strong systems analytical and technical design skills.
- Experience in working with a range of technologies.
Salary & Benefits
Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. In addition to our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package, alongside transport benefits, life insurance, and more.
