About
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. We are on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. The Senior Software Engineer - Python is a fully participating member of an agile feature team, working independently on software development and problem resolution. This role involves technical design, software development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions/products that support the Emirates Group Business.
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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.
- 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.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering with 3+ years of experience in Information Technology.
- Certification in Full Stack Developer/UI Experts.
- Software Engineering experience, preferably in agile ways of working.
- Experience in software development and application support in Python.
- Familiarity with frameworks/libraries such as PyTest, Django, and REST Framework.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS.
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.
