Senior Technical Software Engineer - Quality Engineering Platforms

Job purpose

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.” Do you want to play a part in that journey and own technical products used by stakeholders and customers across the world? Join us in cosmopolitan Dubai as a Senior Technical Software Engineer – Quality Engineering Platforms and make your mark on the aviation world!

The Senior Technical Software Engineer is a fully participating member of an agile feature team who works independently on software development and problem resolution. The role is based within the Quality Engineering Chapter and involves technical design, software development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions and products that support the Emirates Group business.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with the team to deliver technical design, development, and deployment of complex solutions within the relevant product. Carry out effective technical design reviews to ensure the team uses the right architecture patterns.
• Drive the adoption of engineering practices, implement development process automation, lean software development, built-in quality, test-driven development, and agile practices, and conduct timely root cause analysis and blameless incident post-mortems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to determine the viability of solutions. Evaluate current problems, future requirements, and existing solutions in medium to large projects to enable high-level design, and drive proof of concepts and implement prototypes to validate ideas.
• Investigate, debug, and fix complex issues involving corner cases and rare conditions. Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies and presenting them for architectural review.
• Contribute to sprint and work design and planning by providing subject matter expertise on the business domain and relevant technologies, and actively contribute to technology-specific communities of practice.
• Manage and mentor software engineers to support skill and knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities. Take responsibility for their technical deliveries and adherence to design and coding standards and practices.
• Ensure optimal use of enterprise application platforms, tools, and libraries in line with the approved technology architecture.
• Be responsible for corrective, adaptive, preventative, and perfective maintenance of products in collaboration with other capabilities for the relevant products.

Qualifications

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

• Degree in a relevant field, such as computer science, computer engineering, or software engineering.
• At least five years of experience in information technology.

Knowledge and skills

• At least five years of experience in application development using Java (versions 8, 11, or 21 and later) with Spring Boot, and familiarity with code quality tools such as SonarQube and ShiftLeft.
• Strong expertise in Java frameworks and libraries, including Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring WebFlux, JPA, Hibernate, and test frameworks such as JUnit and TestNG.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as ReactJS and NextJS for building user interfaces.
• Proficiency in messaging and integration technologies, including Solace, Tibco, and Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift, and knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, including AWS and Azure.
• Database expertise in Oracle SQL or similar relational database management systems, NoSQL databases, and building RESTful API services.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and DevOps principles, with experience in lean software development, test-driven development, and automated deployments.
• Ability to design and implement event-driven architectures, reactive programming solutions, and scalable systems following SRE principles and code review best practices.
• Experience in technology evaluation, vendor selection, and managing technology platforms for DevOps, including data pipelines, code management, and continuous integration and deployment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, agile development experience, and the ability to provide production support for business-critical applications.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to developers; drive knowledge sharing; and promote engineering standards and best practices within the team.
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Exposure to AI/ML, generative AI, LLM integrations, AI agents, and intelligent automation is an added advantage, particularly in developing and integrating AI-driven enterprise solutions.

Leadership role: No

Salary and benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. Learn what it is like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city.