Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack

SupportFinity; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline company in the UAE is seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack to lead the development of scalable software solutions. Candidates should possess over 8 years of experience in IT, with expertise in React and Java. This role involves mentoring a large team and driving best practices. An attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits are provided, making it an exceptional opportunity for qualified professionals.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Travel benefits including discounts on flights and hotel stays

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development, preferably in the airline industry.
• Experience leading large teams of software engineers (100+).
• Broad knowledge of technology stacks and ability to deliver scalable software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and deployment of complex software solutions.
• Drive best engineering practices and modernization techniques.
• Manage multiple teams with accountability for hiring and mentoring.

Skills

Full-stack expertise in React

Java programming

Agile methodologies

Strong leadership capabilities

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microservices architecture

Job description

Overview

Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Contract

Posted Sep 12, 2025 | Salary negotiable | Advanced (5-10 yrs)

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, development and deployment of complex software solutions across teams. Carry out effective technical design reviews to ensure that the right architecture patterns are used by engineering teams.
• Champion development of best engineering practices and modernization techniques including process automation, lean software development, built-in-quality, test driven development, agile practices, optimal pairing strategies and timely root cause analysis and blameless incident post-mortems. Support defining and refining the software engineering playbooks for use by relevant people in Technology.
• Provide technical leadership and partner with cross-functional teams during discovery phase and in the development of high level design of medium to large projects. Drive proof-of-concepts and implement prototypes to validate ideas. Investigate, debug and fix complex issues involving corner cases and rare conditions.
• Identify and develop framework, tools and practices to improve delivery quality of technology solutions and productivity of engineers.
• Responsible for the measurement and monitoring of engineering metrics that enable agility, scalability, data quality and reliability of technology solutions across the enterprise.
• Contribute to the creation of world class engineering practices, play books and artefacts required to drive technical career of software engineers in line with the software engineering strategy. Support and guide the team of engineers in working autonomously in multi-disciplinary release trains.
• Ensure optimal use of enterprise application platforms, tools and libraries in line with the approved technology architecture and associated Software Vendors.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of interdependencies and limitations within assigned technology area and solution operational context. Provide leadership, guidance and ongoing engagement with technical teams in the effective technical documentation of developed software.
• Manage multiple assigned teams, with accountability for hiring top talent, define development goals, manage performance, mentor and coach.
• Guide and support software engineering team definition decisions and staff movements according to program requirements, staff capability and development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering
• 8+ years of Experience in Information Technology, Software Engineering (preferably in airline) building complex, scalable and large software solutions in digital, data or enterprise domain.
• Experience in leading software development with 100+ software engineers in a large solution domain e.g. Mobile Applications, Web Applications, Omni Channel Service Platform, Systems Integration, Revenue Management, Loyalty, Reservations & Check-in, Cargo Management, Flight Operations, Crew.
• Full-stack expertise in React and Java, leading front-end architecture to deliver fast, accessible and resilient customer interfaces. Experience in UI engineering (state management, performance budgets, bundle discipline) with capable microservices design—clear API contracts, caching / queuing, and observability—to keep transactional journeys correct under load and latency low. Experience in setting engineering standards, mentoring teams and aligning product / architecture / design to ship reliably at scale.
• Knowledge / Skills Required :
• Broad knowledge of the technology stacks used for business solutions.
• Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to solve complex issues
• Research industry innovations and best practices. Apply appropriately in the solution domain
• Partnering with technical and business leaders across the organization to drive value from the technology solutions.
• Identify and remove waste in the software development lifecycle to improve flow, throughput and productivity.
• Managing technology suppliers for complex solution development, global centers of excellence and distributed scaled agile practices
• Strong knowledge in Scaled Agile methodology, with modern flexible working practices.
• Experience of developing advanced technology solutions for large, complex organisations in a multi-functional environment.

Leadership

Leadership Role : Yes

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 hotels stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com / careers

About the company

Emirates