Senior Software Engineer, Airline PSS/GDS Specialist

Cinergie Digital; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Cinergie Digital is seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to join its travel technology team, focusing on Passenger Service Systems (PSS) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS). You will design, build, and maintain the backbone of our airline distribution and inventory systems, handling reservations, ticketing, fare calculation, and PNR management.

In this role you will lead technical initiatives, own production incidents, and mentor junior engineers while aligning developments with IATA

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with .NET in mission-critical, high-availability systems.
• Proven airline PSS/GDS integration experience (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport).
• Deep knowledge of travel messaging standards (EDIFACT, Type A/B, XML, JSON).
• Production support and incident management in high-pressure environments.
• Strong ability to perform root cause analysis on distributed systems.
• Translate airline business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain integrations with PSS platforms and GDS networks.
• Build and support reservations, ticketing, fare, inventory, and PNR management.
• Implement messaging using EDIFACT, A/B, NDC, PADIS, IATA standards.
• Develop interfaces between internal systems and external GDS/PSS endpoints (SOAP/REST).
• Own triage and RCA for GDS/PSS incidents; troubleshoot discrepancies.
• Participate in on-call rotation for critical systems.
• Collaborate with revenue management and airport operations on rules.
• Maintain runbooks, monitoring, and alerting to reduce incidents.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence architecture.
• Ensure developments align with IATA resolutions and data standards.

Skills

.NET framework

PSS/GDS integration

Incident management

Root cause analysis

High availability architecture

Technical mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

SOAP/REST

XML/JSON

EDIFACT/NDC

Job description

Cinergie Digital is seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to join its travel technology team, focusing on Passenger Service Systems (PSS) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS). You will design, build, and maintain the backbone of our airline distribution and inventory systems, handling reservations, ticketing, fare calculation, and PNR management.

In this role you will lead technical initiatives, own production incidents, and mentor junior engineers while aligning developments with IATA