Senior Technical Software Engineer - Apps Team (Customer Experience Pillar, Web & Mobile)

Emirates Airlines - Other locations; Dubai; On-site; AED 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global airline in Dubai is seeking a Senior Technical Software Engineer to drive engineering strategies and guide the development of innovative mobile applications. This role entails overseeing technical design, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring adherence to high-quality standards. The ideal candidate boasts over 5 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in mobile applications, and a strong command of technologies like React, Java, and GraphQL. Enjoy a tax-free salary and exclusive travel benefits while working in a vibrant cosmopolitan city.

Benefits

Attractive tax-free salary

Travel benefits including discounts on flights and hotel stays

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on mobile applications.
• Proven technical leadership in Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive software engineering strategies and standards in the feature team.
• Collaborate on delivering technical design, development, and deployment of solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure adherence to coding standards.

Skills

GraphQL

Mobile App Middleware

Real-time messaging frameworks

Generative-AI developer tools

Data modelling

Systems design

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

React

Java

Node

Spring

Swift

Kotlin

Job description

Job Purpose

A 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'.

Role Overview

As a Senior Technical Software Engineer - Apps Team (Customer Experience Pillar, Web & Mobile) you will support in driving and implementing software engineering strategies, standards, and guidelines in the assigned feature team. Collaborate with the team to develop business-critical technical solutions through the application of software programming, robust engineering practices, and built-in quality. Job also includes planning/estimation, application development, deployment, release, hyper-care and operation of developed solutions. The job holder provides technical leadership to the assigned team in the software development lifecycle.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with the team to deliver technical design, development and deployment of complex solutions within relevant product. Carry out effective technical design reviews to ensure that the right architecture patterns are used by the team.
• Drive the adoption of Engineering practices, implement development process automation, lean software development, built-in-quality, test driven development, agile practices, and timely root cause analysis and blameless incident post-mortems.
• Contribute to sprint/work design and planning by providing subject matter expertise on business domain and relevant technologies and actively contribute to technology specific community of practices.
• Manage and mentor Software Engineers to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities. Responsible 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.
• Responsible for corrective, adaptive, preventative and perfective maintenance of products in collaboration with other capabilities for the relevant product.

Qualifications

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

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience) or Honours (12+3 or equivalent).
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on mobile applications (iOS, Android, or cross-platform).

Proven Experience in

• GraphQL – schema design, performance optimisation, and mobile integration.
• Experience Mobile App Middleware – API design, microservices, orchestration layers.
• Real-time messaging frameworks (e.g. Kafka, WebSockets, JMS, AMQP, Firebase Cloud Messaging).
• Demonstrated technical leadership in Agile teams, including mentoring, code reviews, and driving engineering best practices

Knowledge / Skills

• Hands-on with generative‑AI developer tools to code, refactor, test, and review; strong prompt design and rigorous verification of outputs.
• Experience of developing advanced/complex technology software solutions for large, complex organisations in a multi‑functional environment.
• Solid experience in data modelling, systems design and expert coder in the technology listed in the skills category.
• Implementation of contemporary engineering practices like lean software development, test driven development, continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Establishing and managing technology platforms for DevOps, Code Management, Testing, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment to ensure a robust and reliable code base is maintained.

Join our Digital Engineering team

Join our Digital Engineering team , where we are always on the lookout for passionate and curious software engineering professionals who are driven to deliver a world-class experience to our customers. We are a diverse team that leverages modern technologies, engineering practices, and innovative approaches to build exceptional software products. Our technology stack currently includes React, Java, Node, Spring, Swift, and Kotlin, continually evolving with the industry and profession. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology and enhancing customer experiences, we invite you to apply to be part of our team shaping the future of aviation technology at Emirates Group.

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.