Senior Technical Software Engineer - Commercial - FullStack (NextJS, ReactJS, NodeJS, and Java)

Emirates Airlines - Other locations; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline company is seeking a Senior Technical Software Engineer in Dubai. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of IT experience, strong hands-on skills in NextJS, ReactJS, and cloud solutions. You will design and implement complex software solutions and mentor junior developers. Enjoy a competitive tax-free salary and unique travel benefits in the vibrant city of Dubai.

Benefits

Attractive tax-free salary

Travel benefits including discounts on flights

Living in cosmopolitan Dubai

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Information Technology.
• Experience in developing advanced technology solutions for large organizations.
• Hands-on experience in full-stack development and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on technical design and deployment of solutions.
• Drive engineering practices and process automation.
• Mentor Software Engineers and ensure code quality.
• Manage and maintain enterprise application platforms.

Skills

NextJS

ReactJS

NodeJS

Java

Microservices

API design

CI/CD automation

DevOps

ITIL framework

Education

Degree or Honours in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

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 and make your mark on the aviation world!

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.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to determine 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 these for architectural review.
• 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.

Qualification

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

• Degree or Honours or equivalent degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Information Technology.
• Experience of developing advanced/complex technology Software solutions for large, complex organisations in a multi‑functional environment.
• Hands‑on development experience in NextJS, ReactJS, NodeJS and Java, with strong expertise in microservices, API design, and CI/CD automation.
• Experience in providing production support for business solutions using ITIL framework.
• Deep experience in full‑stack development capabilities covering all layers (i.e UI/Middleware and Databases).
• Expert in Technology technical evaluation, vendor selection and technology vendor management using data‑driven models and working closely with strategic vendor partners, engaging in deep technical discussions to review solution designs, and ensuring technical alignment with architectural and security standards.
• Implementation of contemporary engineering practices like lean software development, test‑driven development, continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Establishing and managing leveraging technology platforms for DevOps, Code Management, Testing, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment for ensuring robust and reliable code base is always maintained.
• Experience of designing and developing high‑availability Software solutions in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.

Leadership Role: No

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 in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers