Senior Technical Software Engineer - Quality Engineering Platforms

Emirates; Dubai; On-site; AED 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates in Dubai is seeking a Senior Technical Software Engineer - Quality Engineering Platforms to own the design, development and maintenance of software solutions used by stakeholders and customers worldwide.

You will work in an agile team within the Quality Engineering Chapter, mentoring engineers, driving DevOps and test‑driven practices, and helping build scalable, reliable systems for our global operations.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Information Technology.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical design, development and deployment of complex solutions within relevant product.
• Drive 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 and drive prototypes.
• Investigate, debug and fix complex issues and support continuous improvement with new technologies.
• Contribute to sprint/work design and planning with SME input on business domain and technologies.
• Mentor Software Engineers and ensure adherence to standards and practices.
• Ensure optimal use of enterprise application platforms, tools and libraries.
• Maintenance of products in collaboration with other capabilities; provide production support.

Skills

Java 8-21+

Spring Boot

React/NextJS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Oracle/SQL

NoSQL

Kafka/Solace

REST APIs

SRE / DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

SonarQube

ShiftLeft

JUnit/TestNG

Tibco

Kafka

Solace

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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 - 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 Quality Engineering Chapter and involves technical design, software development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions/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 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 products

Qualification

• Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Information Technology.

Knowledge And Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in application development using Java (versions 8, 11, or 21+) 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 (JUnit/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 (AWS, Azure).
• Database expertise in Oracle SQL or similar RDBMS, 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/deployment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, agile development experience, and 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 would be an added advantage, particularly in developing and integrating AI-driven enterprise solutions.

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.