Senior Software Engineer

CHAMP Cargosystems Philippines, Inc.; Taguig; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

CHAMP Cargosystems Philippines, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Taguig to join a cross-functional team. The role emphasizes Java backend development, Spring Boot services, REST integration, and front-end work with Angular.

Applicants should be comfortable with DevOps practices and modern CI/CD pipelines. The position reports to a Team Leader and requires strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Translate design and functional specifications into program code; enforce the company’s software engineering standards.
• Collaborate with other software engineers on assigned tasks.
• Produce clean, efficient code and perform unit tests.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software.
• Assist in project documentation and participation in migration activities.
• Support during system implementation and improve code quality.

Skills

Strong English

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/CE

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Angular

Maven

Git

SVN

Linux

AWS

Ansible

Kafka

NGINX

ELK

CI/CD

Job description

Overview

CHAMP Cargosystems provides the most comprehensive range of integrated IT solutions and distribution services for the air cargo transport chain. The portfolio spans core management systems, eCargo solutions and Insights.

The company serves over 200 airlines and GSAs, and links these with some 3,000 forwarders and GHAs worldwide. CHAMP’s solutions help its customers and their clients adapt to critical and continuous changes in air transport logistics to meet global trade demands.

Headquartered in Luxembourg, we have over 400 employees located in offices in Frankfurt, London, Manila, Singapore and Zurich, as well as Atlanta.

We are currently in the process of building the next generation of cargo management applications using modern and widely use technologies and we are looking for motivated people to join our team of interdisciplinary developers.

We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team.

The role will be reporting to a Team Leader.

Location: Taguig City, Philippines

Responsibilities

• Perform several roles such as program coder, code review, unit testing and technical support
• Collaborate with other software engineers in the performance of assigned tasks.
• Translate design and functional specifications into program code; enforce the Company’s software engineering methodology and standards.
• Champion good code quality practices towards reliable, performant and maintainable solutions
• Participate in the technical discussions on project updates/ in resolving technical issues.
• Produce clean and efficient code based on specifications.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software.
• Participate in the unit tests and to provide support during system implementation/ migration activities.
• Assist in the preparation of project documentation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• We build backend services with Java, Spring Boot, Web Services and Oracle / SQL Server / Mongo DB
• We integrate with existing core Java Cargo applications via REST APIs
• We build frontends with Angular and Ionic framework for mobile apps
• We deploy to Linux servers, private datacenters, AWS, using Ansible & Maven
• We do continuous integration with Gitlab/Bamboo
• We use Scrum to organize ourselves
• Knowledge with Kafka, NGINX, load-balancer or ELK would be considered as a plus
• With good SQL skills on databases and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB)
• Understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD and preferably experience with Ansible or similar automation tools

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Equivalent
• Must have 5 years’ experience in Java & object-oriented programming
• Understanding in the following framework or technology is a plus: Spring Boot, REST API, Angular
• Experienced in using the following tools – Git, SVN, Maven or similar
• Experience in SCRUM practices is a plus
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good command of English language is a must

Employment is subject to satisfactory reference and background checks, where applicable and permitted by local law.

Security : the successful candidate will have to comply with CHAMP Security Requirements (including but not limited to CHAMP’s IT Security Policies, especially the ISMS Policy and the Acceptable Use Policy, mandatory courses, confidentiality and data protection, use of company assets, and incident reporting).

CHAMP Cargosystems is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, ethnic background, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Please note that any personal data that you submit along with your application will be processed by CHAMP and may be processed by any of its global entities as necessary. These data will be treated in strict compliance with the applicable data protection legislation (i.e. the Law of 2 August 2002 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, as amended, and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, - the GDPR -, which entered into force on 25 May 2018, as well as any other subsequent regulation). Please follow the link to theCHAMP Candidates Privacy Noticefor further information.