Senior Software Engineer

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrows possible. Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, and today has over 300 employees.

You will contribute to the solution definition and development, in close collaboration with TopSky Flow Manager’s Solution Owner, the Solution Architect, as well as the Proxy PO of the UAE squad in order to:

1. Transform the business needs to Technical Requirements and make estimations and give inputs for planning together with the team members.
2. Undertake the design and development of applications by collaborating with other software solutions engineers to share knowledge and improve overall product/solution.

The Senior Software Engineering/Tech Lead works with a squad, a development team that builds and runs the product/components using SCRUM methodology. You will be a member of an Agile Team and will:

1. Make sure that the Stories comply with the Definition of Done.
2. Work within a Scrum team with other software developers, in Agile mode.
3. Contribute to the requirement definition, to the software design and you will be involved with the architectural aspects of the software projects.
4. Integrate software components into a fully functional software system.
5. Write well-designed, documented and testable code.
6. Develop, test and execute the full software development life cycle.
7. Design, implement and test features with scalability, performance, deployment/operation and end-user experience in mind.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

1. Manage scope and schedule to provide high quality deliverables per internal and external customer commitments/requirements.
2. Ensure that the project deliverables meet the customer's requirements, contract specification and the necessary clearances (e.g. security, safety, export control).
3. Hold the engineering team responsible for meeting the technical expectations listed above.
4. Act as the primary technical contact for the customer on all technical issues.
5. Produce project planning, requirements, and testing documents while playing an active part in the day-to-day design and development decision-making process.
6. Communicate effectively, professionally and in a timely manner with internal personnel, external customers, consultants and subcontractors.

ABOUT YOU:

1. You are in line with Agile and Digital culture values.
2. You have good knowledge and experiences in Agile methodology.
3. You are comfortable with product development.
4. You are familiar with SaaS, Cloud native developments.
5. You have strong analytical thinking and a flair for innovation.
6. You have creativity, originality and initiative.
7. You are resourceful and solution-oriented.
8. You have the arguments to convince your teammates and the stakeholders.
9. You are fluent in English.

Experience:

1. Master’s degree from an Engineering school and have some significant experiences (professional/internships, academic or personal projects such as GIT Hub, Meet Ups, etc.)
2. 6+ years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including Project Engineering.
3. 4+ years of Experience with Docker and Kubernetes technologies.
4. 3+ years of Experience with Web protocols and technologies, RESTful Web services.
5. Good ATM (Air Traffic Management) background with experience in Air Traffic Management systems and Flight data management and processing.
6. Strong experience of managing Software development items.
7. Understanding of SaaS model.
8. Understanding of cloud-native architecture and DevOps implications (deployment without breaking changes, run, cyber security, costs, etc.).
9. You can demonstrate knowledge in Full Stack or pure back/pure front programming languages and frameworks (Java/Spring Boot and React/Typescript).
10. You are familiar with compilation/code building/continuous integration.
11. You have knowledge of IS Computing Platforms, Operating Systems, and Hypervisors.
12. Communication and open mindset skills to understand business and solution needs and collaborate with the Dev team.
13. Decision-making ability in a time-constrained environment to arbitrate between different options at the pace of the framework.
14. Strong commitment on outcomes to maximize the value for business and solutions.

Nice to have:

1. Knowledge of airlines operations.
2. System of systems experience.
3. Architecture skills.
4. API management experience.
5. User Centric Design experience.