Senior Software Engineer - Thales

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. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, and UAE.

Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro, the longest driverless metro network in the world, and a fare collection system that processes up to 250,000 transactions per day. We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions, cyber security systems, and communications, as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabi's airport.

Your Role:

You will contribute to the solution definition and development in close collaboration with:

1. TopSky Flow Managers
2. Solution Owner
3. The Solution Architect
4. 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. Ensure 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 for 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 customers' requirements, contract specifications 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 customers 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:

You align with Agile and Digital culture values and have:

1. Good knowledge and experience in Agile methodology.
2. Comfort with product development.
3. Familiarity with SaaS and Cloud-native developments.
4. Strong analytical thinking and a drive for innovation.
5. Creativity, originality, and initiative.
6. Resourcefulness and solution orientation.
7. The skills to convince teammates and stakeholders.
8. Fluency in English.

Experience:

1. Master's degree from an Engineering school with significant experience (professional/internships, academic or personal projects such as GitHub, 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. Experience with Web protocols and technologies: RESTful Web services.
5. Good ATM (Air Traffic Management) background with experience in Air Traffic Management systems, Flight data management, and processing.
6. Strong experience managing software development items.
7. Understanding of SaaS model.
8. Understanding of cloud-native architecture and DevOps implications (deployment without breaking changes, 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. Familiarity with compilation/code building/continuous integration.
11. Knowledge of IS Computing Platforms, Operating Systems, and Hypervisors.
12. Communication and open mindset skills to understand business and solution needs, collaborate with the Dev team, and conduct product demos in front of stakeholders.
13. Decision-making ability in a time-constrained environment to arbitrate between different options at the pace of the confidential framework.
14. Strong commitment to 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.