Senior Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

Role overview

Engineering responsibilities

• Contribute to technical design by analyzing application requirements with senior technical engineers.
• Translate technical solutions for small- to medium-sized initiatives into low-level designs and working code.
• Write secure, optimized code following Emirates Group approved coding standards.
• Participate in rotational on-call support and resolve production issues within SLAs with minimal or no active supervision.
• Ensure built-in quality and unit testing as part of the CI/CD pipeline; fix defects and minimize rework.
• Apply refactoring practices to reduce code debt; implement logging and monitoring hooks.
• Keep current with relevant technology and apply learnings to improve code quality.
• Follow IT coding standards and contribute to Software Engineering Playbooks and standards documents.

Education and experience

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a relevant field.
• At least 3 years of backend application development, primarily in Java 8+ with microservices capability.
• Experience developing complex software solutions for large organizations using API-first methodology.
• Full-stack development, technical evaluation, vendor selection, and management experience.
• Production support experience using ITIL, monitoring, self-healing, and observability tools.
• Experience with lean software, test-driven development, CI/CD, code management and testing platforms, and advanced agentic AI coding practices.

Technology requirements

• Backend: Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, SOAP, microservices, design patterns, API-first design, agentic AI frameworks, and caching such as Redis or Couchbase.
• Web technologies: React.js, Next.js, or Node.js.
• Databases: relational databases including Oracle, MariaDB, SQL Server, or Postgres; NoSQL examples include Couchbase, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch; GraphQL is also listed.
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• DevOps and delivery examples: GitLab, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Splunk, Jira, Confluence, Spinnaker, Maven, Ant, and Gradle.
• Testing examples: Jasmine, Jest, Karma, JUnit, Mockito, JMock, JMeter, and Selenium; quality: SonarQube; security: ShiftLeft and Sentinel tools.
• Integration examples: Informatica, SnapLogic, Solace, Apigee, and Kong; application performance monitoring: AppDynamics.
• Low-code/no-code exposure such as Power Agent or Copilot Studio is listed; prompt engineering, context, and agentic AI engineering are also required.

Salary and benefits

• The posting advertises an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits, including flight and hotel discounts; no salary amount or pay cadence is provided.
• Emirates describes Dubai as its home city and refers candidates to its Dubai lifestyle information.