Senior Software Engineer - Java Full Stack
Emirates has an opening for a Senior Software Engineer - Java Full Stack in Emirates Group Technology Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position.
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Emirates has an opening for a Senior Software Engineer - Java Full Stack in Emirates Group Technology Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position.
From the advert, the main requirements are 3+ years of experience.
The advert mentions Java, Node.js, React, Next.js, SQL, MongoDB, Redis and AWS among the skills and tools for this role.
The employer does not state a salary in this listing; DGJ Insight below shows an official pay benchmark for the place where one exists.
Visa sponsorship is not mentioned. Applicants from outside United Arab Emirates should check the official work permit route before applying.
Dev Global Jobs found this job on EmiratesGroupCareers on Nov 2, 2026; applications close on Nov 6, 2026.
- Employer
- Emirates
- Location
- Emirates Group Technology Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level (from the title)
- senior
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Found
- Nov 2, 2026 on EmiratesGroupCareers
- Closes
- Nov 6, 2026
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About the role
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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’.
Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we're always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as a Senior Software Engineer - Java full stack.
The Senior Software Engineer is a fully participating member of an agile feature team who works independently on software development and problem resolution. The role involves technical design, software development, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions/products that support the Emirates Group Business.
In this role you will:
- Work with senior technical engineers in the technical design process by contributing to analysing technical application requirements.
- Convert technical solutions for small to medium-sized initiatives into low-level design and working code.
- Independently write secure and optimized code by implementing Emirates Group approved coding standards.
- Participate in rotational on-call support and actively participate in resolving production issues within SLAs with minimal or no active supervision.
- Responsible for built-in quality and ensuring 100% unit testing as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
- Analyse and fix all identified defects with minimal rework.
- Ensure re-factoring practices are adequately adopted to ensure minimum code debt.
- Ensure logging and monitoring hooks are implemented in the code development.
- Continuously stay current with the relevant technologies and implement the learnings to enhance code quality.
- Adhere to the Emirates Group IT coding standards, guidelines, and best practices and contribute to Software Engineering Playbooks and other Standards documents.
To be considered for the role you must meet the below requirements:
- Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Backend Application Development, primarily in Java (versions 8+) with microservices capability.
- Back End Technologies: Java8+, Spring, Spring Boot, Restful API, SOAP, Microservices, Design Patterns, Design approach such as API First, Agentic AI Framework, Caching tools and techniques viz-a-viz Redis, Couchbase, etc.
- Web Technologies: React.js / Next.js / Node.js.
- Database Technologies: Relational databases: Oracle, MariaDB, SQL Server, Postgres; NoSQL databases: Couchbase, MongoDB, Elastic Search, GraphQL.
- Cloud Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud.
- DevOps: GitLab, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Splunk, JIRA, Confluence, Spinnaker, and such CD experience.
- Build: Maven, Ant, Gradle.
- Automation Testing: Jasmine, Jest, Karma, Junit, Mockito, Jmock, Jmeter, Selenium
- Quality: SonarQube.
- Security: ShiftLeft, Sentinel tools.
- Integration: Informatica, Snaplogic, Solace, APIGee, and Kong, such as API management solutions and API platform handling; Application Performance Monitoring: AppDynamics.
- Low Code / No Code exposure, such as Power Agent Copilot Studio etc.,
- Prompt Engineering, Context, and Agentic AI Engineering.
- Experience in developing advanced/Complex technology Software solutions for large organisations with API API-first methodology.
- Experience in providing production support for business solutions using the ITIL framework, including but not limited to monitoring, self-healing, usage of observability tools.
- Deep experience in full-stack development capabilities, technology technical evaluation, vendor selection, and management.
- Implementation of contemporary engineering practices like lean software and test-driven development, CI/CD for ensuring a robust and reliable code base is always maintained, and managing technology platforms for DevOps, Code Management/Testing.
- Experience in developing code using advanced agentic AI practices.
Leadership Role: No
Salary & benefitsJoin 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.
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