Software Engineer

The Engineer will directly report to the on-shore Software Engineering Manager for the assigned project within the UAE. The Engineer must proactively work within an agile team on a microservice-oriented architecture; he must have practical understanding, be force of proposal, be open to change, continuously improving his technical skills and like to work in an agile environment

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 6 years experience in JAVA 8+ software development

Experience with front end development with Angular / VueJS and Typescript.

Additional proven experience with the Vert.x framework would be a plus.

Familiarity with Ansible.

Understanding of container technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.

Exposure to Agile methodologies and practices.

Must have technical writing experience (in English) and ability to produce high quality documents.

Knowledge and experience of Linux System is mandatory.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Software Engineer will have to:

Contribute to break down the specification into development stories (under PO/Scrum Master supervision): clarify scope, define acceptance criteria, estimate effort, and prepare ready-to-develop tasks for the sprint backlog.

Develop technical contracts and detailed designs, contribute to architecture, and proactively drive proposals. Develop and maintain backend and frontend components using Java 8 (Spring Boot/Vert.x), Python, and Angular/Vue.js, delivering clean, documented code that adheres to team standards and design guidelines.

Analyse issues, propose corrective actions, and quantify effects on implementation effort and performance.

Support integration and system testing on virtual platforms: deploy builds, execute/extend integration, and functional test suites, diagnose issues, and support defect resolution to achieve release readiness.

Maintain and improve CI/CD and test automation in cooperation with DevOps: understand pipelines, contribute, and maintain Ansible playbooks/Bash and Python for Software configuration, deployment, and testing, ensure fast and reliable build/test feedback loops.

Contribute to team engineering practices: code reviews, update technical documentation, and engage in sprint ceremonies to enable rapid team integration and continuous improvement.