Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer

Nature of Work:

• You will be contributing as a key member in development & design of the Amadeus Agency & Business Operations applications portfolio

• You will be working with globally distributed teams to come up with plans to create new features and evolve platform performance

• You will be responsible for architecture and design of product components for our department while contributing largely to our cloud migration program

• Model, design and implement Application (batch, daemons) / service (REST, WS). 

Participate in creating the technology roadmap by: 

• Designing technical solutions and perform feasibility studies

• Evaluating and recommending new tools and processes

• Review and enforce practices to optimize and maintain platform stability, performance and compliance 

Collaborate across teams by: 

• Lead the local experts’ community in the department level and build a vibrant and motivated community for technology evangelization locally. Share best practices with other colleagues

• You should be willing to work on sharable modules for different products

• You should be able to self-manage the complex modules 

 

About the ideal candidate 

• Education & Experience

• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent

• Minimum of 12+ years of experience with hands-on development and exposure to advanced C# concepts, .NET framework and design patterns.

 

 

• Technical Skills

• 12-14 Years experience delivering robust web-based products applications, using

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• Some experience in RESTful web service APIs, JSON and OAuth2

• Fluent in Salesforce best practices relating to secure coding, performance and scalability

• Experience with Salesforce SF/SFDX CLI.

• Understanding of SOQL indexing and query selectivity

• Understanding of record sharing, class sharing notation, and managed sharing

• Experience with queueable and batch asynchronous techniques

• Experience with Custom Metadata Types

• Able to lead by example with designs and implementations that leverage dependency injection and single responsibility principle.

• Solid understanding of DevOps and cloud-based build and deployment technologies. Azure is preferred, but others will be considered.

• Expertise in all areas of Salesforce development.

• Experience with Platform Events

• Experience with Salesforce packaging, SFDX, AppExchange and the Security Review process

• Expertise with Salesforce Classic UX to Lightning UX migration is a plus

• Experience with developing enterprise-level applications on the Salesforce platform

• Microsoft Technology Stack: C#, .NET Core, MVC are preferred

• Javascript Frameworks: Angular, Sencha extJS, Bryntum Scheduler

• Source Control: Git

• Ideal Business and Process Skills:

• Experience with Agile, Kanban, or Scrum.

• SAFe experience with certification(s) is a plus

• Azure (or any Cloud) industry expertise "to facilitate Cloud Migration" to lead cloud migration and post - optimization

• Understand Distributed systems

• Decoupled applications plugged-in a scalable network

• Resiliency, Caching, Queuing, Serializing

• Decoupled and distributed database

• Deployment, Monitoring and logging best practices and available tools like SPLUNK, Kibana, SWB, Jenkins, Airflow etc.

• Good understanding of SOLID design principles and help team in designing and provide architectural diagrams for new requests

• Able to handle complex use-cases and dependencies

• Knowledge on containerization (Docker & Kubernetes) and services like AKS(Azure)/EKS(AWS)

• Understanding of Service Oriented Architecture

• Mentorship skills and stakeholder management

• Hands on experience with DB [at least 2 among embedded (e.g. SQLite), client-server (e.g. oracle), NoSQL distributed (e.g. mongo, couchDB)]

• Deep understanding of non-functional requirements (NFR) and/or underlying technologies impacting final solution

• Hand-on Experience de-coupling monoliths to micro-service architecture.

 

• Other Skills

• Natural tendency to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate success.

• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills to convey technical information to stakeholders and / or be able to influence technical decisions

• Awareness of latest technology trends and standards in the industry.

 

Common accountabilities:
 

• Proficient in technical knowledge to ensure team performs at a high level. Is recognized as a leader in own area and may formally train Specialists/Senior Specialists.

• Understands how main business drivers may impact on own area. Can assess complex problems with broad impact on the activity, improve processes, recommend solutions and risk mitigation plans. Able to communicate complex information.​
   

• Works with a high level of autonomy, based on management directions. Leads projects or contributes to broad cross-functional projects. May contribute to planning of resources and budget.

• Technical Excellence
  Producing code of high quality with high efficiency
  Work in each step of the product development cycle including creating technical requirements, leading complex feasibility studies, project planning, identifying dependencies and improvements
  Investigate, analyze & give recommendations on the root causes of complex software and system defects
  Solving problems/troubleshooting in a timely manner & with a high level of engagement
  Foster applications that are easy to monitor and operate, to improve infrastructure availability
  Apply best practices on code quality and security-safe code through non-functional requirements mastery, code reviews, coding guidelines, unit testing and code refactoring
  Technological Acumen – cross disciplinary knowledge (ex. UI, network…)

• Continuous Improvement
  Suggest evolution of the component and make recommendations on how to manage the debt of the code / clean up the code
  Improve the technical aspect of the project delivery and provide recommendations for engineering process improvement

• Building cross-functional/technical teams & knowledge sharing
  Work easily with others/ensure smooth communication
  Consistently create successful engagement on projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams in driving operating and service excellence
  Attending to PE community events
  Contribute to the R&D cultural transformation and talent development through team members (junior members) technical coaching and mentoring (give an answer, provide feedback) – reactive is mandatory
  Delivering trainings that have been defined – optional
  Being a Developer advocate (depending on area of influence, going to hackathon, recruitment days, conference, participating to Opensource)

 

Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.  

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.  

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