Senior Software Development Engineer

Senior Software Development Engineer Business Environment

Have you ever wondered what determined the pricing of airline tickets? Have you ever built applications which would allow users to make more than 7 million decisions per day? Lead and shape a team within our software engineering organization, delivering a cutting‑edge enterprise platform allowing users to leverage the science and art of decision making. You'll lead your team in leveraging the latest technologies in domain driven design shipping impactful releases to the most progressive airlines in the world. This is a role where you can stay hands‑on, make impact setting focus on delivery, mentoring engineers, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and rapid delivery.

Common Accountabilities

Demonstrate advanced and specialized technical expertise in backend engineering and an understanding of how your work contributes to business outcomes. Serve as a reference point and mentor for colleagues, encouraging knowledge exchange and skill development across the team. Contribute to technical and design decisions in your area, identifying dependencies, risks, and long‑term considerations in diverse technical environments. Support cross‑team or transversal initiatives and suggest improvements to engineering processes and ways of working. Be responsible for your deliverables and help the team meet its commitments. Work autonomously while collaborating and seeking support when situations are highly complex or ambiguous. Gather and refine user and product requirements for new or enhanced software solutions, ensuring a clear understanding of functional and non‑functional needs. Design and propose technical solutions for validation, in alignment with Amadeus architectural standards and recommended practices.

Specific Accountabilities

Analyze specifications and translate business and user needs into clear, implementable technical designs. Propose reliable, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions to Product Management, Architecture, and stakeholders. Design, develop, and maintain backend services following Amadeus development standards, security guidelines, and performance expectations. Model, design, and implement data storage solutions that ensure data integrity, scalability, and efficient performance. Analyze and resolve a broad range of production and non‑production issues in collaboration with Product Managers, Product Definition Analysts, and Support teams. Create and maintain clear technical documentation to support development, operations, and long‑term maintainability. Participate in product validation activities, incorporating feedback and making required enhancements. Contribute to the evolution of engineering principles, coding standards, and recommended practices at the organizational level. Support clean code practices, automated testing, and sound design principles within the team. Evaluate and improve system performance, reliability, and observability to enhance efficiency and user experience. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (Frontend, QA, DevOps, Architecture) to address system‑wide or integration topics. Identify technical risks and operational challenges and implement preventive measures to maintain system stability and availability. Implement technical solutions aligned with business goals and user needs. Identify and implement opportunities to streamline the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), enhance developer productivity, and reduce operational effort.

Technical Skills

• Good experience with Kotlin or Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Batch, Spring Integration).
• Knowledge of SQL and relational database design.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and the use of Test Containers.
• Experience designing and operating microservice architectures.
• Practical experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with message‑driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, or RabbitMQ.
• Some familiarity with frontend technologies such as Vue.js to collaborate effectively in full‑stack contexts.

Ways of Working

• Experience working in Agile environments such as the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, or Kanban.
• Exposure to Software‑as‑a‑Service (SaaS) products and operating production systems at scale.

Bonus Points

Experience in the travel or airline technology domain. Familiarity with Amadeus APIs, airline reservation systems (Passenger Service Systems – PSS), or Revenue Management Systems.

What we can offer you ?

• A critical mission and purpose
  - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.
• A truly global DNA
  - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, w