Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack

Overview

Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Contract

Posted Sep 12, 2025 | Salary negotiable | Advanced (5-10 yrs)

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, development and deployment of complex software solutions across teams. Carry out effective technical design reviews to ensure that the right architecture patterns are used by engineering teams.
• Champion development of best engineering practices and modernization techniques including process automation, lean software development, built-in-quality, test driven development, agile practices, optimal pairing strategies and timely root cause analysis and blameless incident post-mortems. Support defining and refining the software engineering playbooks for use by relevant people in Technology.
• Provide technical leadership and partner with cross-functional teams during discovery phase and in the development of high level design of medium to large projects. Drive proof-of-concepts and implement prototypes to validate ideas. Investigate, debug and fix complex issues involving corner cases and rare conditions.
• Identify and develop framework, tools and practices to improve delivery quality of technology solutions and productivity of engineers.
• Responsible for the measurement and monitoring of engineering metrics that enable agility, scalability, data quality and reliability of technology solutions across the enterprise.
• Contribute to the creation of world class engineering practices, play books and artefacts required to drive technical career of software engineers in line with the software engineering strategy. Support and guide the team of engineers in working autonomously in multi-disciplinary release trains.
• Ensure optimal use of enterprise application platforms, tools and libraries in line with the approved technology architecture and associated Software Vendors.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of interdependencies and limitations within assigned technology area and solution operational context. Provide leadership, guidance and ongoing engagement with technical teams in the effective technical documentation of developed software.
• Manage multiple assigned teams, with accountability for hiring top talent, define development goals, manage performance, mentor and coach.
• Guide and support software engineering team definition decisions and staff movements according to program requirements, staff capability and development.

Qualifications

Leadership

Leadership Role : Yes

Salary & Benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels 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

About the company

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