Senior Software Engineer - Air Navigation Systems

About the role

A recruiter is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help build next-generation Air Navigation Systems (ANS), with a particular focus on Aeronautical Information Services. The role centres on designing, developing and maintaining mission-critical software.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain mission-critical software applications.
• Build scalable, cloud-native solutions using microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and messaging solutions.
• Apply software safety, cybersecurity and engineering best practices.
• Lead technical discussions, mentor developers and work with cross-functional teams.
• Drive software quality through automated testing, code reviews and CI/CD practices.
• Support system integration, deployment, testing and production validation.
• Troubleshoot and optimise system performance, reliability and availability.

Required profile

• Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, IT or a related field.
• At least 6 years of professional software development experience, preferably in enterprise or mission-critical environments.
• Strong experience in software development, system integration and distributed architectures.
• High availability, high performance and real-time systems understanding.

Required skills

• Microservices, REST APIs, messaging middleware and event streaming (e.g. Solace PubSub+).
• Cloud-native tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform; AWS or Azure.
• Programming in Python, Java, C++, Rust, Go or TypeScript.
• CI/CD, Git, automated testing and Test-Driven Development.