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Software Development Engineer

About the Area/Department:

Flying is easy, isn't it? You are used to catching planes to fly all around the world. Check in, print your boarding passes, drop your bags, go through the security, then board the plane... it's no rocket science.
Is it really that simple? Do you really know how it works behind the scenes? Are you curious to know what it takes to be cleared to fly by the regulatory authorities? How the check-in agent will charge you for excess baggage or kindly waive the excess? Have you ever wondered what happens when a flight is delayed or cancelled? How does the airline make sure that you get your connecting flight?
This is a very complex business, always changing, where any mistake can severely damage the airline reputation and business, and where all airlines have their set of specificities that we need to accommodate.
We are managing the world leading airline Passenger Servicing System - a system that provides check-in and boarding services to approximately 150 airlines and 1 billion passengers each year.
We're looking for enthusiastic Software Engineers to work with our customers to understand their business needs, issues and to propose corresponding solutions and evolutions to our Departure Control System (DCS) product of Customer Management to address these. The role is based at our Bogota development center.
You will join the team that maintains the software that handles the complex logic to manage the baggage, ancillary, regulatory and all processes related to flights at the core of the Amadeus DCS Customer Management application.

Summary of the role:

The Software Engineer is a key member of the team who is learning to master the Amadeus DCS product and is becoming a key player in the all the aspects of Software developments phases for the new gaps - and enhancement of existing - software solutions and delivers projects on time in a team-based environment. As a Software Engineer, you will be accountable for the design and development of all the product functionalities based on the customer's needs.

In this role you’ll:

Analyze specifications

• Define user requirements for the development of new (or upgrade of existing) software solutions.

Design systems and code

• Design technical solutions and perform feasibility studies.
• Propose viable technical solutions to Product Management and/or users for validation.
• Develop software according to Amadeus standards.
• Model, design and implement databases.

Test and maintain the software

• Conduct unit, package and performance tests and ensure a level of quality in line with the Amadeus guidelines.
• Participate in the validation phase of the product cycle, fine-tuning when necessary to finalize the product.
• Support the customer by debugging existing solutions in collaboration with Product Manager or Product Definition Analyst

Document your work

• Produce software documentation necessary for the application and issue it to the requesting departments.

About the ideal candidate:

• Minimum requirement: bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field.
  
• Development experience in C++, Java or other Object-Oriented Programming language is needed.
  
• Familiarity with Python.
  
• Experience with working in Complex applications.
  
• Multithreading Software environment.
  
• Experience with Development cycle within Agile environment.
  

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