Senior Software Engineer

Your software and tools ensure a flying start to every departure, even in the event of disruptions As our employee, you contribute to unforgettable flights, whatever your roll.

What will your work look like?

You will be working at one of our business platforms. Here we build optimizers and machine learning models to support near real-time decision making in the complex airline operation.

This means you make a direct impact on our operation. For example, you could work on a simulation tool that simulates a day of operations at Schiphol to identify resource usage and bottlenecks. Or, a tool that intelligently allocates aircraft to flights so that we respond optimally to a changing reality. You're close to anything that pushes and keeps the craftsmanship at the leading edge Other important aspects of your job:

• You'll be working with the newest technologies in the area of (big) data and distributed computing and employ cutting edge machine learning and operations research algorithms;
• You can look forward to co-create with gate agents, cabin personnel, operations experts and other airlines. Close coordination with data scientists, operations research experts and other engineers in an agile product team way of working is an integral part of your work;
• Coaching your (Data Scientist) teammates in the intricacies and best practices of software engineering, CI/CD, API design, and more;
• Designing the right architecture together with senior software engineers and evaluate technology choices to solve the problem at hand;
• You are encouraged and expected to spend 10% of your time with us learning new things, doing research and developing yourself. You can do this by doing courses, reading papers, or doing cool hack-projects with your colleagues

Where do you land?

You can take a seat everywhere in our company. As you're part of the platform Integral Planning & Control you will work shoulder to shoulder with other Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Owners, Business Product Analysts, and Frontline Staff to shape the future of our company and the aviation industry. You'll work with ambitious, highly skilled, helpful colleagues

Your profile

You are a software professional with the knowledge, innovative power and analytical ability to make an impact in any environment. You are a strong communicator, verbally and in writing in English. You are excellent at explaining why your solution is the best, and with your powers of persuasion you will effortlessly win over your colleagues. You are a bridge builder, confident, and able to deal with resistance.

You also bring along:

• preferably Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other relevant fields;
• 3+ years of experience with Python and its ecosystem;
• experience with databases and SQL;
• 3+ years of experience with building APIs and knowledge of REST API best practices;
• knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment techniques;
• familiar with automated testing;
• experience with bringing (data science and/or operations research) models to production and supporting data scientists in industrializing their code;
• affinity with Operations Research and/or Machine Learning concepts is a plus;
• Prior experience with C++ is a plus.

We offer

We offer a dynamic and challenging position that provides opportunities to apply leading edge craftsmanship and enable impact across our organization. You will be working with talented, driven people within and outside your field, on cutting-edge technology and with top-level equipment. You will be part of the broader Software Engineering community that organises lectures, information sessions, hackathons and more.

We offer a clear career path with ample opportunity for growth. Your manager will also have a software engineering background and will be able to truly help you develop both your soft and hard skills. In your further development you can choose to either grow into a Principal Engineer, or transition to an Engineering Leader (a partially managerial role).

Last but not least, you are encouraged and expected to spend 5% of your time with us expanding your knowledge, doing research and developing yourself. You can do this by following courses, reading papers, or doing cool hack-projects with your colleagues. The projects you do in your 5% time have to be related to your role, but don't have to be related to the project you normally work on with your team.