Software Engineer

Job Summary Flight Management is a mission-critical airline operations solution that supports the preparation of every flight before departure. Our products enable airlines to optimise aircraft loading, calculate aircraft weight and balance, generate regulatory-compliant load sheets, manage operational changes, and ensure flights depart safely, efficiently, and on time. These solutions operate within a complex ecosystem of interconnected products, services, operational processes, and external integrations where reliability, accuracy, and compliance are critical. You will work within Agile product teams, collaborating with Product Managers, Technical Business Analysts, Architects, Quality Engineers, domain experts, and airline customers. Your mission will be to translate complex operational requirements into scalable technical solutions, leveraging modern engineering practices and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while ensuring solution quality, reliability, security, maintainability, and operational readiness. The role requires strong software engineering fundamentals, solution design capabilities, technical problem-solving skills, and the ability to work across complex systems and integrations. You should be comfortable working across different programming languages, frameworks, and technology stacks, while leveraging modern engineering and AI-assisted development tools to improve delivery effectiveness. Key Responsibilities

• Analyse functional and technical requirements to understand solution objectives and implementation considerations.
• Design and deliver scalable, maintainable, secure, and reliable software solutions aligned with product and architectural objectives.
• Implement APIs, integrations, messaging, and data exchange mechanisms across interconnected products and services.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Technical Business Analysts, Architects, Quality Engineers, and domain experts to refine requirements and validate solutions.
• Implement and maintain automated testing and validation capabilities to support quality, reliability, and continuous delivery.
• Participate in peer reviews, technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and engineering best-practice initiatives.
• Review and validate implementation artefacts, including AI-assisted outputs, to ensure compliance with engineering, security, performance, and operational standards.
• Investigate defects, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Support deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities throughout the software lifecycle.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve solution design, development, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and delivery effectiveness. Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in software development or a similar engineering role.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments.
• Strong software engineering, solution design, and systems modelling skills.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise software solutions.
• Understanding of APIs, integrations, distributed systems, and software architecture principles.
• Experience working with complex, interconnected systems and cross-product workflows.
• Experience developing automated tests and applying quality engineering practices.
• Familiarity with source control, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and modern software engineering practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to effectively leverage AI-assisted engineering tools and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, including designs, code, tests, and technical documentation, to improve delivery effectiveness and solution quality. Experience with AI-Driven Software Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) practices is a plus. Nice to Have
• Familiarity with airline or airport operations, including flight operations, aircraft weight and balance, load control, baggage handling, or ramp operations.
• Experience working with mission-critical, safety-critical, or highly regulated systems.
• Experience building APIs, event-driven solutions, distributed applications, or service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and modern deployment practices.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, operational support, or site reliability engineering practices.
• Experience with SQL, messaging technologies, event streaming platforms, or complex data processing.
• Experience contributing to software solutions that incorporate AI-powered capabilities, automation, decision support, conversational experiences, or agentic workflows. This role is suited to individuals who enjoy working at the intersection of business, operations, and technology, translating complex operational requirements into clear, scalable, and reliable solutions that support critical airline operations. Who We Are Scalian UK is a consultancy, specialising in digital systems and business management and performance, working in 12 countries, including France, Spain, Belgium, the UK, Germany, the USA, and Canada. Ranked in the top 10 engineering consulting firms in France, the Group provides services in industrial project management, quality management, supply chain performance and development of digital and information systems. It also helps clients address digital transformation challenges for the industry and the service sectors. As of 2024, the Group includes 5,500 people, with a turnover of €550 million. More information can be found at - https://www.scalian.com/en/ Note: Visa sponsorship is not currently available for this position. However, we are open to considering candidates who may require visa sponsorship in the future, subject to business needs and eligibility requirements