Senior Developer | SITA | China - Beijing

Senior Developer | SITA | China - Beijing

Senior Developer

Location: China - Beijing | Full time | Job opening ID: 7213

Purpose

Delivers successful design, coding and delivery of specific technical applications and / or products in the SITA portfolio.
Participate in full lifecycle of multiple small to medium projects ensuring the solution(s) developed are able to sustain the projects' functional and business requirements.
Accountable for the consistency of application code, ensuring it meets the requirements of the functional specification/s and ensuring any issues or risks that may affect the project deliverables are raised to the Development or Project Manager.

Key Responsibilities

- Assist as required in scope definition, technical viability scoping and best practice solution design to meet the needs of the product and / or client.
- Assist in and where appropriate review, the estimation, time and cost of a specific solution design ensuring it meets the needs of the product and the business.
- Write, deliver code and participate in code walkthroughs according to the requirements of the functional specifications and ensure junior members of the team are able to deliver code within their own capabilities.
- Using the QA bug reports, oversee the completion of assigned bugs to the junior developers, based on agreed priorities.
- Liaise with software vendors regarding bug fixes / issues.
- Where appropriate, provide guidance to the PM and / or Development Manager in the development of solutions that create innovation and have a beneficial outcome to the product or application.
- Ensure all risks and issues that effect the project are raised following set processes and are actioned appropriately. Escalate risks and issues that pose a significant impact to deliverables.
- Ensure any change request meet the criteria of the change request process.
- Provide accurate time and cost estimates for required changes, where possible provide alternative solutions to minimize time and cost.
- Work with customers both internal and external to ensure change requests meet the customer requirements.
- Where required, escalate change requests through the Change Request Board.
- Mentor and coach a small group of less experienced developers ensuring they have the skills and knowledge in order to perform their roles.
- Conduct either daily or bi-weekly reviews with junior developers to ensure all activity is monitored and address issues that require action.
- Ensure tasks / short term goals are met by the team according to the time and budget, providing guidance where required to junior developers.

Education & Qualifications

- University degree or equivalent preferably in Computer Science or similar.
- Professional programming certification in a mainstream development Object Orientated language such as Java, C++ or similar.

Experience

- Minimum of 5+ years software engineering experience in an development capacity preferably in a mainstream development Object Orientated language such as Java, C++ or similar.
- Experience in airline industry and/or airport operation preferred.

Knowledge & Skills

- A mainstream development Object Orientated language such as Java, C++ or similar.
- Devising OO code design.
- IT security / concepts of their application to computer systems architecture.
- Developing code to interface to one or more RDBMS database.
- Understanding of networking concepts.
- SOA: XML Web Services.
- Understanding concepts of application design: object-oriented design, design patterns, ASP.NET.
- Using DataSet, SQL, stored procedures.
- Version Control/Management of source code.
- Practical application of SITA PM methodologies.
- Sound knowledge of and ability to apply standard software development principles, theories, programming languages, concepts and techniques.
- Coordinating multiple technical streams of work to produce a complete solution.
- High-level designs for small to medium systems/applications.
- Understanding of SITA methodologies and practices.
- Understanding trade-offs and risks with programming choices.
- Understanding how to apply technical knowledge to solve business problems.
- Practical application of project management techniques.
- Resource estimation and operational processes.
- Detailed familiarity with software development methodologies.
- SITA development and project tools, such as version control, debugging.
- ePM for change control, risks and issues log and project planning.
- Sound knowledge of and ability to apply standard software development principles, theories, programming languages, concepts and techniques.
- Working well both independently or as a member of a team.
- Excellent oral and written English.

SITA Overview

We are the world's leading specialists in air transport communications and IT solutions.
We deliver and manage business solutions for airline, airport, GDS, government and other customers over the world's most extensive network, which forms the communications backbone of the global air transport industry.
Created and owned by the air transport community, SITA is the community's dedicated partner for information and communications technology. As a team of industry experts, our know-how is based on working with customers across the global air transport community. Almost every airline and airport in the world does business with SITA.
With a customer service team of over 1,700 staff around the world, we invest significantly in achieving best-in-class customer service, providing integrated local and global support for both our communications and IT application services.


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