GRADUATE: Software Development Engineer

Job description

Shaping the future of travel is important to us at Amadeus. Today, with technology getting smarter by the minute, that future is more exciting than ever.

Our business success relies on our people being always passionate about what we do. We believe in aiming for excellence, taking responsibility, working together and putting our customers first.

We encourage you to be part of new and exciting projects and for you to take the lead when it comes to your progression.

Since mobility allows you and Amadeus to grow, we always look internally first when searching for candidate.

Working for Amadeus will give you the opportunity to learn quickly, grow quickly and make a real contribution to our customers. Our graduates throughout our company, not just in London but globally, are vital to in ensuring we stay ahead within our industry and we continue to innovate solutions.

In the last 15 years we have invested over 3.5 billion Euro’s in our R&D. We are serious about the technology we develop and solutions we deliver to our customers. A lot of the investment also goes into developing our graduates into become the next technical guru’s or managers.

You will go on a steep learning curve quickly and will be involved in live projects from day 1. Not only learning, we have fun too! We have regular Hackathons, “Bash Days” where the entire R&D business down tools to fix as many outstanding bugs as possible, plus 2 company events a year.

We offer a comprehensive package too with the Basic Salary starting at £34,000 per year.

Here are some of the responsibilities you will have:

Technical Function

· Develops skills in fundamental technical theories, procedures and practices and the ability to apply them in their immediate technical skill area.
· Uses existing, clearly defined procedures to solve routine problems.
· Produces code, problem investigations, support or testing within timescales and standards defined by Team Leader or Project Leader.
· Writes operational and software documentation necessary for the application.
· Start building an understanding of the system architecture to put work into context and build the big picture of the system, within the horizons of Amadeus.
· Able to solve or propose fundamental and complex IT solutions within their immediate technical field.

Business Knowledge

· Builds an understanding of the relationships between work processes and the business.

Procedural Knowledge

· Gains an appreciation of the standards of work required, project life cycle and Amadeus methodologies.

Working with Others

· Works cooperatively with others to achieve team goals.
· Builds stable and useful working relationships.

Skills Development

· Attends and achieves required standards in classroom training.
· Achieves agreed development milestones with regard to on the job training.
· Asks questions, checks for understanding and provides clear and precise explanations.

Key Skills required:

· 2:1 or higher within Computer Science or Maths (but must have a keen interest in programming)
· A Level requirement BBB and above (or equivalent if international)
· Demonstrated familiarity with different programming techniques and Object oriented languages (more specifically, UML and C++ OO)
· End to end project experience including, all phases of the development cycle and specific demonstrated interest and innovation on some concept, coding method and design techniques.

The posting of vacancies and the treatment of applications are, in each Amadeus location, subject to national law and possible collective agreements with local staff representation. Internal Mobility policies vary from office to office, please check with your local HR representative the requirements and policy in place. E.g. a minimum time on position or Line Manager approval may be requested.