Lead Software Engineer

Job Description:

Description:

Skywise is a revolutionary digital platform for the aviation industry, developed by Airbus in partnership with Palantir. Skywise uses modern, cutting edge technologies to leverage the hidden value of data and to support aviation actors in taking data-driven decisions and optimizing their daily operations. Skywise does so by ingesting over 150,000 datasources daily and organizing them into an universal data model that we call the Skywise Ontology. On top of the Ontology, Skywise provides its customers with access to a vast array of powerful tools that allows them to drill down, explore data, build interactive dashboards and front-ends, perform advanced data analysis using Machine Learning, build predictive models, carry out simulation scenarios across complex models mimicking real-world industrial situations and so much more.

Currently, Skywise has been adopted by more than 140 Airlines worldwide and over a dozen major aviation suppliers and has over 22,000 unique users accessing the platform every day. Skywise is continuously expanding by connecting more and more data sources and attracting more customers to its services. 

If you are passionate about modern IT solutions, cloud environments, big data platforms and digital transformation challenges, fast-paced and agile environments, then the Airbus Information Management (IM) department is looking for someone like you to join us for managing and supporting Procurement applications on the Skywise platform to revolutionize the way that data is being used by all the actors across our ecosystem and deliver the next generation of digital products and services. 

 

Airbus is looking for one BigData  Technical Lead to join in Bangalore, India for the Digital Transformation journey to enable the data-value chain in Airbus and its Division and to make the best use of Data in Airbus, whether to optimize our business processes or to create new business values via data monetization. 

 

The successful candidate will be joining the Procurement Operations PSL Team based out of India and working on the SKywise/Palantir Tool for applications based out of this PSL. 

 

The role of the Technical Lead is to support as a developer, testing, deployment, technical enabler and service provider on activities on the Skywise platform. 

 

 

Qualification & Experience:

We seek out curious minds. We value attention to detail, and we care deeply about outcomes. We’re looking above all for passionate people, business focused, eager to learn, willing to share, establishing innovative ways of working and influencing culture change.  

• Engineering graduate/post-graduate with more than 7 years of experience in developing, delivering Foundry based solutions. 

• Advanced level of English 

• Experience in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, transnationally

 

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with Product Owner to analyze, assess and understand business needs and translate such into Foundry solutions. Designing solutions to meet functional and non-functional requirements at scale for business needs.

• Ensure that the known Product/Application Vision is translated into a prioritized Backlog in alignment with the business owner.

• Establish two-way-dialogue to translate Business Needs against known technical & resource constraints.

• Responsible for Continuous Release Management.

• Ensure the participation of an End User Advocate with understanding of users and use, and ensures solutions that best serves both.

• Involvement in the full delivery lifecycle – responsible for designing, implementing, testing, documenting, supporting and operating Foundry based applications.

• Implementing new tools and enhancing the existing tools & data products built on top of the foundry platform.

• Experience in building complex big data pipelines using Spark, Python.

• Develop Slate and Workshop applications on Foundry.

• Participate in knowledge sharing activities to further enhance the knowledge base for the project

• Perform code review 

• Assess the existing landscape of the applications with respect to technical & functional and align them to the best practices for integration & security.

• Work in a multi-skilled team.

 

This job requires the constant awareness of the compliance risks we face in day-to-day responsibilities. Continuous commitment to act with integrity with each other, with your communities, business partners and suppliers is the foundation of your success and sustainable growth.

The commitment to integrity is supported by your adherence to all internal policies and procedures that govern business activities. Compliance with these policies will also protect Airbus reputation and brand, some of our most strategic and important assets.

 

Essential Skills

• Stakeholder management

• Operations-oriented/ Problem Solving

• Customer / User centricity

• Design Thinking mindset

• Resilient in front of a resistant attitude High level of energy, strong drive & ability to adjust to changing priorities.

• Trust

• Reliability

• Team spirit 

• Transparency

• Synthetic / clear

• System thinking

• DevOps mindset

• Develop Team competences

• Should have the full stack knowledge experience in the Python & PySpark

• Experience with Palantir Foundry platform

• Experience with Foundry platform, building and deploying solutions using Slate, Code workbook , Code Authoring and other related Foundry tools.

• Recommended to have experience with Ontology and Workshop.

• Experience with  Spark & Spark-SQL with Python .

• Experience with writing Javascript, html, css

• Knowledge on some of the following products/tools: Git, Confluence, VersionOne etc

 

 Good to have:

• Proven track record working in Agile Scrum and/or Kanban projects

• Knowledge of continuous integration frameworks and some of the following products/tools: VersionOne, Klaxoon , etc.

• Willing to work in CET / IST timezone based on project need

• Knowledge of continuous integration frameworks and some of the following products/tools: VersionOne, Confluence…

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus India Private Limited

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Digital

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