SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 4

Job Title
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 4
Summary of the Role

As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will design, enhance, and maintain high-performance backend systems supporting Amadeus travel products. You will work primarily with C and C++ on Linux-based, cloud-enabled environments, contributing to system reliability, performance, scalability, and modernization. You will also collaborate with Quality Assurance (QA), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)/DevOps, and product teams while exploring practical applications of Generative AI across the software development lifecycle.

In This Role You’ll

- Design, develop, and enhance high-performance backend components using C and C++, while safely evolving large and established codebases.

- Investigate production issues, analyze performance bottlenecks, and optimize memory, concurrency, Central Processing Unit (CPU), and input/output performance using debugging and profiling techniques.
- Contribute to architecture, technical design, code reviews, testing, documentation, and continuous improvements to system reliability and engineering practices.
- Collaborate with QA, SRE/DevOps, and product teams on releases, incident resolution, cloud deployments, and operational improvements.
- Explore Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities for code understanding, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, automation, and developer productivity.

About the Ideal Candidate

- Bachelors with 9+ years of software development experience, including hands-on C/C++ development.

- Experience with modern C++ concepts including Standard Template Library (STL), memory management, multithreading, object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Experience developing and troubleshooting applications on Linux, including debugging with tools such as GNU Debugger (GDB), logs, and core dumps; familiarity with Python for scripting or automation is beneficial.
- Familiarity with cloud environments, GitHub, Jira, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), unit/integration testing, and high-availability or performance-sensitive systems.
- Exposure to AI-assisted software engineering concepts such as prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector search, tool/function calling, AI agents, or agentic AI is beneficial.

What we can offer you

-  A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will power the future of travel with a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.
-  A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.
-  Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, from on-the-job training to formal activities, and daily interactions.
- 珞 A caring environment – Amadeus fosters a caring environment that supports both professional growth and personal well-being.
-  A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive compensation packages, including salary, bonus, caregiving and health benefits.
-  A flexible working model - Embrace our flexible working model, enabling you to excel wherever and however you work best.
-  A diverse, equitable, and inclusive community – We are committed to enabling each employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment.
-  A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental to shaping our relationships with customers, partners, and employees.

Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer and committed to an accessible recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.

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