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Job Summary:

Come work for NAVBLUE, a leading services company wholly owned by Airbus, dedicated to Flight Operations & Air Traffic Management solutions and services for airlines, airports, and Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). We combine aircraft manufacturer expertise, flight operations know-how, and agile development to enhance operational efficiency, optimize resources, and increase productivity for a safe and sustainable aviation future. Our global teams deliver a reliable, optimum, and customized user experience to more than 500 customers worldwide.

At NAVBLUE our software development teams are formed around a matrixed organization consisting of Trains and Chapters. Developers are part of a scrum team where they utilize their skills and competencies to support the Train in the delivery of quality software.  Team members also belong to a Chapter, where they cultivate new and necessary skills as they define the technical shape of the organization.

We are looking for a Clean Code Software Developer to join our team and work with our existing squads to champion clean software development best practices.

“Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” - Martin Fowler

The Clean Code chapter is focused on, but not limited to, the skills and tech stack for Software Development around:

• Clean Coding practices and principles (SOLID, CUPID, etc)
• Refactoring legacy code
• Code coverage and quality gates
• Code review
• Unit testing
• Component level automated testing and test mocks

As part of a squad you will support all aspects of software development including estimates, coding, testing, code review, automation and support of solutions and their deployment process.  Squads support specific services which work together to provide flight operation solutions for airlines to run safe and performant operations.

Squads can be flexible, so there is always an opportunity to work on new and existing technologies, as well as new or  existing solutions, bringing your experience to a variety of challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Coding, testing, documenting and debugging assigned development tasks to meet acceptance criteria
• Participate in learning via code reviews and chapter learning activities and design reviews
• Implementing unit tests for new and existing code
• Refactoring legacy code to improve readability and testability
• Support the implementation of features according to designs and specifications
• Participate and support estimating of stories
• Review proposed test cases and test automation to execute them
• Communicate ideas and plans verbally and written in support of a squad
• Use problem solving skills to make progress on implementations and issues under the supervision of senior team members
• Solving well defined issues for support and customers as needed
• Support agile development concepts and participate in our SAFe process
• Driven to self learn technical and non-technical skills
• Support squad and self based continual improvement
• Actively participate in all squad activities with a positive encouraging attitude

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or equivalent

Experience: 

• Experience with unit testing frameworks
• Experience with automated functional testing frameworks are an asset

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities & Competencies:

• Must work effectively with others in a team environment
• Good understanding of clean coding practices & principles (SOLID, CUPID, etc)
• Legacy code refactoring patterns
• Unit testing, possibly including test driven development

Technical Systems Proficiency:

• SonarQube or other code quality analyzers
• Unit testing tools/frameworks. xUnit, etc.
• AWS / Cloud infrastructure a plus

How to Apply:

Candidates who are interested in joining the NAVBLUE team are invited to submit their resume and cover letter, highlighting their work experiences and skills via email to talent@navblue.aero. 

We thank all applicants for applying. Only selected applicants will be contacted.

Navblue is committed to creating an environment and a culture where everyone feels like they belong no matter who they are or where they are from. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, record of offences, and basis of disability or any protected class. Accommodations will be available on request for candidates throughout the entire recruitment and selection process.

About Us:

NAVBLUE, an Airbus Company, is a leading global provider of flight operations solutions, including aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software (take-off/landing, weight and balance), and crew planning solutions. You’ll be able to shape the future of the digital aviation industry by working on several of the best in the industry flagship products enabling pilots, dispatchers, flight engineers and other aviation personnel on a daily basis to deliver safe, efficient, and reliable flight operations all over the world. You’ll have the opportunity to support millions of flights each year and help NAVBLUE customers maximize efficiency, reduce costs, ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations, and effectively deliver their services.

You’ll join a team with a focus on digital and collaborative innovation that is passionate and customer-focused. Over the last few years, Airbus has been supportive of various initiatives such as Going Digital, Performance Based Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management Modernization Programs, FlySmart on iOS and other digital projects related to new aircraft technologies; the launch of NAVBLUE was therefore a natural step to further develop its Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Portfolio. 

NAVBLUE is a fully owned subsidiary of Services by Airbus, fueled by the agility of Airbus ProSky and Navtech (acquired in 2016), and the pioneering spirit of Airbus, NAVBLUE was created in July 2016 with one mission: lead aviation into the digital age. 

NAVBLUE is based in Hersham (UK), Toulouse (France), Waterloo, ON (Canada), Bangkok (Thailand) and Malmö (Sweden), Gdańsk (Poland) with other offices all around the world. 

The Future is Yours for the Taking:  https://youtu.be/vdY6gYuceYY