Software Engineer II

About us:

Jeppesen ForeFlight is the industry leader in aviation software and data, serving commercial airlines, military operators, business aviation, and general aviation pilots worldwide. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer based in Singapore.

One third of pilots and cabin crew worldwide are flying with schedules produced by Jeppesen ForeFlight's innovative solutions. One million pilots use our navigation products, and every day some 70,000 routes around the world are planned with the help of Jeppesen ForeFlight.

At Jeppesen ForeFlight, you will work with breakthrough technology, exciting customers and fantastic colleagues from around the world. We solve some of the most challenging optimization problems in the world for our customers and our culture is characterized by creativity, professionalism and self-organization within an open and flexible work environment. With employees from over 10 countries at our office in central Singapore, Jeppesen ForeFlight is one of the best IT employers on the island of Singapore.

We believe that our employees must be allowed to dream big and have fun for us to remain one of the top companies in the industry. To get the best out of each talent, we encourage and enable our employees to continuously develop and explore. We are focusing on continuous improvements and innovations to bring more value to our clients in the future.

Who you are:

You are passionate about using technology to solve our clients’ real-world problems and improve their efficiency – you want to deliver solutions that our clients truly benefit from! Problem solving gets you excited, especially with others in a team working tightly with the client.

Collaboration and communication are your strengths. You find working with people from around the world to be exciting and stimulating.

You are passionate about the Airline and Crew business. You see yourself contributing in a team and believe a team is more than the sum of its team members. You enjoy communicating with different stakeholders as part of the project delivery, self-driven and speak up. You like to challenge yourself and others and like to work in a flat hierarchy structure. You are flexible, thrive in a dynamic environment, and see change as something positive.

About the Position:

The Professional Services department is responsible for the configuration and delivery of our Crew and Ops management products to airline customers and to make sure that we deliver solutions that our customers truly need. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team in our Singapore location. This is an opportunity to be part of a skilled team of developers that solve some of the most challenging optimization problems in the world, value diversity and learn from each other.

Position Responsibilities:

• As a Software Engineer you will work closely with our clients and configure the application to their business environment. We are looking for developers with strong communication skills, both inside a team and towards clients, who can explain decisions and technical solutions in a pedagogical and confident way. The successful candidate is good at dealing with technical challenges and programming tasks as well as handling client expectations and building long-term customer relations.
• Your tasks will include; understanding the client’s needs, capturing requirements, developing and configuring the software, optimization modelling/tuning, verifying and testing and continuous exploration of how to improve and increase the value proposition to our clients.
• For these positions it is vital that you are passionate about learning the Airline business and that you see yourself contributing to workshops and communicating with different stakeholders as part of the requirements gathering process.
• All positions will be based in Singapore, and the candidate needs to be able to travel to our customers from time to time as part of the job. Mainly within APAC region.

Basic Qualifications / Competencies (Required):

• MSc or BSc in Computer Science / Physics Engineering / Industrial Engineering or equivalent
• Programming experience
• Experienced with Unix / Linux environment
• Strong team player qualities
• Demonstrates strong communication skills in the English language
• Proficiency in Mandarin is required.

Preferred Qualifications / Competencies (Desired):

• Python, Shell scripting, SQL, Web development, Java, functional programming
• Experience working within a Scrum team or in similar agile project setup such as SAFe
• Airline Crew Management and Jeppesen Crew product customization experience
• Ability to speak additional languages fluently

Typical Education & Experience

Education/experience typically acquired through MSc or BSc in Computer Science / Physics Engineering / Industrial Engineering or equivalent Programming experience.

We put great emphasis on your personal characteristics. We value individuals who have an analytical approach to problem solving, strong communication skills both within and outside your team, an interest in technology as well as human relations and a curiosity to learn and explore new ways of doing things. We are looking for both junior and senior candidates. Relocation is not offered with this role.

Why You Should Join:

At Jeppesen ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees and empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. Our benefits package includes but is not limited to the following:

• Medical insurance with employer paid health premiums for employees and dependents
• Dental insurance with employer paid health premiums for employees
• Employer paid life and total permanent disability insurance
• CPF retirement savings plan with employer contributions (per local regulation)
• 16 weeks of maternity leave (per local regulation)
• 4 weeks of paternity leave (per local regulation)
• Employee Assistance Program
• 2 days off to volunteer annually
• Employee referral program