IT professionals with the right skills need look no further than the Emirates Group to ramp up their careers. The Group will kick-start their recruitment drive in the UAE with an online info session, open to all tech professionals in the country, on Monday, 19 September at 6pm. Click here to register for the session.

The Group is looking to recruit more than 800 IT experts in the next few months for a range of roles in software engineering, DevOps, Hybrid cloud, Agile delivery, technical product management, Digital Workplace, cybersecurity, IT architecture, innovation and service management.

Typically, the Group’s IT team works on cutting-edge projects across B2C, B2B, support functions and operations for more than 40 brands and businesses in Dubai and globally. Some of the advanced tools, technologies and patterns available to the IT team include cloud services, microservices, API management, event streaming, robotics, DevOps, biometrics including facial recognition, web and native mobile development, and modern programming languages including ReactJS, full stack Java, .NET and Python.

The team architects, builds and efficiently maintains software and systems that make real contributions to help manage operations, ramp up revenue, streamline costs, maximise business and people efficiencies, and internal engagement. Some of the recent projects the IT team has delivered include their work around launching Emirates’ premium economy product for sale, optimising catering using AI models, incorporating biometrics at self-service kiosks, and dnata’s cargo and resource management systems.

Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer, said: “Dubai ranks among the world’s top 10 cities where tech experts aspire to work on initiatives and the development of future applications. As a global airline, we’re looking for continuous product improvements and efficiency across our operations, and we are investing in tomorrow to take advantage of technological evolution and to upskill our employees. We are keen to attract talent to be part of our IT workforce. We have an array of exciting and challenging tech and innovation projects in the pipeline, some of which will shape many of our day-to-day processes and activities. We know these will form the bedrock of dream careers for tech professionals.”

Candidates will have immense opportunities to introduce advance technologies and the latest applications to airline operations, embark on developing flexible, user-friendly customer interfaces, using in-depth data analysis and implementing machine learning and robotics in partnership with industry leaders.

For more information on the info session and to apply for jobs, click here.