Software Customization Engineer

As a Software Customization Engineer you will work as a programmer closely to our clients and customize the application to their business environment. We are looking for a developer 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 programing tasks as well as handling client expectations and building long-term customer relations. Your tasks will include; understanding the client’s needs, capturing requirements, customize the software, verifying quality and testing.

For this position it is vital that you are passionate about learning the Airline business and that you see yourself contributing in workshops and communicating with different stakeholders as part of the requirements gathering process.

You will be based in Göteborg and be expected to travel to our customers from time to time as part of the job.
 

Background and Experience

 Requirements:
 

• Programing experience

• Experienced with Unix / Linux environment

• Ability to speak and write English fluently

• Willingness to travel

Assets include:

 
• Experience working within a scrum team or in similar agile project setups

• MSc in Computer Science / Physics Engineering /Industrial Engineering or equivalent

• Ability to speak additional languages fluently

 
Experience with the following is a plus:

• Python, XML, Java

• Docker/Vagrant/Openstack

• GoCD/Artifactory/Continuous delivery

• Web applications/JBoss and Wildfly

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 and an interest for technology as well as human relations. The candidate must be driven, enthusiastic, have a positive attitude, never settle and are comfortable with change. We are looking for both junior and senior candidates.

About the company

Jeppesen, a subsidiary of Boeing, has more than 3500 highly skilled employees globally. With 300 employees from over 30 countries at our office in central Gothenburg, Jeppesen is one of the largest IT employers on the Swedish west coast. Here we develop optimization solutions for airlines and train companies worldwide, and we have the largest optimization research & development team in Sweden.

Jeppesen has sites in Göteborg, Montreal, Denver, Singapore and Frankfurt among others.

Our cooperation with world leading customers such as Lufthansa, British Airways, Emirates, Delta Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Deutsche Bahn and Qantas creates a dynamic international business environment. Furthermore, we solve some of the most complex optimization problems in the world. We are passionate about making even the most complex simple and transparent for our customers.