Company Summary

At Safran Passenger Innovations, we make flying fun by focusing on maximizing the Passenger Experience. As an innovative In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) company we design, engineer, manufacture, sell and support world-class In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity solutions. Our products are constantly evolving, solving complex media distribution, playback, and networking problems in a secure and demanding on-wing environment. Safran IFEC products are utilized by many of the world’s premier air carriers. Step aboard and help us by creating the best in-flight experiences for today and beyond!

Job Summary

As a Principal Software Infrastructure Engineer on the Software Development team, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to design, implement and test innovative In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) products applying state of art Software Design principles and technologies to enhance and modernize all aspects of our IFE platform, including architecture and implementation of the software infrastructure of both on-wing and off-wing Compute, Networking and Storage components of our product line. Working closely with inter-disciplinary teams you will participate in the architecture, design, development, test, and integration phases of software features for the RAVE IFEC systems and products using hybrid development and deployment methodologies. You must be a self-starter, responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open, collaborative peer environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement secure, scalable infrastructure utilizing containerization technologies like Kubernetes, Dockers targeted for on-prem, AWS Cloud, and embedded resource-constrained devices
• Design and implement fault tolerant and load balancing strategies for applications running in Cloud, on-prem, and on resource-constrained embedded devices
• Architect and implement common software infrastructure to address cross-cutting concerns like Authentication/Authorization, PKI, Encryption/Decryption, Relational and NoSQL Data storage, Exception Handling/Tracing/Logging, Caching, Rate limiting/throttling, Circuit Breaker, Analytics, etc.

• Define an architectural blueprint for designing microservice-based architecture including but not limited to Service-to-service communication patterns, Service orchestration, Service versioning/configuration, etc.
• Define performance benchmark and analyze application performance for latency and design flaws. Scope and implement performance-enhancing solutions
• Closely work with the development team to triage, troubleshoot and debug issues reported by the testing team
• Provide realistic estimates, foster a culture of transparency, and meet agreed-upon commitments
• Facilitate communication internally, with stakeholders, users, and/or customers on specifications, architecture, design, implementation, and approvals
• Actively participate, engage, and contribute during meetings
• Leverage other internal organizations to facilitate product success
• Prepare and present technical information for large and diverse audiences
• Assess third-party and open-source software and in some cases implement the same
• Adhere to, contribute to, and help improve both organizational processes and the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Provide guidance, mentoring, training, and support across product development and the broader IFE business with respect to Software Design principles and Software Architecture techniques.
• Demonstrate a passion for continuous improvement and take personal ownership of the quality of the work product