I'm hiring... Timing is everything.
The Spirit Airlines shutdown changed mine. People I worked with, people I respect, are looking for what is next, and the right moment to share this is now.
I have stepped into a new role as Head of Software Development at ISA, the purposefully separated IT organization inside of Air Arabia.
I lead software development across Air Arabia Group and its partner companies.
We are an AI forward software development department, and we are building the kind of culture I have been writing about, FLIGHT.
Here is what makes this different. At ISA, we are not running on Navitaire. We are not running on Sabre. We built our own PSS. If you spent years working around vendor limits, building shadow systems to fill platform gaps, knowing every workaround by name, this is your chance to build the system you wished you always had. You know the problems. Now you get to solve them, on a platform that is actually yours.
If you are a developer, technical leader, or data manager coming out of Spirit, here is what is open on my side right now:
Front End Developers
Back End Developers
Technical Product Managers
QA Automation Lead and Engineers
Scrum Masters
iOS and Android Native Developers
DevOps
Our Data, Innovation and AI team is hiring across data engineering, data science, machine learning, and AI roles.
Our Product org is also hiring Product Managers and Manual QA testers.
Roles are based in the UAE, Pune, or Colombo. For the right people, I am open to a conversation about remote contracts.
A few things worth knowing about the UAE if you have not been here. It was the first country in the world to appoint a Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and has a national AI strategy through 2031. It is consistently ranked among the safest countries on the planet, still. It is home to one of the most diverse populations anywhere, with people from over 200 nationalities living and building here. Air Arabia itself reflects that, with 50+ nationalities represented across our group. No personal income tax. Direct daily flights to every major Indian city. World-class schools and healthcare. For those of you weighing visa decisions, thinking about how to keep your family stable while you start over, or just tired of building somewhere that does not feel like yours, this is one of the best places on earth to do exactly that, with leadership you already trust.
It does not stop with software.
My Head of Talent Acquisition, Keir M., has personally told me he is actively hiring across Crew Planning, OCC, and Aircraft Engineering. If your background sits in those areas, reach out and I will connect you to him directly.
If your role is not on this list and you still want to talk, message me anyway. I will do what I can, here or through my network.
The foundation I have been writing about? This is where I am building it.
Take FLIGHT with me.