Senior Developer - Information Technology

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Uniteds Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

The Senior Software Developer will be responsible for the development of critical applications, while working with a team of developers. This role will design, develop, document, test and debug new and existing applications. Additionally, this role will build these applications with a focus on delivering cloud-based solutions. The individual will use groundbreaking technologies and enterprise grade integration software daily and will be relied upon to help take the team to the next level from a technological standpoint.

• Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems
• Hands-on development, Support and solve software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions
• Ensures that systems are properly integrated
• Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system enhancements
• Consults across multiple United Information Technology projects and technology areas to perform troubleshooting, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation
• Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments
• Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers’ business goals
• Provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning
• Ensures consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the application lifecycle
• Finds opportunities to leverage/influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations etc. in order to advise others of strategic technology direction
• Provides feedback to the enterprise technology owners and Architects regarding future solution needs
• Understands and applies the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical needs to deliver
• Partner with various business and IT collaborators in defining domain architecture strategy
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of application architecture and architecture constructs as it connects to the enterprise architecture
• Demonstrate mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and tool set
• Demonstrate mastery of software engineer
• Manages and participates in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design
• Serve as technical expert on development projects. Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements
• Support, maintain, and document software functionality
• Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation
• Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed
• Managers and participates in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements
• Collaborate with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs
• Mentors fellow team members

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

• Bachelors degree, and or equivalent relevant work experience
• Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field
• 5+ years of experience in design, development, documenting, testing, and debugging of new and existing software systems and/or applications for market sale or large-scale proprietary software for internal use
• 5+ years of experience on relational database design and development
• 5+ years of experience with Software Development Languages & Tools, C, ASP.NET/MVC, Web API, WCF, MS Visual Studio, MS TFS, GitHub
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft and or Java
• Java, Spring, Spring Boot
• NET Framework, Microsoft NET Core, SQL, NoSQL and Design Patterns
• Excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented systems design and Application Development
• Exceptional at coding and on time delivery of quality components and or applications
• Exceptional at component and unit testing of following standard practices and methodologies
• Exceptional applying the technologies and domain knowledge with the delivery of developed components or integrated components
• Exceptional at working problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires review of a variety of factors
• Exceptional at triage or analysis of situations for production support
• Excel with on time delivery with minimal supervision
• Effective verbal and written communicator
• Effective participant of requirements gathering, requirements analysis
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

• Airline System development is a PLUS
• Understanding of core AWS services - Security, Compute, Container, Serverless, Database, Storage, CI/CD
• Understanding of basic AWS architecture standard processes
• Experience of developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS
• Experience of AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, and SDKs
• Experience of using AWS CI/CD services to deploy application
• Experience of DataDog integration for application in AWS
• Experience with frontend and backend development
• Experience with iOS & Android, hybrid mobile web technologies

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodationsunited.com to request accommodation.