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Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Description Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together. United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented 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. Job description and responsibilities 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.
Manages and participates in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design using Agile methodologies
Hands-on development, and support of software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions
Serve as technical guide 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 resolve technical requirements
Collaborate & lead tech teams consisting of employees & vendor company contractors in planning and execution, serving as a technology leader
Collaborate with end user to prototype, refine, test and debug programs to meet needs
Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems
Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system improvements
Consults across multiple United Information Technology projects and technology areas to perform fixing, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation
Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments
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 Qualifications Required
Bachelor's degree
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 in an agile environment
5+ years’ experience implementing AWS technologies (Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Cognito, route53, Dynamo DB, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway)
Experience with Cloud Automation Development Tool such as Git, Python/Bash/PowerShell Scripting
Hands-on development and proficient excellence in backend API development using Node.js Java and Python (nice to have)
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 Preferred
Airlines industry experience is a plus
AWS highly preferred The base pay range for this role is $109,820.00 to $149,600.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards. You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges. 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. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT. 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 JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.

Qualifications

1) Bachelor's degree

2) Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field

3) 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 in an agile environment

4) 5+ years’ experience implementing AWS technologies (Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Cognito, route53, Dynamo DB, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway)

5) Experience with Cloud Automation Development Tool such as Git, Python/Bash/PowerShell Scripting

6) Hands-on development and proficient excellence in backend API development using Node.js Java and Python (nice to have)

7) Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

8) Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

9) Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Responsibilities

1) Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network

2) The Senior Software Developer will be responsible for the development of critical applications, while working with a team of developers

3) This role will design, develop, document, test and debug new and existing applications

4) Additionally, this role will build these applications with a focus on delivering cloud-based solutions

5) 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

6) Manages and participates in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design using Agile methodologies

7) Hands-on development, and support of software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions

8) Serve as technical guide on development projects

9) Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements

10) Support, maintain and document software functionality

11) Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation

12) Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed

13) Managers and participates in software design meetings and analyze user needs to resolve technical requirements

14) Collaborate & lead tech teams consisting of employees & vendor company contractors in planning and execution, serving as a technology leader

15) Collaborate with end user to prototype, refine, test and debug programs to meet needs

16) Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems

17) Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system improvements

18) Consults across multiple United Information Technology projects and technology areas to perform fixing, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation

19) Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments

20) Provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning

21) Ensures consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the application lifecycle