United Airlines · 2 weeks ago
Senior Developer - Information Technology
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$110K/yr - $143K/yr
5+ years expUnited Airlines is a leading airline company focused on providing exceptional travel experiences. The Senior Developer, IT will be responsible for developing critical applications related to Loyalty technologies, including API development and integration, while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
HospitalityIn-Flight EntertainmentService IndustryTransportationTravel
Responsibilities
Lead development, execution, and delivery of artifacts/code for Loyalty applications
Collaborate with technology leads/developers, business SMEs, UX designers, and technology stakeholders to define technical deliveries
Drive integration of Loyalty services and UIs with back-end systems, APIs and analytics platforms
Champion Agile/Scrum methodologies, conducting sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
Lead integrations between internal platforms, external systems, and cloud services
Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and product teams to gather integration requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
Lead unit and integration testing and assist QA teams with end-to-end testing
Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies in API development and integration
Highlight and document risks, issues, blockers and dependencies; discuss with team project manager on regular basis
Coordinate with on prem DevOps team, as well as Cloud infrastructure teams (AWS, Azure, or GCP) to ensure scalable, secure, and high-performance deployments
Track delivery milestones and interdependencies across multiple teams
Oversee vendor relationships and third-party integrations when applicable
Support and guide the team in removing blockers, maintaining momentum, and ensuring quality
Solid technical understanding of on prem application installations, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), APIs, CI/CD, web technologies, and DevOps practices
Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams
Experience with Agile/Scrum or SAFe frameworks and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps)
Excellent communication, leadership, and documentation abilities
Knowledge of APIs, JSON, XML, and OAuth
Experience with language: Node.js, Angular, .NET, Python
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines/DevOps and version control tools like Git
Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS) in cloud and solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant 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
AWS Cloud certification related to architecture and development, SAFe Agile
3+ 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
3+ 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
Java, REST API, Oracle SQL
Chef/Ansible, Configuration tools
Experience in the implementation of design and architectural processes in an Enterprise Agile environment spanning multiple geographic locations
Experience in Web services. In-depth development experience with at least one other modern OO language such as: Java, .NET, Python, Go, Web Services, Web APIs, Microservices, Web-Sockets
Preferred
Kong, Copilot
Working knowledge of APPD and/or Dynatrace
Devops experience
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Accident & disability
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Commuter
Paid holidays
Paid time off
401(k)
Flight privileges
Company
United Airlines
United Airlines is an aviation company that provides information on reservations, bookings, and travel services online.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2006-01-25IPO
Leadership Team
Mike Leskinen
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Deneen DeFiore
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
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