American Airlines · 15 hours ago
Principal Solution Architect, IT Software
Fort Worth, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expAmerican Airlines is a leading airline company dedicated to delivering unrivaled digital products and enhancing customer experiences. The Principal Solution Architect will focus on designing integrated systems, managing technical debt, and ensuring security-conscious practices while collaborating across teams to drive technical excellence.
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Responsibilities
Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
Delivers high quality work and coaches team members on technical craftsmanship
Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
Consistently works across teams to break down silos and resolve problems collaboratively
Builds and maintains strong relationships with engineering and product leaders as well as key vendors across span of influence to capitalize on synergies within related organizations
Clearly translates technical strategy into implementable componentry within the context of the relevant business area
Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
Mentors individuals on teams across their span of influence
Ensures teams across their span of influence are directionally aligned on the engineering strategy of their product domain and leads cross-team efforts that advance and influence organizational strategy
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
8+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments
Proficiency with the following technologies: Programming Languages: Java, Python, C#, Javascript/Typescript
Frameworks: Spring/SpringBoot, FastAPI
Front End Technologies: Angular/React
Deployment Technologies: Kubernetes, Docker
Source Control: GitHub, Azure DevOps
CICD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
Data management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Integration/APIs Technologies: Kafka, REST, GraphQL
Cloud Providers such as Azure and AWS
Proficiency in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and continuous deployment
Knowledge of secure application development practices to comply with PCI and Data Privacy standards
Knowledge of systems integration practices and understanding of Service Oriented Architecture principles, practices, and related technologies, such as XML, SOAP, REST, and JSON)
Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
Experience with Event Driven Architecture and Big Data Development
Ability to optimize solutions for performance, resiliency and reliability while maintaining an eye toward simplicity
Ability to concisely convey ideas verbally, in writing, in code, and in diagrams
Ability to optimize system designs spanning multiple teams to allow small, safe, incremental releases
Ability to work through others by cooperatively sharing responsibilities
Ability to combines deep knowledge of a product domain with awareness of advancing technology to introduce solutions that propel the technical capability of the organization forward
Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
Airline Industry experience
Benefits
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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