Senior Developer - Information Technology

Uniteds Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions

Our Values:

At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose: "Connecting people. Uniting the world." drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our 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.

With multiple employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.

Job overview 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 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 & lead tech teams consisting of employees & vendor company contractors in planning and execution, serving as an 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 enhancements

· 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

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.

Required

· Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field

· 7+ 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

· 7+ years of experience in .Net, ASP.NET, C, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ADO,

· Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related disciplines/processes

· Proficiency in software development best practices such as CI/CD, Unit/Integration testing, code reviews

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

· Strong knowledge of Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft NET Core, SQL, NoSQL and Design Patterns

· 3+ years of experience supporting and maintaining vendor managed applications

· Exceptional at triage or analysis of situations for production support

· Excel at on time delivery without minimal supervision

· Excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented systems design and Application Development

· 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