Senior Technical Lead - IT- Chicago IL

Job Description ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Description 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. United's 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. Key Responsibilities: As a Senior Technical Lead, you will help us deliver our brand-new API platform on AWS, using an advanced API gateway and service mesh. You'll build microservices that transform legacy functionality our $4bn ancillary business depends on into scalable technical products. With your experience designing APIs, you'll help us create standards for future APIs we'll develop and coach other developers on delivering self-service API products. Develop high-performance APIs to deliver critical ancillary functionality to our business Work with other engineers to deploy and configure our new API gateway Help design observability strategies that allow us to respond and recover to outages in our applications or applications we depend on Apply your opinion and judgement to API functionality we want to offer to help us build applications that are easy for others to consume Mentor other engineers on designing APIs Provide thought leadership and facilitate the development of architecture and development strategies in the ancillary technology area Anticipate future technology requirements and use your hands-on experience to identify winning strategies Certificates/Security Clearances/Other Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities Qualifications What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications): Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, engineering, or related field AWS or other Cloud Certifications Experience designing, developing, and consuming Rest APIs 4 years of relevant experience writing software in at least one object-oriented programming language Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience collaborating with or leading other developers 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 What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications): Master's degree in computer science or related field Experience deploying applications on AWS Experience developing CI/CD pipelines