United Airlines
Senior Developer
United Airlines, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
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 powerful technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team crafts, 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
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. 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
Required
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
5+ years of demonstrated ability 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 of experience in .Net, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ADO, ORM Framework(s), Containerization
Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance and other related fields/processes
Solid understanding of software development standard processes such as source code control using Git, CI/CD, Unit/Integration testing, code reviews
2+ years’ experience implementing AWS technologies (Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Elasticache, RDS, Glue Job, Kinesis, SQS, SNS, ECS)
Strong knowledge of Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft NET Core, SQL, NoSQL and Design Patterns
3+ years of experience supporting and maintaining vendor managed applications.
Outstanding at triage or analysis of situations for production support
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.
Preferred
Airlines industry experience is a plus.
Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT
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 powerful technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team crafts, 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
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. 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
Required
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
5+ years of demonstrated ability 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 of experience in .Net, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ADO, ORM Framework(s), Containerization
Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance and other related fields/processes
Solid understanding of software development standard processes such as source code control using Git, CI/CD, Unit/Integration testing, code reviews
2+ years’ experience implementing AWS technologies (Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Elasticache, RDS, Glue Job, Kinesis, SQS, SNS, ECS)
Strong knowledge of Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft NET Core, SQL, NoSQL and Design Patterns
3+ years of experience supporting and maintaining vendor managed applications.
Outstanding at triage or analysis of situations for production support
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.
Preferred
Airlines industry experience is a plus.
Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT