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United's 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 for 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.

Team Overview:

Crew Technology team provides web and mobile digital solutions to the largest frontline employee group at United. 45k United Pilots and Flight Attendants rely on these solutions for safer operations of our flights and to manage their quality of life and to provide top-tier customer service to millions of travelers. With innovation as the forefront, this team consistently delivers industry-leading solutions. The world's greatest airline is set to become the largest. We invite you to be part of our major expansion, transformation and modernization journey and help us build cutting-edge digital solutions leveraging the latest technologies and cloud architecture. 

Job overview and responsibilities

The Senior Developer plays a critical role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. The Senior Developer's role is to lead the efforts to plan, design, develop and launch efficient systems and solutions in support of core organizational functions. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate and resolve issues, opportunities or problems in order to maximize the benefit of IT and Business investments. The Senior Developer is highly experienced and has decision-making authority. The Senior Developer is self-sufficient, requires no direct supervision and mentors/coaches others. The Senior Developer has extensive knowledge/experience across multiple technologies and business areas.

• Leads the design, development and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems
• Hands-on development, Support and troubleshooting software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions
• Ensures that systems are properly integrated
• Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system enhancements
• Consults across multiple United Information Technology projects and technology areas to perform troubleshooting, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation
• Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments
• Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers’ business goals
• 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
• Identifies opportunities to leverage/influence the direction of existing infrastructure and application components
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc. in order to advise others of strategic technology direction
• Provides feedback to the enterprise technology owners and Architects regarding future solution needs
• Understands and apply the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical needs to deliver
• Partner with various business and IT stakeholders in defining domain architecture strategy
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of application architecture and architecture constructs as it connects to the enterprise architecture
• Demonstrate mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and toolsets
• Demonstrate mastery of software engineer

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. 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 statuses as required by applicable law.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s in computer science/Information Technology or related field
• 5+ years of experience in .net technologies 
• 5+ years of experience in server-side and API development in C#
• 5+ years of experience in design patterns and enterprise standards in application design
• 5+ years of experience in relational database design and development
• Business Acumen skills
• Creativity & Innovation skills
• "Big Picture" Thinker
• Strategic skills
• Effective Communication (verbal + written) skills
• Understands Technology systems & applications skills
• Vendor Management skills
• Negotiation skills
• Exceptional at coding and on-time delivery of quality components and or applications
• Exceptional at component and unit testing of following standard practices and methodologies
• Exceptional utilizing the technologies and domain knowledge with the delivery of developed components or integrated components
• Exceptional at working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
• Exceptional at triage or analysis of situations for production support
• Excel with on-time delivery with minimal supervision
• Effective verbal and written communicator
• Effective participant in requirements gathering requirements analysis
• 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

• .Net Core experience
• Angular
• AWS experience and/or Certification
• NoSQL experience
• Experience with Mobile Technologies
• Familiarity with code repositories like TFS, GitHub
• Experience working with mission-critical systems requiring high availability and reliability
• Airline/Aviation experience