United Airlines - Houston, TX
posted 3 months ago
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. 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. The role of Principal Developer will have a technical focus on enabling onboard Connectivity/Wi-Fi and the onboard foundational platform for customer and crew engagement. The Principal Developer plays a critical role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate and resolve issues, opportunities or problems in order to improve the benefit of IT and Business investments. The Principal Developer will define and implement the technical architecture for the onboard connectivity platform and portal, help define technical service level agreements (SLAs) and data sharing strategies with vendors, and lead the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems. This role requires hands-on development, support, and fixing of software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions. The Principal Developer will serve as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments, provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning, and ensure consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the application lifecycle. This position sees opportunities to leverage/influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components, understands and applies the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical needs to deliver, and partners with various business and IT collaborators in defining domain architecture strategy. The role requires exceptional knowledge of application architecture and architecture constructs as it connects to the enterprise architecture, as well as mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and tool sets. The ideal candidate will demonstrate mastery of software engineering principles and practices, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or a related field, and at least 5+ years of experience in design patterns and enterprise standards in application design. Exceptional skills in coding, on-time delivery of quality components and applications, component and unit testing, and problem-solving are essential. The candidate should excel in delivering results with minimal direction and be adept at triaging or analyzing situations for production support.