Senior Java Developer - Information Technology

United Airlines - Houston, TX

Full-time

Houston, TX

Air Transportation

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for software development during the design/build phases of the SDLC.
• Perform as technical lead on development projects.
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of development methodologies, software design and design patterns, integration standards as well as its applicability at coding and testing cycles.
• Participate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Responsible for making sure in-progress builds follow the approved designs.
• Perform coding and proper unit testing (including test class creations) for in progress changes and participate in peer review using Java.
• Work with onshore team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems.
• 5+ 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.
• Proven experience as a Java Developer (7 years minimum).
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles (OOP).
• Experience with Java frameworks (e.g., Spring, Spring Boot) (a plus).
• Experience with common build tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle) (a plus).
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit).
• Experience with Build Automation tools like MS build, Team City, Harness, Jenkins.
• Experience with the Couchbase NoSQL DB Data Platform, Amazon DocumentDB highly desirable.
• AWS experience - Document DB, ECS, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CloudWatch, PostGreSQL, MSK are highly desirable.
• Kafka Experience is highly desirable.
• Understanding of Rest API concepts like Content-Negotiation, Routing, Formatters, Validations, Logging, Caching, Action Filters, Versioning.
• Experience in building Reusable Components.
• Knowledge in design principles and Design patterns like Strategy, Decorator, Adapter, SOLID, Repository, OOPS etc.
• Experience on DevOps such as setting up CI/CD pipelines is preferred.
• Strong object-oriented design skills and the ability to analyze requirements and transform into scalable software designs using patterns and standard processes.
• Experience working as Technical Lead and have good architectural skills.
• Technologies, and RESTful web services, Microservices, Messaging Architectures and RDBMS.
• Performance tuning experience is desirable.
• Experience with TeamCity and/or Harness is preferred.
• Proficiency with Git, Github, etc.
• Communication Skills- The ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of employees and management, capable of successful formal and informal communication.
• Integrity and Trust - Involves being widely trusted, being seen as a direct, truthful individual, can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner.
• Teamwork - Involves working well in a collaborative setting, supporting work team by volunteering for and completing assignments.
• Technical Expertise - Involves demonstrating a commitment to increasing knowledge and skills in current technical/functional area.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Airlines industry experience.

Benefits

• Parental leave
• 401k
• Space available travel
• Employee-run Business Resource Group communities.