Senior Java Developer - Information Technology

United Airlines - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

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?

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development of critical applications while working with a team of developers.
• Design, develop, document, test and debug new and existing applications.
• Build applications with a focus on delivering cloud-based solutions.
• Manage and participate in the full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design using Agile methodologies.
• Serve as a technical expert 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.
• Manage and participate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Collaborate & lead tech teams consisting of employees & vendor company contractors in planning and execution, serving as a technology leader.
• Collaborate with end users to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field.
• 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 in an agile environment.
• 5+ years' experience implementing AWS technologies (EMR, ECS, EC2, S3, MSK, SPARK, Kafka, Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Cognito, route53, Dynamo DB, RDS, API Gateway).
• Experience with Cloud Automation Development Tool such as Git, Python/Bash/PowerShell Scripting.
• Hands-on development and proficient excellence in backend API development using Node.js.
• Strong knowledge of Java, J2EE technologies, Microsoft NET Core, SQL, NoSQL and Design Patterns.
• 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.
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification.
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position.
• Experience in using monitoring tools like Datadog.

Nice-to-haves

• Airlines industry experience is a plus.
• AWS highly preferred.

Benefits

• Parental leave
• 401k
• Space available travel privileges