Location: DFW Headquarters Building 7 (DFW-SV07)
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 62273

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.
Responsible for providing technical direction and leadership in regards to the design, development, and deployment of solutions within our customer base. The technical lead comes up with innovative solutions for business and technical problems, creates and maintains technical specifications, as well as anticipates and acts upon issues that arise, providing alternate approaches and solutions, communicates decisions clearly, and sets the standard for highest quality of work.

What you'll do

Participates in all phases of the software development lifecycle and is responsible for the application design Designs, develops, and implements largescale, highly available applications
Collaborates with the architect to define the technical roadmap for the product, provide design and technical governance, and dictate technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms
Evaluates product requirements and proposes solutions considering the product's vision and the technology roadmap
Works closely with architecture to ensure decisions meet long term enterprise growth needs
Completes appropriate documentation for technical designs, processes engineering, and project decisions
Builds tools and patterns to accelerate development and delivery
Researches and implements new technologies and solutions to enhance current processes, security, and performance
Develops cross departmental services and applications in coordination with IT's central architecture team
Acts as the technical subject matter expert (SME) on the product
Evaluates new technologies and tools, leads POCs to prove new ideas, and champions good design practices
Mentors and coaches team members related to architecture, design, development, build, deployment, and maintenance of systems
Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues, and identifies and implements solutions
Collaborates with production operations department to ensure deployments roll out smoothly and customer group support is met
Works extended hours, including nights and weekends, as needed in order to support the operation

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or equivalent experience.
5+ years of IT experience required.
5+ years of experience developing Web applications (Full Stack).
3-5 years of experience working on Agile Development teams.
1-3 years of experience managing and developing applications hosted in a Cloud Environment.

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

Agile and SCRUM Project Methodology. (Required)
Experience and Familiarity with DevOps concepts. (Preferred)
Proficient in Java 8 (Required), preferably an Oracle Certified Professional.
React or Angular 2 and up (Required)
Development Frameworks: Spring Boot (Required), Spring Security, Spring Integration, Spring JMS, Spring Cloud, Microservices, Spring REST, SQL/NoSQL, TDD, Event Driven framework.
Development tools/platforms: IntelliJ, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure cloud, Kubernetes (Preferred).
Test automation with Junit, Selenium, Jasmine frameworks. (Preferred)

All you'll need for success

Gather business requirements to develop services for Loyalty products and services.
Work with Product Owners to guide and lead a development squad.
Provide Technical guidance to team members and mentor junior developers.
Perform Application development using Java, React, Angular, HTTP, CSS, XML, JSON, REST, Typescript, SQL languages.
Provide Test Driven Development.
Champion and incorporate development standards and CI/CD processes.
Build and facilitate the integration of DevOps principles into all development.
Proactively identify and resolve potential issues.
Provide guidance and maintain IT hygiene for Loyalty applications.
Identify and incorporate any new security standards that may be required to protect customer data.
Resolve Production issues, provide bug fixes and solve identified problems in application code.
Follow Agile and Scrum software development methodologies during project development and project communication.

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

Feel Free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve; inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 62273