Developer/Sr Developer, IT Applications - Dallas, United States - American Airlines

Description

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 Developer Platform Product Team within the Information Technology Division

Responsible for leveraging cutting edge technology to solve business problems at American Airlines by participating in all phases of the development process from inception through transition, advocating the agile process and test-driven development, using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects, and making the codebase a better place to live and work.

This position is for a thoughtful, empathetic, and experienced software development professional with knowledge of UX best practices and hands-on experience with interaction / visual design, information architecture, user research and UX strategy.

You'll wear many hats and be responsible for bridging the gap between UX designers and software development peers.

You will need to be able to conceptualize, prototype, and present a variety of UX deliverables while also being responsible for developing and delivering these solutions to end-users.

What you'll do

Collaborates with leaders, business analysts, project managers, IT architects, technical leads and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements.

Influence UX design and product owner decisions based on best practices, design principles and research

Be able to explain design recommendations by citing best practices, research data or business requirements

Develop the visual style, interface and interaction flow of applications and experiences

Advocate for the user and collaborate with UX designers to develop features and flows that align with the user's needs and is technically feasible

Mentor developers to ensure front-end applications meet accessibility guidelines and best practices

Maintains and enhances existing enterprise services, applications, and platforms using domain driven design and test-driven development.

Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues; identifies and implements solutions.

Creates detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates.

Researches and implements new technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performance.

Supports the development of coding standards and adheres to best practices and security guidelines.

Works closely with software architects and technical leads to ensure decisions meet long-term enterprise growth needs.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training

2 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments

2 years of professional, design, and open-source experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Master's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training

5 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience

Experience as a UX practitioner with a background in user experience design, interaction design or similar

Airline Industry experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

Proficiency in TypeScript

Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and a solid grasp of trends in web and app design

Experience in responsive, adaptive and accessible designs

Proficiency and demonstrated experience in many of the following technologies:

Database and persistence frameworks:
PostgreSQL, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning

Cloud-based development: Kubernetes, CNCF Open-Source Projects


Web Services:
REST (JSON/WSDL/XML)


Frameworks:
Python FastAPI, Node Expres, Kopf

Front-end: Angular, React


Build/deployment tools:
Git, Jest, Jasmine, Yarn, Pipenv

Other Dev Ops Toolchain:
Selenium, Artifactory, SonarQube, Slack, GitHub, GitHub Actions, ElasticSearch, Logstaash, Kibana

Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Experience in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM or Kanban

Experience in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

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.

Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated.

We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status.

We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. American Airlines, Inc fully considers all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY

American Airlines maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment.

It is our policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or other protected veteran, in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, the following employment decisions and practices:

hiring; upgrading; promotions; demotions or transfers; layoffs; recalls; terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selection for training, including apprenticeship; and recruitment or recruitment advertising.