Description

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Our Values: At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose: "Connecting people. Uniting the world." drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our 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.

With multiple employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.

Job overview and responsibilities

We have a wide variety of career opportunities around the world - come find yours.

The Senior Developer plays a Critical role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between
business needs and technology delivery. The Senior Developer's role is to lead the efforts to plan, design,
develop and launch efficient systems and solutions in support of core organizational functions. This
individual will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify,
communicate and resolve issues, opportunities or problems in order to maximize the benefit of IT and
Business investments. The Principal Developer is highly experienced and has decision-making authority. The
Principal Developer is self - sufficient, requires no direct supervision, and mentors/coaches others. The
Principal Developer has extensive knowledge/experience across multiple technologies and business
areas.

Job overview and responsibilities

Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems
Hands-on development, Support and troubleshoot software systems as required, optimizing performance,
resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions
Ensures that systems are properly integrated
Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system enhancements
Consults across multiple United Information Technology projects and technology areas to perform
troubleshooting, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation
Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments
Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers’ business goals
Provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning
Ensures consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the
application lifecycle
Identifies opportunities to leverage/influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application
components
Keeps abreast of industry trends through bench-marking, participation in professional associations etc. in
order to advise others of strategic technology direction
Provides feedback to the enterprise technology owners and Architects regarding future solution needs
Understands and applies the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical
needs to deliver
Partner with various business and IT stakeholders in defining domain architecture strategy
Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of application architecture and architecture constructs as it connects to
the enterprise architecture
Demonstrate mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and tool set
Demonstrate mastery of software engineer

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience
5+ years of experience in .net and sql server development
5+ years of experience and knowledge in C# or Vb.net development
5+ years of experience and knowledge of ASP.NET, MVC, Bootstrap, angular
5+ years of experience in design patterns and enterprise standards in application design
5+ years of experience on relational database design and development
Business Acumen
Creativity & Innovation
Persuasion
""Big Picture"" Thinker
Strategic
Effective Communication (verbal + written)
Understands Technology systems & applications
Vendor Management
Negotiation
Exceptional at coding and on time delivery of quality components and or applications
Exceptional at component and unit testing of following standard practices and methodologies
Exceptional utilizing the technologies and domain knowledge with the delivery of developed components or integrated components
Exceptional at working problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires review of a variety of factors
Exceptional at triage or analysis of situations for production support
Excel with on time delivery with minimal supervision
Effective verbal and written communicator
Effective participant of requirements gathering, requirements analysis
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