Developer/Senior Developer, IT Applications (Ft Worth, TX, US)

Location: AA Headquarters 1 (DFW-HDQ1) 
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 27617 

Overview

Join us for a career with endless possibilities.

Looking for a job where a passion for innovation, a culture of teamwork, and opportunities for growth are valued and rewarded? You’ve come to the right place.

 

You don’t have to be an airline aficionado to join American Airlines. It takes more than cool planes to keep us ahead of the curve, and thanks to our team of behind the scenes professionals, we do just that. As the largest airline in the world, American Airlines is in the business of serving the global travel needs of our customers. At the core of the Company is our commitment to each customer and each employee. We are dedicated to developing and delivering what our customers value and are willing to pay for. Customer-centric planning, innovative marketing, and an exceptional customer experience are supported by a cadre of talented people.

 

What does it take to join us? We’re glad you asked! We expect exceptional skills in your discipline and a dedication to being the best as we relentlessly pursue our goal of being not just the largest airline in the world, but also the best airline in the world.

 

Fortunately, we’re building on almost a century of innovation and firsts in our industry – and we plan to continue that tradition of excellence.

About The Job

​This job is a member of the Information Technology Team, within the Information Technology Division. This position will be 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.

 

Specifically, you’ll do the following:

• 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
• 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
• Participates in peer code and design reviews

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 3 years of experience of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments
• Distributed Server side and Client side and Mobile technologies, plus demonstrated experience in:
• Java, J2EE, Hibernate, JMS, Servlets, Junit, Spring, SQL, PL/SQL;
• AngularJS+, Jquery/HTML5/Javascript/CSS/AJAX , Android/Cordova
• Web Services(SOAP & REST) using Apache CXF, Spring Web Services;
• Maven, Gradle, GitHub, Mockito, Nexus Repository, SonarQube, Slack and Linux
• Mobile development with Apache Cordova or IONIC is a plus.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
• Experience in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

Qualifications (Continued)

Preferred Qualifications​​

• 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 Test Driven Development (TDD) & Extreme Programming experience
• Experience in cloud based application development a strong plus. CloudFoundry or Kubernetes/Docker or any other PaaS experience.

Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 27617 

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