Associate Developer, IT Applications (Dallas, TX, US)

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)   
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 62764 

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

• The candidate selected for this Software Developer role will be part of the Pilot Readiness IT team within Pilot Technology.
• You will be responsible for leveraging technology to solve business problems by participating in all phases of the development process, from inception through support. You will advocate for agility and use object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct, and test maintainable and reusable code.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Collaborate with leaders, analysts, IT architects, technical leads, and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop applications to meet to business requirements
• Learn about and implement new technologies to build new features and improve application performance and security posture
• Maintain and enhance existing services, applications, and platforms using test-driven development practices
• Support the development of coding standards and adhere to best practices and security guidelines
• Work closely with software architects and technical leaders to ensure decisions align with long-term enterprise and industry growth forecasts
• Troubleshoot complex issues and implement solutions
• Contribute to new work specifications and estimates as an active participant in Agile ceremonies and independently
   

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Passion, selflessness, and accountability to self and the team; ability to work well within a collaborative team environment as well as independently
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems (CIS/MIS) or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• Proficiency in full-stack development:
  • Front-end: Angular 10+, CSS, mobile-aware/responsive and cross-browser compatible application development
  • Web Services: RESTful API development using .NET stack, object-oriented design techniques and principles
  • Database: Object/Relational mapping, query performance tuning, PostgreSQL
• Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including design, development, and implementation
• Understanding of cloud-native development, deployment, and orchestration: microservice architecture patterns, containers, Azure cloud
• Understanding of DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment practices
• Other tools: Coverity, Azure DevOps, Git

 

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Airline industry experience
• 2 years of experience in full-stack development
• Open-source project design, development, and repository maintenance experience
• Ability to explain technical concepts and adjust messaging by audience, including non-technical groups

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: 62764 

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