United Airlines · 3 months ago
Sr Technical Lead - IT
United States-IL-WHQ - Chicago - Corporate Support Center - Willis Tower
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expUnited Airlines is looking for a Senior Technical Lead in IT to manage and implement the ecommerce payment system for united.com. The role involves guiding team members on technical aspects, ensuring quality deliverables, and collaborating with various teams to address technical challenges and support project execution.
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Responsibilities
Manage and implement the ecommerce payment system for united.com
Helping their team members with the technical aspects of their jobs, such as design and programming
Explain new projects to their team and work on an overall delivery approach, with appropriate technical measures
Identify risks, form contingency plans, and address these with technical solutions as applicable
Collaborate with other team members, functional teams to deliver best in class solutions
Guide & mentor the direct staff to both technical excellence and for people management
Have a strategy for employee training & growth, and to provide the required development opportunities
Conduct the testing and integration testing for the entire system
Drive very quality focused & sustainable deliverables
Collaborate with various teams, validating any technical challenges and being on the lookout for improvements & enhancements
Support testing phases, and ensure that the non-functional requirements are accounted for
Assist and guide the Project Lead/PM/BA in project strategy and execution
Requirements Gathering
Mapping requirements to technical specifications
Technical designs
Programming, Code reviews
Cutover Strategy
Operational Support
Own the communication between management and team, to effectivity communicate overall progress, risks, mitigations and to be the voice of the technical team
Make decisions to help solve the technical challenges
Solve challenges with technology, but also be able to support the overall program
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or professional Degree
4+ years of experience in full-stack development, with expertise in React, TypeScript, C#, and Node.js
2+ years of full cycle implementation experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Should be able to collaborate with various teams
Proficient in web development using React, Redux, Redux sagas, ES6, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3
Experience of various payment gateways and methods (Credit cards, Apple Pay, Paypal, Alipay, Pix, Flexpay and UnionPay)
Experience with industry standards and regulations for compliance (e.g., PCI DSS)
Strong experience implementing AWS/cloud technologies
Hands-on development and proficient excellence in backend API development using C# .Net in cloud
Strong experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc
Strong experience building web applications with Micro frontend architecture
Strong experience in design patterns and enterprise standards in application design
Expertise in accessibility standards and implementation
Experience with unit testing
Preferred
Master's Degree
AWS or other Cloud Certifications
Experience in monitoring tools like Quantum Metrics and Dynatrace
Company
United Airlines
United Airlines is an aviation company that provides information on reservations, bookings, and travel services online.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2006-01-25IPO
Leadership Team
Mike Leskinen
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Deneen DeFiore
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
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