United Airlines · 2 hours ago
Senior Technical Lead
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$110K/yr - $143K/yr
4+ years expUnited Airlines is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to help deliver their new API platform on AWS. The role involves building microservices for their ancillary business, mentoring other engineers, and providing thought leadership in architecture and development strategies.
HospitalityIn-Flight EntertainmentService IndustryTransportationTravel
No H1B
Responsibilities
Develop high-performance APIs to deliver critical ancillary functionality to our business
Work with other engineers to deploy and configure our new API gateway
Help design observability strategies that allow us to respond and recover to outages in our applications or applications we depend on
Apply your opinion and judgement to API functionality we want to offer to help us build applications that are easy for others to consume
Mentor other engineers on designing APIs
Provide thought leadership and facilitate the development of architecture and development strategies in the ancillary technology area
Anticipate future technology requirements and use your hands-on experience to identify winning strategies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
Computer science, math, engineering, or related field preferred
Experience designing, developing, and consuming Rest APIs
4+ years of relevant experience
Writing software in at least one object-oriented programming language
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience collaborating with or leading other developers
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
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science or related field preferred
Experience deploying applications on AWS
Experience developing CI/CD pipelines
AWS or other Cloud Certifications
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Accident & disability
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Commuter
Paid holidays
Paid time off
401(k)
Flight privileges
Company
United Airlines
United Airlines is an aviation company that provides information on reservations, bookings, and travel services online.
10001+ employees
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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