American Airlines · 18 hours ago
Principal Programmer/Technical Lead, IT Applications
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expAmerican Airlines is a leading airline company, and they are seeking a Principal Programmer/Technical Lead for their IT Applications team. This role involves providing technical leadership for IT development personnel, overseeing the design and implementation of software applications, and ensuring adherence to industry best practices.
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Responsibilities
Works with product management, business analysts, developers, testers and architectural teams to define strategy and requirements
Develops and drives high-level strategic initiatives and secures commitment from external and internal teams for new initiatives
Drives consensus on technical approach, sets timelines, and leads cross-functional application teams from design through delivery
Applies software engineering best industry practices to web applications and services
Provides technical guidance, direction, and decisions to team developing custom and off-the-shelf web applications and services
Works with Application/Enterprise Architects to establish development and deployment standards, and ensures adherence to technology platform decisions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
8 years of Java Development Environment (JDE) experience
2 years Application Programming Interface (ADI) framework / REST development
2 years in web services (mid-range) development
Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
Expertise in API design (GraphQL and REST) and service optimization for performance
Hands-on experience with in-memory computing, caching techniques, and event streaming using Apache Kafka
Knowledge of stream processing frameworks such as Apache Flink
Proven experience deploying and operating applications on Azure and/or AWS, leveraging cloud-native patterns and Infrastructure as Code
Strong understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration and scalable deployments
Solid background in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and advanced deployment strategies (blue-green, canary)
Ability to implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and environment-level observability for production systems
Demonstrated expertise in security practices, including vulnerability remediation, secure coding, dependency scanning, and secrets management
Track record of leading large-scale projects, breaking down complex initiatives, and delivering successfully with a strong foundation in modern data management technologies
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
3 years technical leadership of IT personnel
Airline experience
Benefits
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
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
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