Senior Java Developer

Description

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. United's Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

This position plays an important role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. This person will be the technical lead and mentor to them for planning, design, development and launching of efficient systems and solutions in support of core organizational functions. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues, opportunities or problems in order to maximize the benefit of IT and Business investments. This individual should be experienced and self - sufficient in performing their responsibilities and be able to supervise a team of developers.

• Responsible for software development during the design/build phases of the SDLC
• Perform as technical lead on development projects.
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of development methodologies, software design and design patterns, integration standards as well as its applicability at coding and testing cycles.
• Participate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Responsible for making sure in-progress builds follow the approved designs.
• Perform coding and proper unit testing (including test class creations) for in progress changes and participate in peer review using Java.
• Work with onshore team and Business

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the "desired" qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field
• 5 years of experience in design, development, documenting, testing, and debugging of new and existing software systems and/or applications for market sale or large-scale proprietary software for internal use.
• Proven experience as a Java Developer
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles (OOP)
• Experience with Java frameworks (e.g., Spring, Spring Boot) (a plus)
• Experience with common build tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle) (a plus)
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit)
• Experience with Build Automation tools like MS build, Team City, Harness, Jenkins11.
• Experience with the Couchbase NoSQL DB Data Platform, Amazon DocumentDB highly desirable
• AWS experience - Document DB, ECS, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CloudWatch, PostgreSQL, MSK are highly desirable.
• Kafka Experience is highly desirable.
• Understanding of Rest API concepts like Content-Negotiation, Routing, Formatters, Validations, Logging, Caching, Action Filters, Versioning
• Experience in building Reusable Components
• Knowledge in design principles and Design patterns like Strategy, Decorator, Adapter, SOLID, Repository, OOPS etc.
• Strong object-oriented design skills and the ability to analyze requirements and transform into scalable software designs using patterns and standard processes.
• Technologies, and RESTful web services, Microservices, Messaging Architectures and RDBMS
• Proficiency with Git, GitHub, etc.
• 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.

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