Description

United's Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. 
  
Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. 
  
Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together. 

Job overview and responsibilities United Airlines’ Customer Technology Platform department partners with business and technology leaders across the company to create high performing services and real time messaging applications across key airline functionalities such as Booking, Check-in, Payment, Reservation systems and Operational Systems to help support the commercial and digital Channels of United. As a software developer in the Data Enablement team, you will be responsible for the development of mission critical applications, while working with a team of developers. This individual will build high performing, real-time middleware solutions in the extremely critical domains of Baggage, Flight Operations, Reservation Management and Check-in. You will play a large role in building data caches and real time messaging applications, used by operational and commercial systems across the company. Additionally, as a developer, you will build these applications with a focus on delivering cloud based solutions. The individual will use leading edge technologies and enterprise grade integration software on a daily basis.Participate in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and designServe as technical expert on development projectsWrite technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirementsSupport, maintain, and document software functionalityIdentify and evaluate new technologies for implementationAnalyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as neededParticipate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needsRecognized as expert in field, knowledgeable of emerging trends and industry practicesConducts the most complex and vital work critical to the organizationWorks without supervision with complete latitude for independent judgmentMay mentor less experienced peers and display leadership as needed

This position is offered on local terms and conditions.  Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded.

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Qualifications

Required 

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience4 + 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 useExcellent knowledge of object-oriented systems design and application development Strong knowledge of Java, SQL and Design PatternsExperience in Messaging, EAI, CEP and In-memory Distributed Caching platforms (like CouchBase)Proficiency in Software Development best practices such as - Continuous Integration, Unit/Integration testing, Code reviews4 years of Java and Web Services developmentAbout 4 weeks of travel to US in a year may be neededExhibit written and spoken English fluencyMust be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorshipSuccessful completion of interview required to meet job qualificationReliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Preferred

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information SystemsProject experience in TIBCO technologies, Business Works, Business Events, Active Spaces, EMSFamiliarity with native Cloud technologies/patterns (AWS/Azure), Docker containers and Container Orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes Airline industry experience