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Senior Developer - IT

United AirlinesArlington Heights, IL🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Description

United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented 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.

Job overview and responsibilities

The Senior Software Developer will be responsible for the development of critical applications, while working with a team of developers. This role will design, develop, document, test and debug new and existing applications. Additionally, this role will build these applications with a focus on delivering cloud-based solutions. The individual will use groundbreaking technologies and enterprise grade integration software daily and will be relied upon to help take the team to the next level from a technological standpoint.

  • Manages and participates in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design using Agile methodologies

  • Serve as technical expert on development projects

  • Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements

  • Support, maintain, and document software functionality

  • Identify and evaluate new technologies for implementation

  • Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed

  • Managers and participates in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements

  • Collaborate & lead tech teams consisting of employees & vendor company contractors in planning and execution, serving as an technology leader

  • Collaborate with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs

Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field

  • 4+ 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 in an agile environment

  • 4+ years' experience implementing AWS technologies (Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Cognito, route53, Dynamo DB, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway). Active MQ, RDS - Aurora Postgres, , Route 53, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, Cloudwatch, EFS

  • Experience with Cloud Automation Development Tool such as Git, Python/Bash/PowerShell Scripting

  • Hands-on development and proficient excellence in backend API development using Node.js Java and Python (nice to have)

  • 4+ years' experience in Java 25, Springboot 2.7 & 3, Node JS 9.5 & Angular 15, Python ; Code Repo: Github Cloud ; CI/CD (DevOps): Harness (1st Gen, Next Gen); Image Repo: Artifactory (Cloud) ; Container Orchestration: Kubernetes

  • Strong knowledg of Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft .Net Core, SLQ, NoSQL and Design Pattersn

  • Knowledge of APIs, JSON, XML, and OAuth

  • AI : Claude, Agentic AI or CoPilot in SDLC

  • Excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented systems design and Application Development

  • Web development, API integrations, Cloud technologies

  • Experience in AI domains.

  • Solid technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), APIs, CI/CD, web technologies, and DevOps practices.

  • Experience with Agile/Scrum or SAFe frameworks and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and documentation abilities.

  • 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

Skills

Node.js
API Gateway
AWS
OAuth
Scrum
Agile
Angular
Azure
Bash
Confluence
.NET
Git
Google Cloud
Java
Jira
Kubernetes
PowerShell
Python
SAFe

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