Senior Developer - IT

United Airlines

Chicago, USonsite$112k-$147k/yrPosted Jul 10, 2026
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Skills

nodepythonjavaawsecsjavascript

About the role

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

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

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 in an agile environment

5+ years’ experience implementing AWS technologies (Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Cognito, route53, Dynamo DB, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway)

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)

Strong knowledge of Java, SQL, NoSQL and Design Patterns.

Excellent knowledge of Object-Oriented systems design and Application Development

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

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

Airlines industry experience is a plus

AWS highly preferred

The base pay range for this role is $112,480.00 to $146,540.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

Compensation

This Software Engineer role pays $112k-$147k/yr. Within typical range for software engineer roles in United States.

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