Sr Software Engineer - Full-Stack

Southwest Airlines; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Airlines is seeking a senior software leader to drive the technical roadmap for large-scale cloud systems. You will mentor engineers, shape delivery strategy, and collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into robust solutions.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, progressive DevOps practices, and cross-team coordination to ensure high-quality, timely releases in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead delivery teams.
• Experience with cloud-based large-scale systems and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction and feature roadmap of large-scale cloud systems.
• Serve as a technical lead directing development teams.
• Define and validate feature requirements with product managers and customers.
• Mentor engineers to develop skills and knowledge.
• Maintain high-quality delivery with modern tooling and processes.

Skills

Cloud systems

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Mentoring

Software design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Info Systems

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Adobe Workfront

AEM / Fusion / CMS-DAM

Job description

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Department

Technology

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Job Description

About Us

At Southwest Airlines, we believe that flying should feel like freedom. For over 50 years, we've been connecting people to what matters most with low fares, legendary hospitality, and a heart for service. Our culture is built on the principles of fun, friendliness, and family, making us one of the most admired workplaces in the world.

If you're passionate about making a difference, love working in a fast-paced environment, and want to help millions of travelers reach their destinations with a smile, Southwest Airlines is the place for you. Here, your career can truly take flight

Job Summary

• Advanced experience in designing, writing program code, testing, documenting, and implementing functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well-integrated application systems in accordance with Customer requirements, organizational methodologies, and standards. Identifies and prevents production problems and implement immediate resolution efforts across technology areas. Mentoring Software Engineers, holistic vision of organization and impact, focusing on “shift left” activities.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction and feature roadmap of large-scale cloud systems
• Serve as a technical lead contributing to and directing the efforts of development teams, including internal and external team members
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Drives detailed definition of feature requirements through discussions with product managers and customers
• Supports continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies
• Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming
• Evaluates code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems
• Mentor Software Engineers to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities
• Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
• Delivers faster learning and execution by creating tight feedback loops, clear ceremonies, and a culture of accountability aligned to sprints for agentic development.

Help set sprint cadence, ceremonies, and metrics for a brand-new pod.

Agile and Scrum mastery - 3-5+ years leading delivery teams, with deep practical command of sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews, retrospectives, and impediment removal; strong Agile experience is required.

Marketing-platform delivery experience - Experience supporting Agile teams across Adobe Workfront, AEM, Fusion, CMS/DAM, campaign workflows, or comparable platforms, with an understanding of integration and delivery dependencies.

Pod health and continuous improvement - Accountable for keeping ceremonies purposeful and effective, using velocity, WIP, throughput, predictability, and retrospective actions to improve delivery over time.

Team ownership and facilitation - Creates an environment where team members own commitments, decisions, and outcomes while constructively resolving conflict across Product, engineering, QA, and dependent teams.

Delivery tooling and release coordination - Advanced Jira or Azure DevOps skills, including dashboards that make flow, dependencies, commitments, release readiness, and improvement actions visible to the team and stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies obtained through formal training and / or work experience
• Proactively shares knowledge and skills of software development and testing to solve a range of problems
• Advanced knowledge of at least one required programming language
• Excellent partnering, communication, negotiation skills, and execution in working with various Technology or partner Teams
• Ability to articulate (verbally / visually) ideas, approach, concepts, options, risk, impact, and provides guidance to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences
• Ability to lead multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work
• Ability to mentor others
• Ability to lead ideating, presentations, mentoring and group-thinking sessions
• Ability to influence without authority

Education

• Required: Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field and/or equivalent formal training

Experience

• Required: Advanced-level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in:
• Software development and methodologies
• 5-7 years of relevant work-related experience

Other Qualifications

• Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information
• Ability to work extended hours as needed

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Posting End Date

09/29/2026