Backend Developer with AI & Infra Focus

United Airlines; Arlington Heights (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee assistance

Commuter benefits

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Flight privileges

Job summary

United Airlines is seeking a Developer for our Digital Technology team to design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions that power our operations and customer experiences. You will collaborate across functions, apply secure coding, and leverage AI-assisted tools and IaC to accelerate delivery while ensuring governance and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, problem solving, peer reviews, and maintaining robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science, software engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of related experience or successful completion of United DT Early Career Digital Leadership Program (ECDLP).
• Proficient in a coding language and building back-end components.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar platforms to support software development, code review, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in design, develop and modify software applications/systems.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver solutions.
• Provides support to the software development leads (Ex: Senior Developer).
• Works on one or more moderate to complex projects.
• Applies security code best practices throughout development cycle.
• Support Infrastructure as Code practices to define, provision, configure, and maintain application environments in a repeatable, secure, and version-controlled manner.
• Use AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development, improve code suggestions, generate test cases, support documentation, and reduce repetitive engineering tasks while validating outputs for accuracy, security, and maintainability.
• Review and refine AI-generated code to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, architecture patterns, secure coding practices, and business requirements.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams to align application delivery with automated deployment pipelines, environment configuration, monitoring, and operational readiness standards.
• Continuously improve development workflows by identifying opportunities to responsibly apply AI-assisted engineering capabilities across coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Contributes to software documentation and user manuals.
• Complete comprehensive unit testing on all developed/enhanced software and supports deployment of software applications.
• Participates in code reviews to ensure code adheres to standards.
• Support and troubleshoot software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions.
• Stays up to date on the latest industry trends and technology.

Skills

Coding experience

AI-assisted coding tools

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD familiarity

Problem solving

Communication

SDLC knowledge

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

ECDLP program completion

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Jira

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

United Airlines is seeking a Developer for our Digital Technology team to design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions that power our operations and customer experiences. You will collaborate across functions, apply secure coding, and leverage AI-assisted tools and IaC to accelerate delivery while ensuring governance and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, problem solving, peer reviews, and maintaining robust documentation.