Principal IT Software Engineer — Scale, Reliability & Impact

American Airlines Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Discounts on travel and related perks

Job summary

American Airlines Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and optimize large-scale production systems across multiple product domains.

You will write and review code, drive architectural decisions, and help teams deliver secure, scalable software with a bias toward reliability. You will collaborate with security, DevOps, and cross-functional teams to ensure robust solutions and timely delivery, mentoring juniors and advancing best practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• Airline Industry experience

Responsibilities

• Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
• Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
• Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
• Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
• Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
• Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
• Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
• Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
• Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
• Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
• Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
• Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
• Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Python

C#

Javascript/Typescript

Spring/SpringBoot

FastAPI

Angular/React

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Kafka

REST

GraphQL

Azure

AWS

Selenium

TestNG

Postman

JUnit

Job description

American Airlines Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and optimize large-scale production systems across multiple product domains.

You will write and review code, drive architectural decisions, and help teams deliver secure, scalable software with a bias toward reliability. You will collaborate with security, DevOps, and cross-functional teams to ensure robust solutions and timely delivery, mentoring juniors and advancing best practices across the organization.