Senior IT Software Engineer - Platform & Systems Leader

American Airlines; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k) Program

Additional Benefits

Job summary

American Airlines in Phoenix, AZ seeks a senior software engineer to design, develop, and deliver large-scale applications. You will write code, test, and document technical work while coaching junior engineers and solving complex problems to improve reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with product teams, security, and DevOps to ensure scalable systems, maintainable architectures, and fast iteration across services, APIs, and data stores in a cloud-focused environment.

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 (preferred)

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

Skills

Java

Python

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Spring/SpringBoot

FastAPI

Angular/React

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub

Azure DevOps

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

REST/GraphQL

Azure

AWS

Selenium

Playwright

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical discipline

Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering (preferred)

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

MS SQL

REST

GraphQL

Azure

AWS

Job description

American Airlines in Phoenix, AZ seeks a senior software engineer to design, develop, and deliver large-scale applications. You will write code, test, and document technical work while coaching junior engineers and solving complex problems to improve reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with product teams, security, and DevOps to ensure scalable systems, maintainable architectures, and fast iteration across services, APIs, and data stores in a cloud-focused environment.