Software Engineer, Senior

Republic Airways; Town of Carmel (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Republic Airways is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide hands-on technical guidance and drive high-quality software initiatives across enterprise applications critical to the airline. You will partner with architects, product owners, and engineers to solve complex problems and support strategic technology efforts.

Responsibilities include leading design, code reviews, mentoring, collaborating with stakeholders, promoting best practices, and owning the long-term health of key systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building modern cloud-native applications.
• Experience with secure SDLC practices, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and resiliency.
• Proficiency with C#, .NET, or Python and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Excellent problem solving and communication; advocate for agile practices.
• Experience owning production systems and end-to-end decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deliver, and own enterprise software across platforms.
• Lead code reviews and ensure alignment with standards and architecture.
• Provide hands-on guidance, mentoring, and peer reviews to engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver features aligned with roadmaps.
• Promote software engineering standards, best practices, and workflows.
• Design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions for complex problems.
• Support DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and production reliability.
• Coordinate with architecture, IT security, QA, and vendor teams.
• Document designs, implementations, and operational processes clearly.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern tools and practices.
• Own the technical implementation and long-term health of critical systems.

Skills

Cloud-native applications

CI/CD pipelines

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Microservices

C#

NET

Python

Problem solving

Agile development

Production systems ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Microsoft SQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Job Category:

Information Technology

POSITION PURPOSE

The Senior Software Engineer provides hands‑on technical guidance and support to development teams, ensuring high‑quality solutions, best practices, and timely delivery of initiatives. This role partners closely with architects, product owners, and engineers to solve complex problems and support strategic technology efforts. In this role you will work on multiple applications critical to the airline with the opportunity to drive quality and impact the development team and the business.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Design, develop, test, deliver, and own enterprise software solutions across multiple platforms and environments.
• Participate and lead code reviews, ensuring alignment with standards and long‑term technical direction.
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance, mentoring, and peer reviews to software engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver features aligned with business and product roadmaps.
• Influence and promote software engineering standards, best practices, and development workflows.
• Design solutions that address complex business problems with a focus on scalability, resiliency, security, and maintainability.
• Support DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence for production systems.
• Work closely with architecture, infrastructure, IT security, QA, and vendor teams to resolve issues and improve system reliability.
• Document designs, implementations, and operational processes clearly and effectively.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern tools, technologies, and practices.
• Owns the technical implementation, and long‑term health of one or more critical systems

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building modern cloud‑native applications.
• Experience with secure SDLC practices, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps principles.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and application resiliency.
• Proficiency with modern programming languages and frameworks, like C#, .NET, or Python
• Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, like Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, or MongoDB
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills
• Strong advocate for agile development and engineering best practices.
• Experience owning production systems and driving technical implementation decisions end‑to‑end

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with C#, .NET Core, and Python
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, TypeScript).
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code and container platforms (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with AWS messaging and event‑driven services.
• Experience working with Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, and Amazon DynamoDB
• Experience with mobile development (iOS / Swift).

Equal Opportunity Employer, Disability and Veteran Accommodations

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.