Principal Developer - IT
United Airlines24 days ago
Gurgaon, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and modernize scalable applications using C#, .NET, AWS, and cloud-native practices.
- Own hands-on development, integration, troubleshooting, and production support for Travel Services systems.
- Translate business requirements into technical designs and deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Perform troubleshooting, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation across projects and technology areas.
- Recommend system enhancements and identify opportunities to improve existing infrastructure and application components.
- Apply AI-enabled engineering practices, including AIDLC, agentic automation, intelligent code analysis, test acceleration, and operational triage.
- Collaborate with product, architecture, vendor, support, and distributed engineering teams.
- Provide technical guidance and support reliable delivery and continuity of critical systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or related fields.
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering, product, and operations teams.
- AWS certification or equivalent demonstrated AWS expertise.
- Experience with infrastructure as code, container platforms, serverless architectures, observability tools, and incident-management practices.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems or integrating vendor platforms into cloud-native ecosystems.
- Experience delivering and operating business-critical applications or platforms.
- Experience with enterprise platforms, SaaS solutions, vendor systems, or complex third-party integrations.
- Solid experience across the software delivery lifecycle, including Agile, release management, CI/CD, testing, observability, and reliability.
- Airline domain knowledge is advantageous.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Benefits
- Health and wellness benefits.
- Opportunities to build lasting connections with teams and customers.
- Travel benefits using United’s extensive route network.
- The position is offered on local terms and conditions through United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd.; expatriate assignments and employment-visa sponsorship are not provided.
About United Airlines
United Airlines is a major U.S. carrier that provides passenger air travel and air cargo services across a global network spanning six continents. The company sells tickets and ancillary services through united.com and its mobile apps, operates the MileagePlus loyalty program with co-brand credit card partnerships, and supports operations with large-scale digital systems. Headquartered in Chicago, it is part of publicly traded United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL) and a member of Star Alliance.