Senior Developer - Information Technology
United Airlines12 hours ago
Houston, TX, USASenior
Base Salary
$112k - $147k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, document, test, debug, and deliver backend solutions using C# and .NET Core.
- Define API contracts, policies, routing rules, and integrations using Kong API Gateway.
- Architect scalable and resilient AWS deployments across ECS, EKS, Lambda, and RDS.
- Design event-driven messaging patterns using Solace message brokers.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Harness.
- Create technical designs, API specifications, integration documentation, and implementation guidance.
- Provide technical direction, mentor junior developers, and support reliability, performance, security, scalability, and production readiness.
- Coordinate dependencies and delivery execution with cloud infrastructure, architecture, security, DevOps, product, and project management teams.
- Refine AI prompt pipelines and orchestrate AI agent workflows that generate spec-driven low-level microservice designs.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum delivery activities and communicate risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of software development experience, including design, development, documentation, testing, and debugging.
- Knowledge of C#, .NET Core, advanced object-oriented design, backend engineering, microservices, API-first development, and spec-driven delivery.
- Knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native application architecture, including ECS, EKS, Lambda, and RDS.
- Strong technical documentation, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to mentor junior developers and guide complex technical design and delivery decisions.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with Solace, Kong, CI/CD automation, Git, AI coding agents, LLM workflows, generative AI frameworks, prompt engineering, Python, airline messaging, and enterprise integration.
- Preferred experience includes SAFe, Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, cloud security, observability, logging, monitoring, and operational readiness.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, accident and disability benefits.
- Parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter benefits, paid holidays, and paid time off.
- 401(k) and flight privileges.
- Eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.
- United Airlines equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodations available.
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.