Sr Developer, IT Applications

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division
• Responsible for leveraging cutting edge technology to solve business problems at American Airlines by participating in all phases of the development process from inception through transition, advocating the agile process and test-driven development, using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects, and making the codebase a better place to live and work
  
  

What You'll Do

• Collaborates with leaders, business analysts, project managers, IT architects, technical leads and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements
• Maintains and enhances existing enterprise services, applications, and platforms using domain driven design and test-driven development
• Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues; identifies and implements solutions
• Creates detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates
• Researches and implements new technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performance
• Supports the development of coding standards and adheres to best practices and security guidelines
• Works closely with software architects and technical leads to ensure decisions meet long-term enterprise growth needs
  
  

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

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

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• 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
• 5 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in production environments
• 5 years’ experience using Python, Scala, Pyspark and/or  SQL 
• 5 years’ experience with Cloud technologies (especially Microsoft Azure)
  
  

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in the following technologies:
• Advanced proficiency in  Python, Scala, Pyspark and/or  SQL  for data  processing and application  development
• Experience working with Azure services, including Azure Containers and Delta Tables
• Experience working with cloud-based data services, including AWS S3, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Data Factory
• Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks on the Azure platform
• Experience using Unity Catalog features in Databricks
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps, including GitHub Actions
• Hands-on experience with major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, with a preference for Azure
• Lead  end-to-end design and implementation of  scalable data  pipelines  and a medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold  layers) for  structured and unstructured  data
• Optimize  Spark jobs for performance  and cost-efficiency using advanced techniques such  as partitioning, caching,  cluster  configuration tuning,  and  troubleshooting  bottlenecks.
• Implement  data security strategies,  compliance standards,  and governance frameworks like Unity  Catalog,  including managing  access controls, encryption,  and data lineage.
  

What You'll Get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
  
  

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20 Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.