Developer

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Description

United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job overview and responsibilities

The Developer plays an important role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. The Developer's role is to plan, design, develop, and launch efficient systems and solutions in support of core organizational functions. This individual will utilize effective communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues, opportunities, or problems to maximize the benefit of IT and Business investments. The Developer is also expected to leverage modern engineering practices, including responsible use of AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and similar platforms, as well as Infrastructure as Code practices, to improve productivity, code quality, environment consistency, documentation, testing, and delivery speed while maintaining secure coding, compliance, and human review standards. The Developer is experienced and self-sufficient in performing their responsibilities requiring little supervision, but general guidance and direction.

• Assist in design, develop and modify software applications/systems
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver solutions
• Provides support to the software development leads (Ex: Senior Developer)
• Works on one or more moderate to complex projects
• Applies security code best practices throughout development cycle
• Support Infrastructure as Code practices to define, provision, configure, and maintain application environments in a repeatable, secure, and version-controlled manner
• Use AI-assisted coding tools, including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and similar technologies, to accelerate development, improve code suggestions, generate test cases, support documentation, and reduce repetitive engineering tasks while validating all outputs for accuracy, security, and maintainability
• Review and refine AI-generated code to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, architecture patterns, secure coding practices, and business requirements
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud, infrastructure, and security teams to align application delivery with automated deployment pipelines, environment configuration, monitoring, and operational readiness standards
• Continuously improve development workflows by identifying opportunities to responsibly apply AI-assisted engineering capabilities across coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and knowledge sharing
• Contributes to software documentation and user manuals
• Complete comprehensive unit testing on all developed/enhanced software and supports deployment of software applications
• Participates in code reviews to ensure code adheres to standards
• Support and troubleshoot software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions
• Stays up to date on the latest industry trends and technology

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science, software engineering, or related field
• 2+ years of related experience or successful completion of United DT Early Career Digital Leadership Program (ECDLP)
• Proficient in a coding language and building back-end components
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar platforms to support software development, code review, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code concepts, version-controlled configuration, automated environment provisioning, and integration with CI/CD delivery practices
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of development domain areas, specific technologies, toolsets, and responsible use of AI-assisted coding capabilities within the software development lifecycle
• Problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Effective Communication (verbal + written)
• Demonstrates and eagerness to learn
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of SDLC processes, inputs/outputs, standards and best practices
• Demonstrate advance knowledge of development methodologies, software design and design patterns
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Cloud technologies (i.e., Azure, AWS)
• Exposure to APPD & Dynatrace
• Agile Methodologies
• .Net, C, C++, C#, Java
• HTML, Java Script (Angular 2.0, JS), CSS
• SQL, Oracle, relational database experience, and non-relational database experience including NoSQL platforms such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar technologies
• Code repositories and source control platforms such as GitHub
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or comparable AI-assisted software engineering tools
• Experience using Jira or similar agile planning tools to manage user stories, backlog refinement, sprint execution, defects, dependencies, and delivery tracking
• Ability to use Lucidchart, Lucidspark, or comparable visual collaboration tools to document architecture, process flows, system integrations, sequence diagrams, and solution designs
• Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, Chef, or Ansible
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, AI-assisted code generation, automated test creation, refactoring support, and responsible validation of AI-generated technical outputs
• Infrastructure knowledge, including cloud environments, deployment automation, environment configuration, networking basics, observability, and operational support considerations
• Experience with modern Windows Server environments and enterprise server platform administration
• Microsoft Office tools, PowerPoint, Excel
• Dev Ops Experience
• UI Analytics (Google Analytics)
• Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment
• Mobile Technologies
• Exposure to Couchbase NoSQL DB

The base pay range for this role is $89,965.00 to $117,212.00.
The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact [email protected]