Senior Developer - Information Technology

United Airlines•Houston, TX

4d•$112,480 - $146,540

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Description Overview United Airlines Technical Operations is modernizing a portfolio of mission-critical systems that support aircraft maintenance, supply chain operations, and engineering workflows across our global fleet. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead who is passionate about building modern cloud-native applications while helping guide the transformation of legacy enterprise platforms into scalable, secure, and observable systems on AWS. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex problems across distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modernization initiatives, while also mentoring teams and driving engineering excellence. You will help shape the technical direction of applications that support real-world operational workflows used by technicians, planners, engineers, and maintenance teams across United’s Technical Operations organization. What You’ll Do Design and deliver cloud-native applications using modern architectures and scalable platform patterns Lead development and architectural improvements across systems supporting supply chain operations, engine and component repair shops, and inventory management platforms Drive modernization initiatives that transform legacy enterprise systems into scalable cloud-based solutions Establish and promote engineering standards around secure coding, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability Build and maintain containerized workloads, APIs, and integration services across enterprise platforms Collaborate with architects, product teams, and infrastructure partners to deliver reliable and scalable solutions Integrate systems using APIs, messaging platforms, and event-driven architectures Mentor engineers and contribute to technical design decisions across the development team Improve system reliability, performance, and monitoring through modern observability practices Partner with security and platform teams to proactively identify and resolve vulnerabilities Technologies You’ll Work With Backend .NET 6+ / C# RESTful APIs SQL/Postgres or similar relational databases Frontend React Next.js Modern web frameworks Cloud & Infrastructure AWS Containerized workloads ECS / Lambda (preferred) Engineering Platform GitHub & GitHub Copilot CI/CD pipelines DevOps workflows Dynatrace monitoring WIZ and Veracode security scanning

Requirements

Strong hands-on development experience using .NET / C#
Experience building modern web applications using React or Next.js
Experience building containerized applications and API-based services
Strong knowledge of SQL and related relational databases
Experience with GitHub workflows and source control best practices
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Understanding of secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation
Experience designing or contributing to scalable system architectures
Ability to mentor developers and participate in technical leadership discussions
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
4+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise applications
Strong experience working in modern development environments using cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and modern frameworks

Nice To Haves

Experience working with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, or serverless architectures
Exposure to Java-based enterprise systems or legacy modernization initiatives
Experience with API gateway platforms such as Kong
Experience implementing event-driven architectures
Experience using AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot or similar)
AWS certification or deep AWS platform experience
Experience working within Agile or SAFe development frameworks
Experience contributing to enterprise modernization or platform transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

Design and deliver cloud-native applications using modern architectures and scalable platform patterns
Lead development and architectural improvements across systems supporting supply chain operations, engine and component repair shops, and inventory management platforms
Drive modernization initiatives that transform legacy enterprise systems into scalable cloud-based solutions
Establish and promote engineering standards around secure coding, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability
Build and maintain containerized workloads, APIs, and integration services across enterprise platforms
Collaborate with architects, product teams, and infrastructure partners to deliver reliable and scalable solutions
Integrate systems using APIs, messaging platforms, and event-driven architectures
Mentor engineers and contribute to technical design decisions across the development team
Improve system reliability, performance, and monitoring through modern observability practices
Partner with security and platform teams to proactively identify and resolve vulnerabilities