Sr Software Engineer

Southwest Airlines • Dallas, TX

2d • $138,800 - $154,200 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, and supports secure, scalable solutions for Southwest’s people and finance operations, including Workday and the broader enterprise ecosystem. The role creates and maintains integrations supporting payroll, hiring, compliance, and financial operations, while ensuring data is reliable, accessible, and protected. The engineer leads technical problem-solving, mentors other engineers, and advances practices that improve software quality and operational stability. The work supports business continuity, data accuracy, reduced manual effort, and Southwest’s technology foundation for future growth.

This is a Dallas-based remote workplace position. The employee may need to be onsite or travel for training, meetings, conferences, and other required visits; otherwise, most work may be performed from an approved remote location within the Dallas–Fort Worth area. U.S. citizenship or current U.S. work authorization is required; the company does not offer current or future work authorization sponsorship.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a similar field, or equivalent advanced-level experience.
• Advanced-level experience and seasoned, specialized knowledge in software development and methodologies.
• Advanced knowledge of at least one required programming language.
• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies, obtained through formal training and/or work experience.
• Proactively share software development and testing knowledge and skills to solve a range of problems.
• Excellent partnering, communication, negotiation, and execution skills when working with Technology or partner teams.
• Ability to communicate ideas, approaches, concepts, options, risks, and impacts verbally or visually, and provide guidance to technical, non-technical, and leadership audiences.
• Ability to lead multiple administrative or project assignments while maintaining successful completion of all responsible work.
• Ability to mentor others and lead ideation, presentations, mentoring, and group-thinking sessions.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to perform work duties from a limited-space workstation, desk, or office area for extended periods.
• Ability to communicate and interact in English to meet job demands.
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy.
• Maintain a well-groomed appearance in accordance with company standards.
• Be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Comply with company attendance standards.
• Be able to travel to or attend company and non-company facilities and remote locations as necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with enterprise integration standards or governance.
• Experience with multi-system architecture, specifically Workday and middleware/cloud.
• Experience with CI/CD, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Mentorship experience and experience providing technical guidance to engineers.
• Experience in regulated or compliance-driven environments.
• Strong communication across technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical direction and feature roadmap of large-scale cloud systems.
• Serve as a technical lead, contributing to and directing development teams that may include internal and external team members.
• Evaluate analysis, problem definitions, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions to determine operational feasibility.
• Define feature requirements through discussions with product managers and customers.
• Investigate alternatives and new technologies to support continuous improvement.
• Determine and design system specifications, standards, and programming, and prepare and install solutions.
• Evaluate code for validity, structure, industry standards, and compatibility with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
• Mentor Software Engineers through advice, coaching, and training opportunities to support their skills and knowledge development.
• Keep job knowledge current by studying development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; and participating in professional organizations.
• Perform other job duties as directed by the employee’s leaders.

Benefits

• Free travel on any open seat on Southwest flights for the employee and eligible dependents.
• Retirement Savings Plan with a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) company match of up to 9.3% of eligible earnings, subject to the plan’s vesting schedule; match contributions may vary by position.
• Potential annual profit-sharing contribution to the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan, subject to the plan’s vesting schedule and company discretion.
• Competitive health insurance for the employee and eligible dependents, with coverage options starting from the first day of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior