Senior Software Engineer

Alaska Airlines • WA-SeaTac, WA

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About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer is a subject matter expert in full-stack software engineering with Alaska Airlines (AS) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA). As an individual contributor, this role exercises considerable judgment to make decisions that support our products top-to-bottom and ship software on a regular basis (anywhere from daily to every two weeks). This role also provides recommendations to address challenges while working in an agile environment with product owners.

Requirements

• 4 years of experience in software engineering, or related area.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Computer Science or a related field, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Experience in the following: Test Automation.
• Utilizing cloud computing.
• Acting as a software engineer building custom, high scale, n-tier applications using object-orientated languages.
• Developing web or mobile applications using modern technologies.
• Utilizing appropriate design patterns to create clean, maintainable, and performant code.
• Interacting with Git version control to maintain organization and logging of codebase changes.
• Performing TDD, unit testing, pair programming, and other XP techniques.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability introducing new ideas and technologies to communities of developers.
• High degree of professionalism and customer service orientation.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to collaborate with a variety of teams.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building high-scaled distributed systems running in cloud environments.
• Experience building and deploying to Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with DevOps practices and supporting tools.
• Experience in agile/lean development methodologies.
• Experience with .Net WebAPI and .Net Core.
• Experience with design patterns and/or SOLID principle.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a subject matter expert in full-stack engineering on a scrum delivery team, collaborating with product owners, designers, and other engineers to deliver business value on an iterative basis.
• Coaches and influences team-members on best practices and emerging technologies.
• Solves complex technology and business problems with new and creative methods.
• Architects, engineers, tests, deploys, and supports highly scalable and maintainable complex, end-to-end custom software applications.
• Ensures delivery of high-quality software by writing clean code and utilizing pair programming, test-driven development (TDD), and continuous integration.
• Actively engages in the technology industry, networks and understands how evolving technologies can benefit our organization.
• Influences cross-functionality and partners with other disciplines to develop strategy.
• Develops a solid understanding of the team’s guest experience, business, and systems.

Benefits

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees