IntroAre 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
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Principal Programmer/Technical Lead, IT Applications
Job Description:

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 youll love this job
  • ​This job is a member of Crew Readiness IT within the Information Technology Division.
  • Responsible for providing technical leadership and mentorship for assigned IT development personnel. Responsible for the technical design, implementation, and support of full-stack applications hosted in an enterprise-managed Kubernetes environment.
  • Key qualifications which will differentiate strong candidates for this role are working knowledge of latest industry best practices within data frameworks and management (e.g., SQL/NoSQL), cloud frameworks, web services design, rules engine design, and software optimization techniques.
What youll do

  • Collaborates closely with engineering managers, product management, developers, testers and other architectural teams to understand requirements and define implementation strategy
  • Develops and drives high-level technical initiatives and collaboratively secures commitment from external and internal teams for new initiatives
  • Leads inclusively to drive consensus on technical approach, sets timelines, and leads cross-functional application teams from design through delivery
  • Applies software engineering best industry practices to development of web applications and services and encourages compliance with these practices through hands-on leadership of engineers who write code
  • Provides technical guidance and direction to team developing custom web applications and services
  • Works with Application/Enterprise Architects to establish development and deployment standards, building relationships and discussing shared problems and frameworks to solve them, and ensures adherence to technology platform decisions
All youll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
  • 5+ years of .NET (preferred) or Java Development Environment (JDE) experience
  • 5+ years of REST Application Programming Interface (API) framework and web services development
  • 5+ years of front-end development experience with a modern JavaScript framework (Angular preferred)

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • 3 years technical leadership of IT personnel
  • Airline experience in the Crew IT domain

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

  • Demonstrated experience leading large scale projects with cross-functional stakeholder
  • Experience in /Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (e.g. ADO or GitHub Actions pipelines, TDD, automated regression testing)
  • Experience with hw/sw resource management, cloud framework implementation, micro-services
  • Experience in service optimization for performance
  • Ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces and develop functional specifications
  • Well-rounded technical background in current data management technologies
What youll 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.

Company Details
American Airlines
1 Skyview Dr.
Fort Worth, Texas 76155 USA
jobs.aa.com
84 Open Jobs Available
Embark on an adventure with a commitment to service, excellence and humanity. Our team is what powers our airline. We are proudly dedicated to our purpose of caring for people on life’s journey, including connecting our customers to the people and places...

Benefits:
American wants to support you on your life’s journey at work, at home and at play. Whether it’s free financial planning consultations, robust benefits options or help finding a caregiver for loved ones, our team members have access to countless resources — beginning on day one. We understand that in order for you to do your job well, you and your loved ones need to be taken care of — so that’s our priority, too.

Health Benefits
Medical, prescription, dental, vision, and more available on date of hire.

401(k) plan
Available upon hire and depending on the workgroup, eligible for employer contributions after one year.

Travel Perks
Travel privileges for you, your family and friends across the American global network.

Well-being programs
Resources, events and support for your physical, financial and emotional well-being.

Education Foundation
Higher education scholarship grants for eligible dependents.

Family support
Emergency assistance from the Family Fund for you and your family in times of need.

Deals & Discounts
Savings on hundreds of products and services including hotels, electronics, lawn care, cellular plans, and more.

Fly Higher Learning
Programs and online learning platforms to support you on your career journey

Supported Manufacturers:
Boeing, Airbus, McDonnell Douglas

Supported Models:
737, 777, 767, 757, 737, 787, A321, A319, MD-80
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Job Info
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Type
Permanent
Company Details
American Airlines
1 Skyview Dr.
Fort Worth, Texas 76155 USA
jobs.aa.com
84 Open Jobs Available
Embark on an adventure with a commitment to service, excellence and humanity. Our team is what powers our airline. We are proudly dedicated to our purpose of caring for people on life’s journey, including connecting our customers to the people and places...

Benefits:
American wants to support you on your life’s journey at work, at home and at play. Whether it’s free financial planning consultations, robust benefits options or help finding a caregiver for loved ones, our team members have access to countless resources — beginning on day one. We understand that in order for you to do your job well, you and your loved ones need to be taken care of — so that’s our priority, too.

Health Benefits
Medical, prescription, dental, vision, and more available on date of hire.

401(k) plan
Available upon hire and depending on the workgroup, eligible for employer contributions after one year.

Travel Perks
Travel privileges for you, your family and friends across the American global network.

Well-being programs
Resources, events and support for your physical, financial and emotional well-being.

Education Foundation
Higher education scholarship grants for eligible dependents.

Family support
Emergency assistance from the Family Fund for you and your family in times of need.

Deals & Discounts
Savings on hundreds of products and services including hotels, electronics, lawn care, cellular plans, and more.

Fly Higher Learning
Programs and online learning platforms to support you on your career journey

Supported Manufacturers:
Boeing, Airbus, McDonnell Douglas

Supported Models:
737, 777, 767, 757, 737, 787, A321, A319, MD-80

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