Senior Software Development Engineer

At Delta Air Lines, connection is at the heart of everything we do and guides our every action. We strive to welcome and care for all our customers during their travels with us and aim to deliver an elevated experience. Delta is investing in and growing our capabilities across our IT global technology hubs, to continually improve the end-to-end travel experience for our customers and enable our 90,000 Delta people who serve them.

Join us on our transformation journey in becoming a world‑class IT organization at the world's best airline!

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high performance applications using Java/J2EE and modern web technologies.
• Engineer and migrate applications to the AWS cloud, leveraging cloud native services and best practices.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and web applications using Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated quality, security, and automation checks.
• Apply Dev Sec Ops  principles, ensuring security is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate cross functionally with product, QA, platform, and security teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Contribute to automation‑first engineering, including automated testing, build, deployment, and monitoring.
• Ensure applications adhere to 12 factor principles, performance, reliability, and operational excellence standards.
• Promote quality engineering best practices, including shift left testing and continuous validation.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards for safety, security, and data protection.

• Minimum 7+ years of software development experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure or other major enterprise cloud providers.
• Proven experience with application migration to cloud and cloud native architectures.
• Hands‑on experience in Agile methodologies and iterative delivery models.
• Experience working with containerization and orchestration platforms:
  Docker, Kubernetes / Open Shift and AWS EKS or Red Hat Open Shift.
• Java/J2EE expertise, including object oriented design, design patterns, and enterprise frameworks.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot and REST API development.
• Familiarity with frontend/web technologies such as jQuery and Angular
  
  JS.
• Proficiency in relational databases, especially Oracle.
• Experience with API documentation and standards such as Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and shell scripting.
• Hands‑on experience with Git‑based version control and collaborative workflows.
• Experience using build and dependency management tools such as Maven and Gradle.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Working knowledge of Dev Sec Ops  practices, including Secure code management, Automated security scans, Vulnerability awareness and remediation and Fundamental understanding of application security principles and OWASP best practices.
• Automation‑minded with hands‑on experience writing automated backend and API tests.
• Experience with testing and automation tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Ready
  
  API or similar tools.
• Strong grounding in quality engineering fundamentals, including Test strategy and test pyramid concepts and Shift left and continuous testing.
• Exposure to or working knowledge of AI‑assisted development or testing tools, such as AI‑based test generation, Intelligent code analysis or Developer productivity tools powered by AI.
• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

• Ability to work effectively in a time‑sensitive, team‑oriented environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong results orientation, attention to detail, and commitment to delivery.
• Excellent technical and non‑technical communication skills.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability,…