Associate Developer​/Developer, IT

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!

• This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.
• Responsible for developing and supporting web based, mobile‑aware, cloud native Java applications. As a member of an agile team, the successful candidate will work in a collaborative environment with internal customers, management, business analysts, project managers, IT architects and other developers to understand requirements and development needs while gaining valuable experience and skills.

• With guidance of senior developers, creates new and maintains current applications, including, but not limited to, bug fixes, feature enhancements, and performance tuning in the Finance and Accounting Technology IT portfolio.
• Researches and implements new technology to enhance current processes, security, and performance.
• Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues; identifies and implements solutions.
• Works with a team to create detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates, and ensures tasks/projects are completed on time and within scope.
• Responsible for production deployments and ensures deployments roll out smoothly and customer groups receive appropriate support.
• Documents validation of design decisions.
• Supports the enforcement of policy and procedural changes within the development group.
• Supports the development of coding standards and adheres to best practices and security guidelines set forth by the development team.
• Participates in code reviews.
• Provides on‑call production support (24 x 7 x 365), as required.

Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training.
• 2 years total development experience.
• 1 year Java application or services experience.

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• 2+ years of total development experience.
• 2+ years of Java application experience.
• Airline Industry experience.

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of object‑oriented programming, common data structures and algorithms, design patterns and best practices.
• Experience with Git Hub.
• Proficiency in Full Stack Development.
• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in the following technologies:
  • J2EE technologies:
    Java, JSP, JMS, JAXB, JDBC, EJB.
• Database and persistence frameworks:
  Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Cloud‑based development:
  Cloud Foundry; work on cloud technologies like Azure Kubernetes Services and Docker.
• Web Services: REST/SOAP (JSON/WSDL/XML).
• Frameworks:
  Spring Framework, Spring Boot.
• Build/deployment tools:
  Git, Maven, JUnit, Mockito.
• Ability to scrutinize applications and services to ensure they adhere to security standards.
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem solving abilities.
• Personal commitment to Agile principles and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Knowledge of TDD and automated testing.
• Knowledge of PCI Compliance / OWASP standards.
• Knowledge of diagnostics tools (SOAPUI, Fiddler, IE Inspector, HTTP Analyzer, Dynatrace, Big Panda).

• Travel Perks:
  Access to 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits:
  
  On day one, access to health, dental, prescription and vision benefits, virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs:
  Tools, resources and support to help you stay your best self.
• 401(k) Program:
  Available upon hire with employer contributions after one year.
• Additional Benefits:
  Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business.

American Airlines, Inc fully considers all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history. All applications will only be submitted through this site, and we will never require payment at any time during the application process.