United Airlines Hiring for Senior Developer – Information Technology at Bengaluru, India Full Time

Description

United’s Digital Technology team designs, develops, and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Our Values : At United Airlines, we believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. Our Shared Purpose: “Connecting people. Uniting the world.” drives us to be the best airline for our employees, customers, and everyone we serve, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. 

With multiple employee-run “Business Resource Group” communities and world-class benefits like health insurance, parental leave, and space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work that will make you feel welcome and accepted. Come join our team and help us make a positive impact on the world.

Job overview and responsibilities

The purpose of the Senior Developer IT, Mobile Applications position is to develop the continued design and development of the Customer United App. This position will collaborate extensively with our business partners to design, develop, and integrate user interfaces and services that meets the business needs. This position will have a strong focus on iOS and Android native programming skills with the ability to influence innovation within the Mobile space.

Product Delivery

• Responsible for Mobile continuous improvement initiatives within the mobile channels

• Collaborate with developers and business users to design, develop, and integrate user interfaces and services that meet business needs

• Deliver across the entire app life cycle from concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support

• Possess a deep knowledge of iPhone/Android frameworks. Deliver innovative iOS/Android mobile experiences across the different functions

• Possess a deep knowledge of iPhone & Android frameworks. Deliver innovative iOS & Android mobile experiences across the different functions

• Understand back-end system/services to access when building out fronts for testing

• Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing project tasks on schedule and by interacting and mentoring junior and senior level developers

• Must be adaptable to changing designs and to adding performance enhancements

• Must be able to document code and implement code quality tools

• Evaluate, suggest, and implement third party software as needed

• Make efficient use of source control and bug tracking systems

• Review estimates for software development and delivery to ensure quality and accuracy

• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

Mobile Tools & Architecture

• Play a key role in formulating and following the procedures for test driven development

• Play a key role with the adoption of the latest Mobile operating system updates

• Ensure IT application development process disciplines (solution delivery, project management, work requests, QA, etc.) and standards are established, effectively managed and performed

• Learn latest tools and standards within the Mobile space and mentor junior developers

• Attend key mobile conferences and play a role in training the other members of the team

This position is offered on local terms and conditions.  Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded.

Qualifications

*Required *

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience

• 5+ years of IT and business/industry work experience

• Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related disciplines/processes

• XCODE, Objective-C, Swift, Cocoa, Java/Android, iOS SDK, Android SDK

• Experience integrating with RESTful API’s and JSON

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Able to manage multiple priorities and work, both short and long-term, in a busy and aggressive environment

• Must be self-motivated, possess strong communication skills and be able to work in a team-oriented environment

• Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship

• Must be fluent in English and Hindi (written and spoken)

• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Preferred

• Masters in computer science, Mathematics, Information Systems, or other related field preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT