Department:

Technology

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Job Description:

Job Summary

All of Southwest’s People come together to deliver on our Purpose; Connecting People to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Technology Lead Software Engineer delivers on our Purpose by joining the IDF Customer Experience and Ground Ops Analytics Team, supporting high-visibility projects that bring data to our cloud data warehouse platform. The data pipelines they create support Employees in Ground Operations and Customer Experience perform analytics and aid in decision-making as well as internal and external reporting. The Tech Lead Software Engineer is innovative, detail-oriented, and excited to develop solutions that drive the future of Southwest’s Technology. 

 

Additional details: 

This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for training, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in a remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is a limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming 

 

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.  

Responsibilities

Provide accurate development estimates in support of feasibility assessments and planned development activitiesCreate, maintain, review and approve application designs in collaboration with Solution Architects and shared services Teams, ensuring alignment to the appropriate solution architectures and taking tradeoffs into accountDevelop, maintain, and review software with a focus on quality and maintainabilityDevelop, maintain, review, and execute unit, functional, and integration tests with a focus on automation and test-driven developmentProvide technical oversight for performance testing, ensuring plan and outcomes align to expected non-functional requirementsPlan and oversee application deployment activities and sequencing in non-production and production environmentsInvestigate new technologies that could improve the applications and development activitiesIdentify and resolve technical debt as appropriate, weighing the development effort against the value returnedMentor and coach Development Team on relevant architecture, design, development, and operations topicsEvaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systemsMay perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologiesAdvanced knowledge of at least one programming language and at least general knowledge of one or more additional programming languagesKnowledge of project management methodology and principlesAbility to demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive mindset to get ahead of issuesSkilled in communication with ability to articulate a clear direction and priorities on ideas, approaches, concepts, options, risks, impacts, and recommendations to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences with ability to adapt the message accordinglyAbility to articulate the technical implementation and how it provides business valueAbility to lead ideation, presentation, and group-thinking sessionsAbility to influence effectively without authority up through Senior Leadership levels to achieve desired business outcomesAbility to lead multiple efforts concurrently, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in their own workAbility to work in a fast-paced, Team-based, Customer service-oriented environment

Education

Required: High School Diploma or GEDRequired: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent formal training

Experience

Required: Expert level experience, expansive and far reaching knowledge in software engineeringPreferred: AWS Cloud ETL tools such as Glue, Athena, HUDI, CloudWatch, PySpark, Python, RedshiftPreferred: On-prem ETL tools such as AbInition and TeradataPreferred: JavaPreferred: Ability to lead a team of seasoned Cloud ETL Developers

Licensing/Certification

N/A

Physical Abilities

Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of timeAbility to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the jobAbility to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Other Qualifications

Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines.Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986.Must be at least 18 years of age.Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines.

Pay & Benefits

Competitive market salary from $151,400 per year to $168,200 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits you’ll love:

Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)

Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**

Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***

Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)

Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.

Explore more Benefits you’ll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits
***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Job Posting End Date
11/18/2024