How youll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities) 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 worlds best airline!As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and optimization of complex software applications using Java. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and implement scalable cloud-based solutions on AWS. This role offers an excellent opportunity for seasoned professionals to leverage their extensive experience, drive innovation, and make significant contributions to high-impact projects in a fast-paced and cutting-edge environment.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-based applications using AWS services.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.Implement best practices for cloud architecture, security, and performance.Automate deployment, monitoring, and management of cloud applications.Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in Java, and contribute to both front-end and back-end development as a full-stack engineer.Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications.Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS technologies and industry trends.
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience and Servant Leadership – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9 New hires are eligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation. This is earned for use in the following vacation year (April 1 – March 31)In addition to vacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal time within a 12-month period10 paid holidays per calendar yearBirthing parents are eligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leaveNon-birthing parents are eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leaveComprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life insurance benefitsFamily care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stagesHolistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family membersCareer development programs to achieve your long-term career goals World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprintBusiness Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategiesRecognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable TogetherAccess to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications) 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on cloud technologies.Core Backend Experience (Java & Microservices) Java 17+/21, Spring Boot/Cloud, REST/GraphQL, microservices, RDBMS (PostgreSQL/Aurora), NoSQL (DynamoDB), JPA/Hibernate, JUnit/Mockito, API design, security (OAutstrong/OIDC, JWT, mTLS)Cloud & Frontend Experience (AWS + Angular) AWS (ROSA/EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC), IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins). Angular 14+, TypeScript, RxJS. Engineering Tools & Practices Git, Maven/Gradle, IntelliJ, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes, Postman/Insomnia, OpenAPI/Swagger, Grafana/Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Jira/Confluence, feature flags (LaunchDarkly), code quality & secure SDLC.Experienced in deploying and managing applications using Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA), leveraging its robust platform for scalable and efficient cloud solutions.Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.Strong communication and collaboration skills.Execute with a Sense of Urgency 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.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications) Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field is preferred.Experience working in an airline technology environment is preferred.AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Developer certification.Payments (PCI DSS, tokenization, 3DS, ISO 20022, RTP/ACH/SWIFT, settlement/reconciliation, chargebacks, fraud signals)GenAI (RAG, Bedrock/OpenAI, embeddings, governance/PII)Data (Spark/Glue/Athena), SRE (SLOs, error budgets), Python.