Senior Developer - Information Technology (Android Developer)

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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.

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Job Overview And Responsibilities

The Android Mobile Developer plays a Critical role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. The Mobile Developer's role is to lead the efforts to plan, design, develop and launch efficient systems and solutions in support of core organizational functions. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate and resolve issues, opportunities or problems in order to maximize the benefit of IT and Business investments. The Mobile Developer has extensive knowledge/experience across multiple technologies and business areas.

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders to understand their requirements and design solutions that align with their needs.
• Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems
• Hands-on development, support and troubleshoot software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions
• Ensures that systems are properly integrated
• Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system enhancements
• Consults across multiple United Information Technology projects and technology areas to perform troubleshooting, problem management, root-cause analysis, and solution implementation
• Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments
• Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers’ business goals
• Provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning
• Ensures consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the application lifecycle
• Identifies opportunities to leverage/influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations etc. in order to advise others of strategic technology direction
• Provides feedback to the enterprise technology owners and Architects regarding future solution needs
• Understands and applies the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical needs to deliver
• Partner with various business and IT stakeholders in defining domain architecture strategy
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of application architecture and architecture constructs as it connects to the enterprise architecture
• Demonstrate mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and tool set
• Demonstrate mastery of software engineer
  
  

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. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, related field or related experience
• 10+ years of professional development experience and knowledge in Android (Kotlin preferred)
• Retrofit and coroutines experience
• Experience with Room Database
• 7+ years of experience in design patterns and enterprise standards in application design
• Effective Communication (verbal + written)
• Effectively and efficiently work with team leadership and direct team
• Understands Technology systems & applications
• Exceptional at coding and on time delivery of quality components and or applications
• Exceptional at component and unit testing of following standard practices and methodologies
• Exceptional utilizing the technologies and domain knowledge with the delivery of developed components or integrated components
• Exceptional at working problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires review of a variety of factors
• Excel with on time delivery with minimal supervision
• Effective verbal and written communicator
• Effective participant of requirements gathering, requirements analysis
• Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
  
  

Preferred

• Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems
• Airlines industry experience
• Experience with PCI DSS
• Experience with Functional Programming
  
  

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