American Airlines
Principal Programmer/Technical Lead, IT Applications
American Airlines, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215
Principal Programmer/Technical Lead, IT Applications
Posting Start Date: 1/8/26
Location : DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08) – Dallas, TX
Requisition ID : 82359
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!
Why you'll love this job
This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.
Responsible for providing technical leadership for assigned IT development personnel and be responsible for the technical design and implementation of mid-range software development of the assigned web services and/or applications.
Key aspects which will differentiate this role are: possessing working knowledge of latest industry best practices and trends within data frameworks and management (e.g. SQL/non-SQL, In-memory Cache, SSD); cloud frameworks, content delivery network design, web services design, rules engine design, and software optimization techniques.
What you'll do
Works with product management, business analysts, developers, testers and architectural teams to define strategy and requirements
Develops and drives high-level strategic initiatives and secures commitment from external and internal teams for new initiatives
Drives consensus on technical approach, sets timelines, and leads cross-functional application teams from design through delivery
Applies software engineering best industry practices to web applications and services
Provides technical guidance, direction, and decisions to team developing custom and off-the-shelf web applications and services
Works with Application/Enterprise Architects to establish development and deployment standards, and ensures adherence to technology platform decisions
All you'll need for success 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
8 years of Java Development Environment (JDE) experience
2 years Application Programming Interface (ADI) framework / REST development
2 years in web services (mid-range) development
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
3 years technical leadership of IT personnel
Airline experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
Expertise in API design (GraphQL and REST) and service optimization for performance
Hands-on experience with in-memory computing, caching techniques, and event streaming using Apache Kafka
Knowledge of stream processing frameworks such as Apache Flink
Proven experience deploying and operating applications on Azure and/or AWS, leveraging cloud-native patterns and Infrastructure as Code
Strong understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration and scalable deployments
Solid background in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and advanced deployment strategies (blue-green, canary)
Ability to implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and environment-level observability for production systems
Demonstrated expertise in security practices, including vulnerability remediation, secure coding, dependency scanning, and secrets management
Track record of leading large-scale projects, breaking down complex initiatives, and delivering successfully with a strong foundation in modern data management technologies
What you'll get
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
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. ©2025, American Airlines, Inc. We are excited you're interested in beginning your career journey with us. All applications will only be submitted through this site, and we will never require payment at any time during the application process.
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Posting Start Date: 1/8/26
Location : DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08) – Dallas, TX
Requisition ID : 82359
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!
Why you'll love this job
This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.
Responsible for providing technical leadership for assigned IT development personnel and be responsible for the technical design and implementation of mid-range software development of the assigned web services and/or applications.
Key aspects which will differentiate this role are: possessing working knowledge of latest industry best practices and trends within data frameworks and management (e.g. SQL/non-SQL, In-memory Cache, SSD); cloud frameworks, content delivery network design, web services design, rules engine design, and software optimization techniques.
What you'll do
Works with product management, business analysts, developers, testers and architectural teams to define strategy and requirements
Develops and drives high-level strategic initiatives and secures commitment from external and internal teams for new initiatives
Drives consensus on technical approach, sets timelines, and leads cross-functional application teams from design through delivery
Applies software engineering best industry practices to web applications and services
Provides technical guidance, direction, and decisions to team developing custom and off-the-shelf web applications and services
Works with Application/Enterprise Architects to establish development and deployment standards, and ensures adherence to technology platform decisions
All you'll need for success 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
8 years of Java Development Environment (JDE) experience
2 years Application Programming Interface (ADI) framework / REST development
2 years in web services (mid-range) development
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
3 years technical leadership of IT personnel
Airline experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
Expertise in API design (GraphQL and REST) and service optimization for performance
Hands-on experience with in-memory computing, caching techniques, and event streaming using Apache Kafka
Knowledge of stream processing frameworks such as Apache Flink
Proven experience deploying and operating applications on Azure and/or AWS, leveraging cloud-native patterns and Infrastructure as Code
Strong understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration and scalable deployments
Solid background in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and advanced deployment strategies (blue-green, canary)
Ability to implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and environment-level observability for production systems
Demonstrated expertise in security practices, including vulnerability remediation, secure coding, dependency scanning, and secrets management
Track record of leading large-scale projects, breaking down complex initiatives, and delivering successfully with a strong foundation in modern data management technologies
What you'll get
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
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. ©2025, American Airlines, Inc. We are excited you're interested in beginning your career journey with us. All applications will only be submitted through this site, and we will never require payment at any time during the application process.
#J-18808-Ljbffr