[Hiring] Sr Software Engineer @Southwest Airlines

Role Description

The Sr. Software Engineer is focused on building enterprise-level aggregated data products that power real-time insights across the enterprise, and AI-driven decision-making. This role works at the intersection of data engineering, cloud technologies, and business strategy and analytics, enabling teams across the organization to make smarter, faster decisions.

• Drive the technical direction and feature roadmap of large-scale cloud systems.
• Serve as a technical lead contributing to and directing the efforts of development teams, including internal and external team members.
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Drive detailed definition of feature requirements through discussions with product managers and customers.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies.
• Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
• Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
• Mentor Software Engineers to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities.
• Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies obtained through formal training and/or work experience.
• Proactively shares knowledge and skills of software development and testing to solve a range of problems.
• Advanced knowledge of at least one required programming language.
• Excellent partnering, communication, negotiation skills, and execution in working with various Technology or partner Teams.
• Ability to articulate (verbally/visually) ideas, approach, concepts, options, risk, impact, and provide guidance to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences.
• Ability to lead multiple assignments, whether administrative or project-related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work.
• Ability to mentor others.
• Ability to lead ideating, presentations, mentoring, and group-thinking sessions.
• Ability to influence without authority.

Requirements

• Required: High School Diploma or GED.
• Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information systems, or similar fields of study or equivalent advanced level experience.
• Required: Advanced-level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in software development and methodologies.
• Preferred: Tech Stack - Python, Java, PySpark, GraphQL, Kafka, AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Glue, SNS, Dynamo DB), Ice Berg, Terraform, Rest API, GitLab.
• Preferred: AI Stack - Generative AI (LLMs, Diffusion Models), ML Framework, LLM Ops, ML Ops, RAG model, AWS SageMaker, AWS BedRock.

Benefits

• Competitive market salary from $138,800 - $154,200 per year depending on qualifications and experience.
• 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).
• Health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment.

Company Description

We are committed to providing 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.