Job Description

About Delta Air Lines

About the Company

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.
In 2023, Delta was named the World\xe2\x80\x99s Most Admired Airline by , with the company ranking No. 1 across the board in the industry for values including innovation and people management. Delta also rated higher than any other airline on the overall list of Most Admired Companies, climbing to No. 12 this year.



YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS ROLE WILL INCLUDE

• The role is required to build industry standard APIs, Integration Design Patterns and provide insight into establishing, consuming & routing messages, connectivity protocols and policy.
• Drive, influence, and support API quality standards
• Establish a culture of software craftsmanship best practices, including Test Driving and Automation, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment
• Engage in Agile software development activities, including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and hackathons
• Well versed with software architectural patterns.
• Develop amazingly efficient and effective software using Java, Spring Boot, 12-factor compliant Microservices, RESTFul APIs, Apigee, JBOSS, Cassandra for Cloud/OpenShift platform
• Experienced in SDET (BDD, TDD, Automation, Agile, and DevOps).
• Ensure that the technical solutions meet the customers\' business goals and that customer satisfaction with the project and conclusion is high.
• Coordinate activities with internal/external technology owners/service providers.
• Consult within project team and other Delta teams, with outside vendors or consultants to ensure project or product integrity

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? / WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU NEED?

• The Lead Developer position requires a BS/MS degree in a technical or scientific field.
• 5 or more years of experience in Java application development
• 3 or more years of experience developing with RESTful web services
• 3 or more years of experience with SQL and working experience with NoSQL DBMSs
• 3 or more years of experience in roles that required strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
• 3 or more years of experience in roles that required strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• 2 or more years of experience with SDET (BDD, TDD, Automation, Agile, and DevOps). Have working knowledge of Cucumber.
• Knowledge of Java internals, JVM tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience working on Spring Boot Framework, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Apigee, JBOSS or other containers, No-SQL (e.g. Cassandra).
• Understanding of Object modeling and deciphering custom and vendor supplied schemas.
• Experience with large scale load balanced physical architectures to support consumer facing websites.
• Candidate must be solutions oriented using rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probing all sources for answers.
• Candidate must also have excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management.
• Additionally, candidate must be a self-learner with the ability to pick up new technologies and provide tangible results.
• Finally, candidate must be reliable, produce quality work, take pride and ownership in their work with high level of professionalism, passion and a sense of urgency to make things happen

WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT?

• Experience in the Airline domain
• Experience building flexible and robust APIs used in business-critical applications.
• Experience building, deploying, and troubleshooting with AWS and/or Redhat Openshift
• SDET (BDD, TDD, Automation, Agile, and DevOps) is a must.
• Microservice development, on a cloud platform, using 12-factor architectural patterns.
• Experience in No-SQL databases (e.g., Cassandra).

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