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United Airlines Senior Developer - Mobile Applications in Chicago, Illinois
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Technology/IT
The United IT team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions that are brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics and digital solutions.
Job overview and responsibilities
Mobile is the future. If you're interested in a career that involves using the latest Mobile and most modern technologies, please look no further. United is seeking talented and motivated Mobile developers to be a part of their teams in Houston, TX. This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining critical mobile applications that support our Flight Attendants. This team will member be passionate about new technology, while at the same time able to understand the needs of our customers and how emerging technology can improve the customer experience.
Partner with the business and IT to prepare and program various projects related to the latest Mobile technologies
Deliver across the entire app life cycle from concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
Possess a deep knowledge of iPhone & Android frameworks. Deliver state of the art iOS & Android mobile experiences across the different functions
Understand back-end system/services to access when building out fronts for testing
Ability to creatively architect and design programs to meet the goals and requirements of various projects
Quickly integrate and update projects
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing project tasks on schedule and by interacting with other developers
These solutions are mission critical and crucial to various front-end as well as server based applications
Provide technical insight on existing mobile platforms to improve performance, availability and utilization optimizations
Performs research and development to evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to optimize the platform
Evaluate, suggest and implement third party software as needed.
Make efficient use of source control and bug tracking systems
Reviews estimates for software development and delivery to ensure quality and accuracy
Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
Partner with the business and IT teams to test and iterate on developed software and programs
Prepare projects for hand-off and deployments as “proof concepts” move to production
Ability to quickly adapt to changes and learning from field testing
Participate in mentoring and skills transfer to junior members of the team
Participate in software code reviews to ensure the creation of high-quality, robust code by all team members
Provide tier 3 support to all the Mobile platforms as and when required
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience
5 or more years of experience in mobile application design, development, installation and modification of software
2+ years of experience with iPhone and/or Android development platforms
Experience developing native iOS Apps: Swift, iOS SDK, and XCODE
Experience integrating with RESTful API's and JSON
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Able to manage multiple priorities and deliverables, both short and long-term, in a busy and aggressive environment
Must be self-motivated, possess strong communication skills and be able to work in a team oriented environment
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
Preferred
- Basic knowledge of networking is a plus
Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT
Division: 47 Technology/IT
Function: Information Technology
Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled