Engineering Leader [T500-20337]

About Delta Tech Hub :

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. Delta has fast emerged as a customer-oriented, innovation-led, technology-driven business. The Delta Technology Hub will contribute directly to these objectives. It will sustain our long-term aspirations of delivering niche, IP-intensive, high-value, and innovative solutions. It supports various teams and functions across Delta and is an integral part of our transformation agenda, working seamlessly with a global team to create memorable experiences for customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS ROLE WILL INCLUDE :

Provide technical leadership and coaching to team members

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 Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment

Engage in Agile software development activities, including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and hackathons

Working with multi cloud software architectural patterns (AWS, Salesforce).

Develop efficient and effective software using Java, Spring Boot, 12-factor compliant Microservices, RESTFul APIs, Apigee, JBOSS, Cassandra for Cloud / OpenShift platform

Familiarity with the Salesforce cloud platforms, services, tools and technologies

UI design and development

Agile, Test Driven Development (including Test Automation).

Ensure adherence to and compliance with PCI rules and regulations

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 Engineering Leader position requires a BS / MS degree in a technical or scientific field with 12+ years of overall relevant experience.

10 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 or NoSQL DBMSs (Cassandra, Mongo DB)

2 or more years of experience with SDE (TDD, Automation, Agile, and DevOps).

2 or more years of experience working with a cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Salesforce)

3 or more years of demonstrated technical leadership skills

3 or more years of managing a team of technical professionals

5 or more years of experience in roles that require strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills

5 or more years of experience in roles that required strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Extensive 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).

Expertise with Angular - Preferred, HTLM, CSS, and JavaScript – required.

Experience with Salesforce development STRONGLY recommended. Including : Experience Cloud, CRMA, Lightening Web Component, Visualforce, Aura, and Apex

Understanding of Object modeling and deciphering custom and vendor supplied schemas.

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.

Cultivates a customer obsessed, positive, outcome-oriented culture of accountability and partnership

Knowledge of Salesforce Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud experience, using Visualforce, Apex, Aura, and LWC components – is desirable.

Experience in Team Leadership : Managed, mentored, coached and developed teams, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment

Experience in Resource Allocation, Capacity Planning & Resource utilization

Experience in Performance Management by providing regular performance feedback, recognizing achievements and addressing areas for improvement.

WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT?

Experience in the Airline domain

Experience building flexible and robust APIs used in business-critical applications.

Experience mentoring associate software developers.

Experience working with AWS and / or Redhat Openshift, or Salesforce (Apex, Visualforce, Aura, LWC Apex)

Microservice development, on a cloud platform, using 12-factor architectural patterns.

Experience in No-SQL databases (e.g., Cassandra).

Demonstrating that you have a passion, and a sense of urgency to make things happen, are reliable and always perform to levels of professionalism, can produce quality work, taking pride and ownership in your work.

ID : DELVC12