Software Engineer

Role Description

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer

LOCATION: Dallas, TX (Telecommute role, may work remotely from any state in the U.S. where Southwest Airlines operates and where approved by Southwest)

• Design, write, test, document, implement, and maintain application systems that are technically sound, well-integrated, and aligned with customer requirements and organizational standards.
• Identify and prevent production issues, implementing immediate resolutions across technology areas.
• Collaborate with engineers to address and resolve production problems.
• Lead testing efforts to identify defects and oversee their resolution.
• Implement system enhancements that maintain integrity and foster a results-oriented environment.
• Develop, test, and operate end-to-end software solutions utilizing machine learning, optimization, and knowledge systems.
• Ensure systems are functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well-integrated.
• Define procedures, standards, and measurements to promote quality and accountability in work.
• Stay informed of industry trends and create business cases for necessary changes.
• Measure parameters for transitioning features into production-ready code.
• Partner and collaborate with team members and senior leaders at all organizational levels.
• Work with the team to identify optimal solutions, providing thought leadership and challenging conventional thinking.
• Embrace agile best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Escalate issues as needed, perform root cause analysis, conduct impact assessments, and develop and execute solutions.
• Assess strengths and weaknesses of solutions while evaluating the pros and cons of alternative options.
• Develop code to integrate data from other teams via APIs.
• Deploy code via Gitlab and use version control.
• Architect solutions to get data from other tech systems into Salesforce.
• Optimize performance for faster pull and push of data.
• Upgrade/Patch/Install related tools/applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or as a Software Developer, Software Programmer, Software Engineer, Information Technology Analyst, or in a related position/occupation.

Requirements

• 5 years performing software development including designing, writing program code, testing, documenting, and implementing the functionality.
• Developing, testing and operating end-to-end software solutions.
• Defining procedures, standards, measurements, accountability and promoting quality of work.
• Experience with Javascript, NodeJS, and Java.
• Knowledge of security and networking, Authorization, authentication.
• Experience with Version Control and CI/CD tools such as Gitlab/Github.
• 4 years with databases, data extraction, data flows, data mapping, and Dynamo DB or SQL server.
• 1 year with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Services including Lambda, S3, API gateway, SQS, Cloud watch, Secret Manager, IAM, VPC, and CloudFormation.
• Telecommute role, ability to work remotely from any state in the U.S. where Southwest Airlines operates and where approved by Southwest.

Company Description

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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