Technical lead - it

United Airlines
Chicago, IL

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Description

The job is required to manage and implement the ecommerce payment system for united.com. The role of Senior Technical Lead in Application Development is that he or she is responsible for helping their team members with the technical aspects of their jobs, such as design and programming. They will be expected to explain new projects to their team and work on an overall delivery approach, with appropriate technical measures. The technical lead will be required to identify risks, form contingency plans, and address these with technical solutions as applicable. The Tech lead will also be expected to collaborate with other team members, functional teams to deliver best in class solutions.

  • The lead role should be very strong technically, and an expert in e-commerce payment systems, to support the payment solutions. The role will also work with payment services and other backend service teams.
  • the technical lead would be required to guide & mentor the direct staff to both technical excellence and for people management. It would be expected to have a strategy for employee training & growth, and to provide the required development opportunities.
  • To keep a check on the whole system, conduct the testing and integration testing for the entire system.


The lead role will have overall technical responsibility and will be required to drive very quality focused & sustainable deliverables. This will include collaboration with various teams, validating any technical challenges and being on the lookout for improvements & enhancements. The role will be required to support testing phases, and ensure that the non-functional requirements are accounted for.

  • Lead would be required to assist and guide the Project Lead/PM/BA in project strategy and execution:


1, Requirements Gathering

  • Mapping requirements to technical specifications
  • Technical designs
  • Programming, Code reviews
  • Cutover Strategy
  • Operational Support
  • Lead will be the interface between the team and the management. The lead should be able to own the communication between management and team, to effectivity communicate overall progress, risks, mitigations and to be the voice of the technical team. The lead will be required to make decisions to help solve the technical challenges. Technical lead will be expected to solve challenges with technology, but also be able to support the overall program.


Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or professional Degree
  • 4+ years of experience in full-stack development, with expertise in React, TypeScript, C#, and Node.js
  • 2+ years of full cycle implementation experience
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Should be able to collaborate with various teams
  • Proficient in web development using React, Redux, Redux sagas, ES6, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3
  • Experience of various payment gateways and methods (Credit cards, Apple Pay, Paypal, Alipay, Pix, Flexpay and UnionPay)
  • Experience with industry standards and regulations for compliance (e.g., PCI DSS)
  • Strong experience implementing AWS/cloud technologies
  • Hands-on development and proficient excellence in backend API development using C# .Net in cloud
  • Strong experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
  • Strong experience building web applications with Micro frontend architecture
  • Strong experience in design patterns and enterprise standards in application design
  • Expertise in accessibility standards and implementation
  • Experience with unit testing


Preferred

  • Master’s Degree
  • AWS or other Cloud Certifications
  • Experience in monitoring tools like Quantum Metrics and Dynatrace.


The base pay range for this role is $109,820.00 to $149,600.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [email protected] to request accommodation.
Posted 2025-11-18

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