Tech Lead Software Engineer - Technology Payments Team

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Job Description:

Job Summary

All of Southwest’s People come together to deliver on our Purpose; Connecting People to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Tech Lead Software Engineer delivers on our Purpose by joining the Technology Payments Team, leading the implementation of a new Payment Gateway and associated integrations. This role will lead and motivate a Team of developers in the planning, delivery, and operation of highly reliable software. The Tech Lead Software Engineer is a critical thinker who looks forward to providing technical Leadership and driving the future of Southwest.  

Additional details: 

• This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for training, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in a remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is a limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming 

• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.   

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.  

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate development estimates in support of feasibility assessments and planned development activities

• Create, maintain, review and approve application designs in collaboration with Solution Architects and shared services Teams, ensuring alignment to the appropriate solution architectures and taking tradeoffs into account

• Develop, maintain, and review software with a focus on quality and maintainability

• Develop, maintain, review, and execute unit, functional, and integration tests with a focus on automation and test-driven development

• Provide technical oversight for performance testing, ensuring plan and outcomes align to expected non-functional requirements

• Plan and oversee application deployment activities and sequencing in non-production and production environments

• Investigate new technologies that could improve the applications and development activities

• Identify and resolve technical debt as appropriate, weighing the development effort against the value returned

• Mentor and coach Development Team on relevant architecture, design, development, and operations topics

• Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems

• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies

• Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language and at least general knowledge of one or more additional programming languages

• Knowledge of project management methodology and principles

• Ability to demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive mindset to get ahead of issues

• Skilled in communication with ability to articulate a clear direction and priorities on ideas, approaches, concepts, options, risks, impacts, and recommendations to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences with a