Manager Software Engineering

Company

Alaska Airlines

The Team

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

Role Summary

This role is responsible for executing on the strategy for digital services at Alaska Air Group (AAG) and its subsidiaries. As a people and technical leader, this role leads and establishes the priorities and people culture for software engineering teams to innovate, support engagement, retention and safety. Additionally, this role will focus on our technical and product health by modernizing our platform. This leader partners closely with scrum masters, product owners, product managers, product designers and user experience to define, refine and drive delivery, facilitate and own technical decisions.

Key Duties

• Lead a team of multi-disciplined software engineers and establish priorities for system technical capabilities.
• Makes decisions related to technical oversight with the team, including architecture, DevOps, coding, and quality assurance practices.
• Accountable for quality focused software delivery, including new build and implementation of software.
• Responsible for the team’s delivery of robust, scalable, reliable and highly available technical solutions.
• Works with product owners and managers to assist with product roadmaps.
• Manage and support evolving Agile software delivery teams, data driven approach and ability to measure delivery performance.
• Develop people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on delegation for stretch assignments, growing and developing the team for capacity and growth, looking at performance across the team, and time management.
• Shapes an inclusive culture of team to attract strong talent while thriving in innovation, rapid technology adoption, continuous improvement, collaborative teamwork and delivery of quality technology solutions.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

• 5 years of software engineering experience.
• 2 years of leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in computer science or related field, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Strong software and data structure design, development and architecture experience.
• Experience delivering modern software, apps, or systems at scale for large customer bases.
• Demonstrated ability in fostering a culture of belonging
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• Experience in large scale iOS application development and deployment.
• Well-versed in current DevSecOps engineering practices.
• Experience in managing multiple scrum delivery teams.
• Experience in critical application support and site reliability engineering.
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, and/or off-shore delivery teams.
• Experience in travel industry.

Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.

Starting Rate

Salary Range

$146,400 - $219,600 / year

Bonus

Salary Details

Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

 

Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.

Total Rewards

Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

 

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off 

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