Lead SDE

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. PRIMARY FUNCTIONS (RESPONSIBILITIES): Responsible for enabling Delta API strategy in the Digital Channels space. Responsible for developing scalable payment api/gateway infrastructure Support build out of robust backend systems supporting n-tier integrations Develop amazingly efficient and effective software using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, RESTFul APIs, Apigee, JBOSS, Oracle for Amazon Cloud/OpenShift platform Ensure adherence to and compliance with PCI rules and regulations Developer will also be responsible for leading developers and mentoring Junior Developers on the team. Should support deployments Ensure that the Delta methodology, standards and procedures with strong CICD footprint are adopted and implemented. Ensure that the technical solutions meet the customers' business goals and that customer satisfaction with the project and conclusion is high. Consult and collaborate within project team and other Delta teams, to ensure project or product integrity WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS): Technical Competencies: Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science or related field 7+ years of software and development experience with a minimum and 7+ years of hands-on experience working with Services and Integration Technologies supporting payments platforms. Hands on experience in Java development in a high-volume transactional environment. Experience in Continuous Integration, TDD. Knowledgeable in Java internals, JVM tuning and troubleshooting. Experience working on Spring Boot Framework, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Apigee, JBOSS or other containers, Oracle/SQL. Understanding of Object modeling and deciphering custom and vendor supplied schemas. Experience with large scale load balanced physical architectures to support consumer facing websites. Knowledge of secure coding and PCI standards. Experience with source control, build tools. Experience with JIRA, Confluence, GIT (GitHub, Bitbucket or other.), Experience with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. 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. Finally, Candidate has to be Reliable, produce quality work, take pride and ownership in their work with high level of professionalism, passion and a sense of urgency to make things happen Behavioral Competencies: Lead initiatives with high accountability, create a collaborative environment with a solution-based approach. Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor for the team offering technical advice. Ability to communicate with precision, engaging team and stakeholders to build trust and reliable working relationships across cross-functional teams and geographies enabling organizational alignment. Ability to set priorities with the team by understanding interdependence, inspiring team members with consistent focus, quality output, and timelines. Constantly keep oneself updated on current technology & trends to drive innovative decisions through piloting forward-thinking approaches to complex problems in one’s own area of work. Inquisitive to understand customer priorities and business challenges while creating value for technical solutions. WHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS): DevOps experience/knowledge payments and api development Functional knowledge of the payment gateway IT processes AWS is a big plus An eye for detail