Engineering Technology and Innovation Leader

About Delta Tech Hub: Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. 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.

Provide technical leadership and coaching to team members
Build industry standard APIs, Integration Design Patterns and provide insight into establishing, consuming & routing messages, connectivity protocols and policy.
Drive, influence, and support API quality standards
Establish a culture of software craftsmanship best practices, including Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment
Engage in Agile software development activities, including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and hackathons
Working with multi cloud software architectural patterns (AWS, Salesforce).
Develop efficient and effective software using Java, Spring Boot, 12-factor compliant Microservices, RESTFul APIs, Apigee, JBOSS, Cassandra for Cloud / OpenShift platform
Familiarity with the Salesforce cloud platforms, services, tools and technologies
Agile, Test Driven Development (including Test Automation).
Ensure that the technical solutions meet the customers' business goals and that customer satisfaction with the project and conclusion is high.
Consult within project team and other Delta teams, with outside vendors or consultants to ensure project or product integrity

WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU NEED
~ The Engineering Leader position requires a BS / MS degree in a technical or scientific field with 12+ years of overall relevant experience.
~10 or more years of experience in Java application development
~3 or more years of experience developing with RESTful web services
~3 or more years of experience with SQL or NoSQL DBMSs (Cassandra, Mongo DB)
~2 or more years of experience with SDE (TDD, Automation, Agile, and DevOps).
~2 or more years of experience working with a cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Salesforce)
~5 or more years of experience in roles that require strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
~5 or more years of experience in roles that required strong analytical and problem-solving skills
~ Extensive knowledge of Java internals, JVM tuning, and troubleshooting.
~ Experience working on Spring Boot Framework, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Apigee, JBOSS or other containers, No-SQL (e.g. Expertise with Angular - Preferred, HTLM, CSS, and JavaScript – required.
~ Experience with Salesforce development STRONGLY recommended. Including: Experience Cloud, CRMA, Lightening Web Component, Visualforce, Aura, and Apex
~ Knowledge of Salesforce Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud experience, using Visualforce, Apex, Aura, and LWC components – is desirable.
~ Experience in Team Leadership: Managed, mentored, coached and developed teams, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment
~ Experience in Resource Allocation, Capacity Planning & Resource utilization
~ Experience in Performance Management by providing regular performance feedback, recognizing achievements and addressing areas for improvement.

Experience in the Airline domain
Experience building flexible and robust APIs used in business-critical applications.
Experience mentoring associate software developers.
Experience working with AWS and / or Redhat Openshift, or Salesforce (Apex, Visualforce, Aura, LWC Apex)
Microservice development, on a cloud platform, using 12-factor architectural patterns.
Experience in No-SQL databases (e.g., Demonstrating that you have a passion, and a sense of urgency to make things happen, are reliable and always perform to levels of professionalism, can produce quality work, taking pride and ownership in your work.

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