Southwest Airline Jobs | Tech Lead Software Engineer 2021

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the technical quality of the software that the Development Team produces
• Builds and cultivates the Development Team, ensuring capacity and skillsets are aligned to meet ongoing delivery expectations
• Partners and regularly collaborates with all levels from Team members up to Senior Leadership
• Defines current, transitional, and future state application roadmaps in collaboration with Solution Architects
• Reviews functional and non-functional requirements and ensures success criteria is clearly outlined
• Provides accurate development estimates in support of feasibility assessments and planned development activities
• Creates, maintains, reviews and approves application designs in collaboration with Solution Architects and shared services Teams, ensuring alignment to the appropriate solution architectures and taking tradeoffs into account
• Creates, maintains, and reviews technical documentation, ensuring clarity, conciseness, and completeness
• Develops, maintains, and reviews software with a focus on quality and maintainability

• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies obtained through formal training and/or work experience
• Advanced knowledge of at least one required programming language and at least general knowledge of one or more additional programming languages
• Solid understanding of project management methodology and principles
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive mindset to get ahead of issues
• Able to effectively assess and quantify technical capabilities of the Team and potential candidates for the Team
• Excellent communicator with ability to articulate (verbally and visually) ideas, approaches, concepts, options, risks, impacts, and recommendations to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences with ability to adapt the message accordingly

EDUCATION:

• Required: High School Diploma or GED
• Required: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience – BS, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent formal training required

• Required: 5 Years – Work experience as a Software Engineer or equivalent role