Principal Architect - Ancillary Pricing at United Airlines

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. United's Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

We're seeking a dynamic technologist, primed and ready to embrace a dual role that balances product strategy with hands-on technical work. This role is pivotal to the transformation of our pricing engine, driving the development of new integration capabilities and modernizing its core. As part of this role, you'll immerse yourself in the pricing function, partnering with our Revenue Management team to decipher the subtleties of our operations and transform them into technical functionalities within our platform. You'll evolve into a reliable ally and collaborator, paving the way for new functionalities both for the present and future. Your technical leadership will be instrumental as you mentor our team, evaluate technical work, spearhead technical talent acquisition, and set standards. Your input will be crucial in steering our department's path and raising the bar for excellence.

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

QualificationsWhat’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Retail, Pricing, Revenue Management, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field

• 7+ years experience in a lead software engineering role, systems integration, data systems, cloud technology and planning/completing strategic roadmaps

• Experience in designing and building applications using modern cloud infrastructure and support of highly available and resilient platforms.

• Experience in designing and building applications using AWS (or Azure or GCP) cloud architecture, services and support of highly available and resilient multi-region platforms

• Leadership experience and the ability to guide and inspire a team

• 2+ years working at an airline or an airline technology company

• Retail pricing expertise

• Expert in C# / .NET

• Experience owning incredibly high volume, business critical systems.

• Expertise with Accelya FLX-M or FMS

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation. 

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