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The role collaborates across technical and business teams, researches AI technologies, and participates in all phases of software development.\n\nResponsibilities\nCollaborate with leaders, business analysts, project managers, IT architects, technical leads and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements for AI solutions\nMaintain and enhance existing enterprise services, applications, and platforms using domain driven design and test-driven development\nTroubleshoot and debug complex issues; identify and implement solutions\nCreate detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates\nResearch and implement new AI technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performance\nWork closely with software architects and technical leads to ensure decisions meet long-term enterprise growth needs\nWork on pioneering projects that harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve complex problems and create significant business value\nResponsible for participating in all phases of the development process, following agile processes and test-driven development, and using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects\nPartner with a diverse team of experts, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build scalable and impactful AI solutions\n\nSkills\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training\n1+ years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments\n1+ years of professional, design, and open-source experience\nProficiency in Full Stack Development\nProficiency and demonstrated experience in the following technologies:\nJ2EE technologies: Java, JSP, JMS, JAXB, JDBC, EJB\nDatabase and persistence frameworks: Hibernate, Oracle, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning\nCloud-based development:  Azure Cloud, AWS Web Servers: Tomcat, tcServer, Websphere\nWeb Services: REST/SOAP (JSON/WSDL/XML)\nFrameworks: Spring Framework, Spring Boot\nFront-end: Angular JS, CSS, jQuery, AJAX\nBuild/deployment tools: Maven, Gradel, Git, Junit, Mockito\nOther Dev Ops Toolchain: Nexus Repository, SonarQube, Slack, GitHub, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Logback, Log4j,, ADO Pipelines, Docker\nOther: Linux/Unix shell Scripting, JavaScript, IBM MQ/Rabbit MQ, , SQL Developer, IDE\nProficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles\nProficiency in Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques for generative-based AI models\nProficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)\nExperience in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM\nExperience in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment\nMaster's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training\n3 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience\nPrior experience developing and implementing applications with optimization and/or machine learning models inside\nPrior experience developing and implementing generative-based AI solutions using Large-Language Models (LLMs) (e.g., Open AI GPT, Google Gemini, Llama)\nAirline Industry experience\n\nBenefits\nTravel perks for you, your family and your friends to reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across the global network.\nHealth, dental, prescription and vision benefits available on day one.\nVirtual doctor visits and flexible spending accounts.\nWellness programs with tools, resources and support.\n401(k) program available upon hire; depending on the workgroup, employer contributions are available after one year.\nMember Assistance Program.\nPet insurance.\nDiscounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.\n\nCompany Overview\nAmerican Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It was founded in 1930, and is headquartered in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://aa.com.\n\nCompany H1B Sponsorship\nAmerican Airlines has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 348 in 2026, 356 in 2025, 268 in 2024, 251 in 2023, 260 in 2022, 342 in 2021, 263 in 2020. 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