Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines

Tech Lead Software Engineer

Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
PythonJavaBashSpringFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewSQLPostgreSQLDynamoDBAWSDockerRESTOAuthAgileProblem SolvingMentoring

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Sponsors this role42
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 13 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

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Southwest Airlines Co. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Software Developers in Dallas, TEXAS on 2026-06-10. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 1 day (2026-09-07), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.

Green-card follow-through: 55%

Of 20 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 9 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 519 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

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About the role

  • Dallas, TX 75235, (Hybrid role, may work from home)

Responsibilities

  • DUTIES: Design, write program code, test, document, and implement functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well-integrated application systems in accordance with Customer requirements, organizational methodologies, and standards.
  • Respond to production problems and implement immediate resolution efforts across technology areas.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for architecture, APIs, and key systems.
  • Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or as a Sr.
  • Experience therein to include the following:
  • 5 years using PL/SQL, Core Java and J2EE technologies including Spring JDBC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Core, Spring IOC, Spring Beans, Spring ORM and Transaction
  • 5 years using Oracle, RESTful web services
  • 2 years using Java 8, Spring Boot, Spring Security, OAuth 2.0, JWT, RESTful web services, Python, Shell scripting, PostgreSQL, and Apache Tomcat
  • 2 years using AWS Cloud technologies including EKS, SQS, SNS, Lambda, and Route53
  • 2 years using Cloud-native database technologies including Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Aurora
  • 2 years deploying applications on Apache Tomcat and Docker for containerization of applications.

Skills

  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers to improve their skills and productivity.
  • Participate actively in sprint planning, estimation, and backlog grooming.
  • Communicate technical status, challenges, and risks to product owners, project managers, and other stakeholders.
  • Apply knowledge and skills of software development and testing effectively to solve a range of problems.

Company info

  • Talent & Org Strategy
  • Our Company Promise
  • We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth.
  • Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines.
  • Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.
  • Collaborate closely with customers and cross-functional departments to communicate project statuses and proposals.

This listing is sourced directly from Southwest Airlines's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.