Job Description
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
This job is a member of the User Experience (UX) team within the Information Technology division at American Airlines.
American is transforming the way we deliver software and solutions for our customers. As part of this transformation, the UX organization is championing Design Systems methodology to create and maintain reusable components that will lead to more efficient and consistent product design.
As an Engineer, you will design, build, and operate systems in American's development environment in collaboration with users, product partners, software vendors, and other Engineering teams to increase the speed, reliability, and value of our systems.
We build and maintain end-to-end solutions at scale for our customers and employees across the enterprise, meeting their expectations with the right tools, platforms, and experiences that deliver on caring for people on life's journey.
What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
Manage and evolve design system architecture by improving performance, reliability, scalability, testing automation, and issue/vulnerability mitigation to align with AA's modernization journey
Build design system artifacts that meet user needs and follow organizational IT standards, process, and infrastructure, as well as industry best practices and trends in reusability, accessibility, and design system methodology
Own the technical strategy and implementation of a highly scalable design system, and translate technical direction into easily understandable language for all levels of technical expertise
Maintain a balanced workload with fellow engineers and provide mentorship/instruction to junior engineers
Collaborate with Engineers, Designers and Product partners to understand requirements and drive timely execution in an Agile environment
Enable product teams in their modernization journey to maintain the highest levels of development practices and standards when writing clean, modular and self-sustaining code
Contribute to measuring success of the design system through quantitative metrics that prove the value of reusability and consistency
Produce clear, actionable guidelines that help designers and developers understand the design system
Regularly audit the design system to remove redundancy and improve load times
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, information systems or other related discipline, or equivalent experience
3 years of experience in web-based, front-end user interface development or similar
Full stack web development: HTML, CSS and Javascript, Web components, Lit (or similar)
Experience in Scrum/Agile development environments
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
5+ years of experience in delivering enterprise design systems at scale, including web¬ based, front-end user interface development or similar Experience working on enterprise design systems
Experience working with UX/UI (research, information architecture, visual design)
Modern frameworks like Angular or React
E-commerce and/or airline industry experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
Experience with design, prototyping, and component library tools such as Figma, Adobe XD or similar
Accessibility best practices: WCAG 2.0+ AA compliance, localization, inclusive design
Understanding of components and patterns of a design system and how each design choice is able to scale
Ability to express design principles and generate consensus over to achieve on the vision
Experience with iPhone/Android app design
What you'll get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
This job is a member of the User Experience (UX) team within the Information Technology division at American Airlines.
American is transforming the way we deliver software and solutions for our customers. As part of this transformation, the UX organization is championing Design Systems methodology to create and maintain reusable components that will lead to more efficient and consistent product design.
As an Engineer, you will design, build, and operate systems in American's development environment in collaboration with users, product partners, software vendors, and other Engineering teams to increase the speed, reliability, and value of our systems.
We build and maintain end-to-end solutions at scale for our customers and employees across the enterprise, meeting their expectations with the right tools, platforms, and experiences that deliver on caring for people on life's journey.
What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
Manage and evolve design system architecture by improving performance, reliability, scalability, testing automation, and issue/vulnerability mitigation to align with AA's modernization journey
Build design system artifacts that meet user needs and follow organizational IT standards, process, and infrastructure, as well as industry best practices and trends in reusability, accessibility, and design system methodology
Own the technical strategy and implementation of a highly scalable design system, and translate technical direction into easily understandable language for all levels of technical expertise
Maintain a balanced workload with fellow engineers and provide mentorship/instruction to junior engineers
Collaborate with Engineers, Designers and Product partners to understand requirements and drive timely execution in an Agile environment
Enable product teams in their modernization journey to maintain the highest levels of development practices and standards when writing clean, modular and self-sustaining code
Contribute to measuring success of the design system through quantitative metrics that prove the value of reusability and consistency
Produce clear, actionable guidelines that help designers and developers understand the design system
Regularly audit the design system to remove redundancy and improve load times
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, information systems or other related discipline, or equivalent experience
3 years of experience in web-based, front-end user interface development or similar
Full stack web development: HTML, CSS and Javascript, Web components, Lit (or similar)
Experience in Scrum/Agile development environments
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
5+ years of experience in delivering enterprise design systems at scale, including web¬ based, front-end user interface development or similar Experience working on enterprise design systems
Experience working with UX/UI (research, information architecture, visual design)
Modern frameworks like Angular or React
E-commerce and/or airline industry experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
Experience with design, prototyping, and component library tools such as Figma, Adobe XD or similar
Accessibility best practices: WCAG 2.0+ AA compliance, localization, inclusive design
Understanding of components and patterns of a design system and how each design choice is able to scale
Ability to express design principles and generate consensus over to achieve on the vision
Experience with iPhone/Android app design
What you'll get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Engineer/Sr Engineer, IT UX- post position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Houston offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
