American Airlines

Manager, IT Engineering

American Airlines$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • 6+ years in Data Engineering or Analytics
  • 3 years leading Agile teams
  • 3 years leading technology teams in the data space
  • 2 years experience with cloud-based data products

Responsibilities

  • Lead team in designing and implementing scalable data pipelines
  • Collaborate with various departments for comprehensive data solutions
  • Develop and implement data strategies with leadership
  • Provide technical guidance to the engineering team
  • Recruit and develop top-level talent
  • Investigate and resolve challenges faced by data teams
  • Apply data management best practices and recommend improvements

Benefits

  • Travel perks for family and friends on a global network
  • Access to health, dental, prescription, and vision benefits
  • Wellness programs to support personal health
  • 401(k) program with employer contributions after one year
  • Additional benefits including employee assistance and discounts
Full Job Description
7/17/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID: 86796

Job Description

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.
  • Lead a team focused on the design, implementation and scalability of data pipelines or platforms to ensure reliable, secure and efficient data delivery across the enterprise
  • Collaborate with leaders across Platform, Security, Engineering, Architecture and Governance to ensure data solutions are comprehensive and resilient
  • Develop and implement data strategies for the organization in conjunction with other Leaders
  • Provide technical, functional, and project supervision to the engineering team
  • Attract, recruit and develop top level talent
  • Lead to Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve challenges faced by data teams
  • Applies established data management best practices and recommends improvements
  • Manage and track Project/Program schedules, OKRs and budgets
  • Provide expertise, mentor and guide data platform technical Engineers in implementing new initiatives for the data ecosystem


All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
  • 6+ years of Data Engineering or Analytics experience
  • 3 years experience leading teams using Agile
  • 3 years of leading technology teams working in the Data space
  • 2 years of experience working with Cloud based data products

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Airline/Aviation experience
  • 5 years of leading technology teams working in the Data space

Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Technical proficiency: Strong Understanding of Data Engineering Principles and expertise with Azure or other Cloud platforms and products
  • Drive Results: Lead with precision and purpose to execute initiatives that drive tangible results
  • Leadership: Ability to mentor and lead a team of engineers to ensure timely deliverables of data solutions.
  • Communication and Collaboration: Clear written and concise communication to multiple levels of leadership. Collaborate effectively with Business and IT teams.
  • Data Strategy: Ability to develop and implement modern data strategies to drive business value while optimizing resource usage
  • Problem Solving: Approach problem-solving holistically and consider solutions through a combination of technology and processes
  • Experience in Agile methodologies and products like Aha, ADO, GitHub


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


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.

About American Airlines

US Airways provides international and domestic air transport in the United States. It is owned by the American Airlines Group. US Airways utilizes a fleet of 343 mainline jet aircrafts, along with 278 regional jet and turbo-prop aircrafts operated by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express. It was originally established as All American Aviation.It operates an airline network with 193 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.As of October 2013, US Airways employed 32,312 people worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights.US Airways is a member of Oneworld, and it currently operates along with American Airlines as a result of a merge between the two holding companies of these airliners.US Airways was established in 1973. It operates hubs at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia Inte...

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Learn more about American Airlines
Size
123,400 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$8.8 billion
Founded
1930
5 Year Trend
-5.7%
Revenue
$17.3 billion
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