WestJet

Senior Developer, Commercial Technology Service

WestJet$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of experience or equivalent.
  • 8+ years of Azure cloud experience, including relevant services.
  • 8+ years of Java development with a focus on microservices applications.
  • 8+ years of experience in Agile and DevOps environments.
  • 5+ years of leadership in technical delivery or complex development.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and support enterprise-scale solutions for Commercial Technology.
  • Influence the product roadmap for modernization and cloud-native solutions.
  • Create secure, pragmatic, and scalable solutions in complex environments.
  • Define development standards and best practices for the team.
  • Collaborate on translating business needs into technical designs.
  • Support mission-critical environments with development and operational expertise.
  • Guide and mentor team members in technical and professional development.

Benefits

  • A fun and friendly workplace culture.
  • Travel privileges for employees and their families from day one.
  • Flexible savings and benefits programs tailored to individual needs.
Full Job Description
This position requires in-person collaboration up to five days a week. This arrangement is subject to change based on business requirements.

Role Overview

The Senior Developer, Commercial Technology is responsible for designing, building, optimizing, and supporting scalable technology solutions across Commercial Tech Services. This role combines hands-on software development, solution design, production support, and technical leadership to deliver secure, resilient, and modern digital capabilities. The Senior Developer works closely with middleware, data analytics, DevOps, cybersecurity, architecture, infrastructure, product engineering, QA, and business teams to support complex commercial technology platforms and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, optimize, and support enterprise-grade solutions across Commercial Technology platforms.
  • Influence the commercial technology product roadmap, including modernization, open-source adoption, integration platform capabilities, and cloud-native solution patterns.
  • Apply expert technical knowledge to create pragmatic, secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across complex business and technology environments.
  • Define and promote development standards, technical guidelines, best practices, and operational readiness models.
  • Partner with architecture and solution teams to translate business needs into detailed technical designs.
  • Provide development and production support for complex, mission-critical environments.
  • Participate in requirements gathering, analysis, estimation, code reviews, sprint ceremonies, and retrospectives across multiple concurrent initiatives.
  • Respond to technical issues in a professional, timely, and solution-oriented manner.
  • Make recommendations on highly complex technical issues and provide clear direction on solution approach, implementation, and risk mitigation.
  • Collaborate across teams with technical leaders and Solution Architects to design and deliver enterprise-level solutions.
  • Identify emerging tools, technologies, and platform capabilities that can support strategic business and technology objectives.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to management on complex technical matters, compliance considerations, implementation readiness, and communication protocols.
  • Deliver high-quality, maintainable code while promoting technical documentation and knowledge sharing.
  • Guide, mentor, and coach developers and students, supporting capability development across the team.
  • Work closely with QA teams to define acceptance criteria and support testing, defect resolution, and release readiness.
  • Introduce modern industry concepts and innovative approaches to improve business outcomes and technical delivery.
  • Operate effectively in ambiguous situations and provide original, practical, and innovative technical guidance to others.


Required Experience and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Security, or a related discipline, with 8+ years of relevant experience preferred; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • 8+ years of Azure cloud experience, including AKS, API Management, Logic Apps, Function Apps, Service Bus, or similar services.
  • 8+ years of experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery environments.
  • 8+ years of Java development experience, including building and supporting microservices-based applications.
  • 5+ years of experience leading technical delivery, solution implementation, or complex development initiatives.
  • Expert knowledge of microservices development, integration patterns, and modern software engineering practices.
  • Strong experience with XSLT, Apache Camel, Kafka, containers, Docker, and serverless workloads.
  • Experience mentoring, coaching, and supporting developers, students, or junior technical team members.
  • Familiarity with network protocols, networking infrastructure, network threat landscapes, and related security controls.
  • Broad knowledge of IT disciplines, including SDLC, STLC, system administration, quality assurance, application management, and data management.
  • Advanced problem-solving, communication, influencing, project management, and time management skills.
  • Experience with IBM MQ and IBM DataPower.
  • Understanding of data lakes, operational data stores, analytical data stores, Snowflake, and Databricks.


The benefits of being a WestJetter:

WestJet provides all WestJetters with a competitive total rewards package. On top of that, we offer:

  • A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win
  • Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date
  • Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs


Think we're a great fit? Apply now!

About WestJet

WestJet is a Canadian airline founded in 1996. It began as a low-cost alternative to the country's competing major airlines. WestJet provides scheduled and charter air service to more than 100 destinations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. WestJet is currently the second-largest Canadian air carrier, behind Air Canada, operating an average of 777 flights and carrying over 66,130 passengers per day. WestJet is a public company with more than 14,000 employees, and is not part of any airline alliance. It operates three variants of the Boeing 737 Next Generation family, as well as Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
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