Engineering Manager, Software Development at United Airlines

Location: India
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Aug 7, 2026

Description

United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd. is hiring an Engineering Manager, Software Development to lead and scale an engineering team in India supporting the Digital Technology organization. The role combines hands-on software engineering leadership with responsibility for architecture, delivery, vendor platform ownership (including Accelya FLX-M), and operational excellence across AWS-based, production-grade systems. The manager will coach engineers, drive accountability, oversee hiring and team growth, and partner with global stakeholders to deliver reliable, business-critical software solutions.

Required Skills

AWS
distributed systems
CI/CD
GenAI
incident management
vendor management
software development

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 15+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or related fields
5+ years managing software engineering teams, including teams of 10+ engineers
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in airline, travel, retailing, offer management, merchandising, distribution, pricing, or revenue-management systems
Experience with Accelya FLX-M, FLX ONE Merchandising, NDC, airline retailing, or similar airline technology platforms
Experience scaling engineering teams in India
AWS certification or equivalent demonstrated AWS expertise
Infrastructure as code, container platforms, serverless architectures, observability tools, and incident-management practices
Modernizing legacy systems or integrating vendor platforms into cloud-native ecosystems