Sr Manager, IT Engineering

American Airlines Inc
Fort Worth, TX, United States
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Systems Engineering Code Review IT Management Extreme Programming

Job description

Experteer Overview In this leadership role, you drive engineering excellence and deliver critical digital solutions for a major airline. You combine hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership to shape roadmaps and align technical work with business priorities. You mentor engineers, oversee architecture and reviews, and act as a bridge between IT and business stakeholders. Your work improves reliability, security, and performance at scale, contributing to safer, more profitable operations. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence technology strategy in a global network. Compensation / Benefits * Combine hands-on technical depth with leadership to understand and shape solutions * Serve as escalation point for production issues and off-hours support * Lead architecture, design, code reviews and key technical decisions * Partner with Business and IT leadership to set technical vision and roadmaps * Lead, develop and mentor engineers and engineering leaders * Support self-governing engineering teams and remove delivery blockers * Oversee budget management, forecasting, resource allocation, and long-term planning to align with business priorities Tasks * Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline * 7+ years delivering solutions using ITIL/Agile/XP or similar * 5+ years leading product teams Key requirements * Travel perks across global network * Health benefits from day one (medical, dental, vision) * Wellness programs and resources * 401(k) with employer contributions after eligibility * Employee Assistance Program * discounts on hotels, cars, cruises

Requirements

2026-08-07 engineering teams and remove delivery blockers * Oversee budget management, forecasting, resource allocation, and long-term planning to align with business priorities Tasks * Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline * 7+ years delivering solutions using ITIL/Agile/XP or similar * 5+ years leading product teams Key requirements * Travel perks across global network * Health benefits from day one (medical, dental, vision) * Wellness programs and resources * 401(k) with employer contributions after eligibility * Employee Assistance Program * discounts on hotels, cars, cruises

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