Company Alaska Airlines The Team
Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.
Role Summary
The Manager Software engineering role is responsible for executing the digital services strategy for Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines. As a people leader, this role leads and establishes priorities for software engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure digital solutions that support business objectives, operational excellence, and customer experience. The role develops and leads technical talent, drives a culture of innovation and partners across product and technology disciplines to enable the successful delivery of digital products and services.
Key Duties
- Lead a team of software engineers and establish priorities for the design, development, delivery, and support of digital products and technology solutions.
- Make decisions related to software engineering practices, technical direction, architecture, development standards, and quality assurance within the engineering function.
- Execute the software engineering strategy by delivering high-quality technology solutions that support business objectives, operational excellence, reliability, and safety.
- Drive effective practices that ensure the delivery of robust, scalable, reliable, and highly available technology solutions.
- Partner with Product Management and other cross-functional stakeholders to provide technical input on product roadmaps, priorities, and technology solutions.
- Develop people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on delegation for stretch assignments, growing team capability and capacity, evaluating team performance, and supporting employee development.
Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills
Required
- 5 years of experience in Software Engineering.
- 2 years of leadership experience.
- Bachelor’s degree with a focus in computer science or related field, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
- Strong software and data structure design, development and architecture experience.
- Experience delivering modern software, apps, or systems at scale for large customer bases.
- Demonstrated ability to manage effective collaboration with design and product for success.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum age of 18.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Preferred
- Experience leading teams that built, deployed and supported enterprise-scale mobile applications.
- Hands-on software development experience architecting, designing, and developing iOS or Android mobile applications.
- Well-versed in current DevSecOps engineering practices.
- Experience in managing multiple scrum delivery teams.
- Experience in critical application support and site reliability engineering.
Job-Specific Leadership Expectations
Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.
Starting Rate
Salary Range $149,600-$224,400 / year Salary Details
Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.
Note: We don’t typically hire at the top of the range.
Total Rewards
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.
- Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
- Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
- Generous 401k match program
- Annual bonus plans
- Generous holiday and paid time off
For more information about Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.
Regulatory Information
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
It is the policy of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and to ensure equal opportunity in all terms, conditions, and benefits of employment or potential employment.
We also prohibit discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
We have established an EEO Compliance Program under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 503”) and the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”). All applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. In addition, we have established an audit and reporting system to allow for effective measurement of its equal employment opportunity activities.
To implement this policy, we will:
(1) Recruit, hire, train and promote qualified persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and any other legally protected categories; (2) Ensure that employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements; and (3) Ensure that all personnel actions and employment activities such as compensation, benefits, promotions, layoffs, return from layoff, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air sponsored programs, and tuition assistance will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Employees and applicants for employment will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination because they have engaged or may engage in (1) filing a complaint, (2) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by, or exercising any other right protected by, any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA, or (3) assisting or participating in any investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity, including Section 503 and the equal opportunity provisions of VEVRAA.
Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.
Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 11/16/2026 FLSA Status Exempt Employment Type Full-Time Regular/Temporary Regular Requisition Type Management Location Seattle - Hub
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