Senior Software Development Engineer
Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Atlanta, GA
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Jul 14, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior full-stack engineering role focused on designing, building, and scaling cloud-native applications on AWS, including integrating AI/ML capabilities and agentic features. The position involves contributing to both front-end and back-end development, automating deployments via CI/CD pipelines, and working with containerized environments. It suits experienced engineers comfortable with AWS services, AI-assisted development tools, and mentoring junior team members.
Senior level · 5+ years · Atlanta, GA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 60 people in the Atlanta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25–85
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,884 (middle half $106,941–$167,811).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Location is inferred as Atlanta, GA (Delta Air Lines headquarters); the posting does not explicitly state a work location or remote policy.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field is listed under preferred qualifications only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Generative AI / LLM-based solutions experience is called 'highly desirable' within the minimum qualifications section — it straddles the required/preferred boundary; treated as preferred given the explicit 'highly desirable' qualifier rather than firm gate language.
AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Kiro) and prompt engineering appear in the minimum qualifications section with firm language and are marked required; 'generative AI or LLM-based solutions' is separately called 'highly desirable' and is marked preferred.
Front-end framework experience is listed under preferred qualifications as 'a plus' and is omitted as it names no specific technology.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.
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