How youll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities) Deltas IT department is undergoing a transformation to change the way we do business from top to bottom. We strive to build innovative solutions that deliver impact to our customers. As we grow, we seek new team members eager to collaborate and advance our mission of becoming a best-in-class IT organization at the worlds premier airline!This position is responsible for building strong business understanding and relationships to enable the delivery of technology solutions that deliver the intended business value in the spirit of the Agile Scrum Methodology. The Product Engineers primary responsibilities are to prioritize features according to business value as wells as the user stories into an ordered backlog. They will also participate in Sprint ceremonies like Inception, Future State, Alignment, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, User Story Writing and Refinement. It is important that they also establish and maintain effective partnerships with the Business and IT product teams.Responsibilities: The ideal candidate works closely with the domain product and development teams to ensure that the team clearly understands the required functionality to meet market needs.Collaborates with product, project and development stakeholders and teams, gathering requirements, coordinating dependencies, and identifying risks and opportunitiesConducts research, performs studies to obtain data; and analyzes problems to advise on or recommend solutions, utilizing knowledge of theory, principlesRepresents the customer to the development teamOwns the scope of the project, works with Business sponsors, Sponsor users, identifies personas, defines the minimum viable product (MVP), and defines hypothesesManages and makes visible the product backlog, or the prioritized list of requirements for future product developmentDefines, writes, and ranks the user stories that direct the design and development workPrioritizes by iterating the order of items in the product backlogBeing available to the development team to answer any questions team members have regarding the customer’s needs and the customer’s views of how the team is implementing a product featureCollaborates with designers on the overall user experience, attends playbacks with sponsor users and stakeholders, and collaborates through user testing.Accepts user stories; that is, decides when a user story has delivered the outcome.Decides when to go to production and owns or collaborates on the "Go To Market" planWorks with the Squad Lead to execute the biweekly Iteration Planning MeetingLeads story grooming sessions or requirements clarifications sessionsTranslates product strategy into requirement documents, using cases and process flowsWorks with application support and development team to fix software bugs and escalated issuesAbility to write necessary stories to deliver functionality, such as user interaction stories, or system integration stories or API level storiesDocuments, analyzes and proposes process changes or re-engineering approaches based on an understanding of technical problems and solutions as they relate to current and future state business and technical environments
Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9 Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leaveComprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefitsFamily care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stagesHolistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family membersCareer development programs to achieve your long-term career goals World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprintBusiness Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategiesRecognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable TogetherAccess to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications) Must be able to prioritize work on multiple project teams, with the overall goal of satisfying all deployment needs and effectively supporting diverse clients.Owns the scope of the project, works with Business sponsors, Sponsor users, identifies personas, defines the minimum viable product (MVP), and defines hypotheses.Managing and making visible the product backlog, or the prioritized list of requirements for future product developmentDefines, writes, and ranks the user stories that direct the design and development work.Prioritizing and iterating the order of items in the product backlogBeing available to the development team to answer any questions team members have regarding the customer’s needs and the customer’s views of how the team is implementing a product featureCollaborates with designers on the overall user experience, attends playbacks with sponsor users and stakeholders, and collaborates through user testing.Accepts user stories; that is, decides when a user story has delivered the outcome.Decides when to go to production and owns or collaborates on the "Go To Market" planWorks with the Squad Lead to execute the biweekly Iteration Planning Meeting"Strong experience in discovery, identification, and documentation of APIsAbility to work with multiple IT and business teams to gather and document API requirements Experience developing requirements and test scenarios for automated test suites for APIs Demonstrated experience with Agile or other rapid application development methods3 - 5 years of project coordination and previous airline business experience is preferredMust possess the technical expertise to apply relevant technical processes to appropriate business needsMust be able to effectively and professionally communicate with management, staff and customers as well as demonstrate sound judgment/reasoning skillsAbility to work independently to achieve exceptional resultsCandidate must have the ability to deliver quality work on time and translate planning into action by following applicable established procedures or methodologiesMust also have the ability to proactively monitor and control task status by collecting and analyzing task data to anticipate and address barriersStrong communication, interpersonal skills, customer service skills, customer focusCoaches and mentors team members on business processes and in testingConsistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data. Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles. Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency. Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications) Airline Industry experience is a plus.