How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)
This role involves contributing to the design, development, and enhancement of API authorization services on AWS, supporting a centralized authorization framework. As part of the engineering team, you will collaborate with senior developers to build secure, scalable, and reliable solutions, while applying best practices in API security and cloud-native development. You will participate in implementing authentication and authorization patterns, integrating services, and ensuring consistent security controls across applications.
The position also offers opportunities to grow in areas such as security architecture and DevSecOps practices while working in an agile environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, support operational needs, and continuously improve system reliability and performance. The ideal candidate has solid hands-on backend development experience, a foundational understanding of AWS and API security concepts, and a strong willingness to learn and evolve into more advanced engineering responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native authorization services in AWS, writing clean, efficient, secure, and well-documented code.
- Contribute to building scalable authentication and authorization solutions for APIs in collaboration with senior engineers and architects.
- Follow and apply established best practices for API security and application security across development tasks.
- Support the development and enhancement of centralized API Authorizer services and related components.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (application, infrastructure, identity, and operations) to deliver secure and reliable solutions.
- Assist in maintaining and improving system reliability, performance, and operational stability of authorization services.
- Help implement and adhere to security standards, access controls, and development guidelines.
- Create and update technical documentation, including configurations, workflows, and troubleshooting steps.
- Participate in integration efforts for authentication and authorization across applications and services.
- Contribute to solution implementations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes under guidance from senior team members.
- Actively participate in code reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Collaborate with teams in EST timezone for one week each month, ensuring smooth coordination and support across geographies.
What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- 2-4 years of experience in software development with exposure to DevOps/DevSecOps practices and build-to-manage environments.
- Good understanding of APIs and microservices architecture, including basic design patterns, deployment, and lifecycle management.
- Familiarity with frontend development using frameworks such as Angular or ReactJS.
- Basic knowledge of identity federation and authorization protocols, including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
- Hands-on experience or working knowledge of AWS cloud services and concepts, along with exposure to:
- Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, or similar)
- CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, or similar)
- Cloud provisioning tools such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or SAM
- Exposure to authorization concepts and tools such as Policy Decision Points (PDP), Open Policy Agent (OPA), or similar frameworks (nice to have).
- Programming experience in TypeScript (preferred), Java, or Python, with the ability to develop and debug backend services.
- Familiarity with automated testing practices and secure coding fundamentals.
- Understanding of DevOps principles and application lifecycle management.
- Proficiency in using source control systems like GitHub or GitLab.
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum-based development environments.
- Awareness of 12-factor application principles and cloud-native development practices.
- Basic understanding of IAM (Identity and Access Management) concepts for authentication and authorization.
- Good problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate options and contribute to technical decisions with guidance.
- Effective communication skills to collaborate with team members, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong commitment to security best practices and protecting sensitive data.
- Ability to work in diverse, collaborative environments and adapt to different working styles.
Behavioral Competencies
- Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability while fostering a collaborative, solution‑oriented team culture.
- Communicates with clarity, builds trust, and engages effectively with diverse stakeholders across teams and geographies.
- Continuously learns and adapts, embracing new ideas and innovative approaches to improve ways of working.
- Shows curiosity about business needs and customer priorities, aligning behaviors and decisions to deliver meaningful outcomes.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience across multiple IT domains, including application development, infrastructure, operations, technical support, or business continuity.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Amazon CloudWatch, Sumo Logic, Splunk, New Relic, or Dynatrace.
About The Company
What started as a humble, little aerial crop-dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters in 1924 has now grown into the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability, and customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta Air Lines is known for its operational excellence and award-winning customer service.
Powered by our employees worldwide, Delta has led the airline industry in operational excellence for a decade while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.
In 2026, Delta Air Lines continued to earn global recognition for its performance, culture and operational excellence. Delta was named to Glassdoor's 2026 Top 100 Best Places to Work list for the ninth time, standing as the only airline recognized. Delta also secured the 11th spot on Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list, marking its 13th consecutive year earning this distinction. Delta was also recognized by Cirium as the top on-time airline in North America for the fifth consecutive year, underscoring its unwavering commitment to reliability and customer experience.
About The Delta Technology Hub (DTH), Bangalore
The DTH is one of Delta Air Lines investments in world-class business capabilities and technology aimed at transforming how Delta Air Lines operates and provides world-class travel experiences to its customers through innovation and cutting-edge methodologies. By continuously reimagining processes and driving technology-led transformation, the Delta Technology Hub plays a pivotal role in Scripting The Future Of Aviation. The organization is certified by the Great Place to Work Institute (India). The Delta Technology Hub was a finalist for the iVolunteer Awards 2024/2025 in the Leader in Employee Volunteering category. This nomination highlights our remarkable volunteering initiatives and the outstanding practices we implement to encourage and support our employee volunteering program.
For more information, please visit www.deltatechhub.com
Why join
- Technology is a key enabler of the differentiated services that Delta provides. At the DTH, you get the opportunity to work on projects with a significant impact on business outcomes and customer experience.
- Deepen your knowledge by taking part in multifaceted learning and development programs –exposure to extensive internal and partner repositories, institutional affiliations, and industry SIG (Special Interest Groups) partnerships.
- Immerse yourself in an employee-centric culture.
- Develop deep and broad business acumen on airline operations while retaining focus on cutting-edge technology driven solutions.
- Avail a full range of benefits that support you and your family: Medical Insurance, Transportation to and from the DTH office, Complementary Cafeteria Meals, Special Travel opportunities and Travel Privileges, Car Lease Program, Paid time off, Parental Benefits and National Pension Scheme.
