Principal Developer - IT
Houston, TX · On-site
... influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components. • Keeps abreast ... full stack Java development • Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with foundational AWS ...
Principal Developer - IT
Houston, TX · On-site
... influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components. • Keeps abreast ... full stack Java development • Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with foundational AWS ...
Lead, Automation Engineer
Houston, TX · On-site
$124K - $146K/yr
... influence cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver secure, resilient, and standards aligned ... Expertise in Technology Stack across M365 and non M365 applications on the Windows ecosystem:
Lead, Automation Engineer
Houston, TX · On-site
$124K - $146K/yr
... influence cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver secure, resilient, and standards aligned ... Expertise in Technology Stack across M365 and non M365 applications on the Windows ecosystem:
This is more than a role-it's an opportunity to influence strategy, grow a high-impact service line ... stack testing, or ambient air measurement * Familiarity with multi-media auditing and other ...
This is more than a role-it's an opportunity to influence strategy, grow a high-impact service line ... stack testing, or ambient air measurement * Familiarity with multi-media auditing and other ...
Credit Officer, Vice President - Community Development Real Estate
Houston, TX · On-site
$123K - $230K/yr
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi-layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Credit Officer, Vice President - Community Development Real Estate
Houston, TX · On-site
$123K - $230K/yr
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi-layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Senior Network Engineer
Texas City, TX · On-site
$89K - $121K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
The successful candidate will influence LAN strategy and standards, strengthen resiliency, improve ... switch stacks, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, port security, and access-layer ...
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Senior Network Engineer
Texas City, TX · On-site
$89K - $121K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
The successful candidate will influence LAN strategy and standards, strengthen resiliency, improve ... switch stacks, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, port security, and access-layer ...
New
Credit Officer, Vice President - Community Development Real Estate
Houston, TX · On-site
$90 - $110/hr
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi‑layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Credit Officer, Vice President - Community Development Real Estate
Houston, TX · On-site
$90 - $110/hr
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi‑layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Credit Officer, Vice President - Community Development Real Estate
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multilayered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Credit Officer, Vice President - Community Development Real Estate
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multilayered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Senior Network Engineer
Texas City, TX · On-site
$89K - $121K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
The successful candidate will influence LAN strategy and standards, strengthen resiliency, improve ... switch stacks, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, port security, and access-layer ...
Senior Network Engineer
Texas City, TX · On-site
$89K - $121K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
The successful candidate will influence LAN strategy and standards, strengthen resiliency, improve ... switch stacks, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, port security, and access-layer ...
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multilayered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multilayered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Principal Data Architect
Spring, TX · On-site
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
PTO
Define roadmap for modern data stack adoption (cloud-native, lakehouse, streaming, GenAI-ready ... Influence executive leadership, architecture boards, and cross-functional stakeholders on data ...
Principal Data Architect
Spring, TX · On-site
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
PTO
Define roadmap for modern data stack adoption (cloud-native, lakehouse, streaming, GenAI-ready ... Influence executive leadership, architecture boards, and cross-functional stakeholders on data ...
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
HPC Architecture Leader
Houston, TX · On-site
... performing teams, influence decisions, and deliver measurable improvements in performance ... Deep technical command of the HPC stack, including next-gen processors, memory subsystems, and high ...
HPC Architecture Leader
Houston, TX · On-site
... performing teams, influence decisions, and deliver measurable improvements in performance ... Deep technical command of the HPC stack, including next-gen processors, memory subsystems, and high ...
Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Sr Manager of Software Engineering -Front Office developer
Houston, TX · On-site
Medical
Retirement
Strong software engineering background in a Python-based stack. * Strong communication skills; ability to influence and align with Trading/Functional leads and partner teams in person and remotely.
Principal Data Architect
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
PTO
Define roadmap for modern data stack adoption (cloud-native, lakehouse, streaming, GenAI-ready ... Influence executive leadership, architecture boards, and cross-functional stakeholders on data ...
Principal Data Architect
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
PTO
Define roadmap for modern data stack adoption (cloud-native, lakehouse, streaming, GenAI-ready ... Influence executive leadership, architecture boards, and cross-functional stakeholders on data ...
Senior Underwriter -- Affordable Housing & LIHTC
Houston, TX · On-site
$94K - $111K/yr
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi‑layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Senior Underwriter -- Affordable Housing & LIHTC
Houston, TX · On-site
$94K - $111K/yr
Medical
Retirement
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi‑layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi-layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
This role provides the opportunity to influence best practices, mentor peers, and shape credit ... Experience closing complex, multi-layered capital stacks with tax credits, bonds, and multiple ...
Senior Network Engineer
$89K - $121K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
The successful candidate will influence LAN strategy and standards, strengthen resiliency, improve ... switch stacks, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, port security, and access-layer ...
Senior Network Engineer
$89K - $121K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
The successful candidate will influence LAN strategy and standards, strengthen resiliency, improve ... switch stacks, VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, port security, and access-layer ...
... full stack development and cloud-native solutions. * Actively contribute to the engineering ... Influence peers and project stakeholders to adopt and apply leading-edge technologies and ...
... full stack development and cloud-native solutions. * Actively contribute to the engineering ... Influence peers and project stakeholders to adopt and apply leading-edge technologies and ...
Stack Influence information
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$22.96 - $28.34
1% of jobs
$28.34 - $33.72
3% of jobs
$33.72 - $39.11
5% of jobs
$39.11 - $44.49
7% of jobs
$47.27 is the 25th percentile. Wages below this are outliers.
$44.49 - $49.88
16% of jobs
$49.88 - $55.26
17% of jobs
The median wage is $55.42 / hr.
$55.26 - $60.65
18% of jobs
$63.90 is the 75th percentile. Wages above this are outliers.
$60.65 - $66.03
13% of jobs
$66.03 - $71.41
9% of jobs
$71.41 - $76.80
6% of jobs
$76.80 - $82.18
4% of jobs
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$56
$82
How much do stack influence jobs pay per hour?
As of Aug 18, 2026, the average hourly pay for stack influence in Houston, TX is $56.59, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $47.07 and $65.19 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the difference between Stack Influence vs Software Developer?
| Aspect | Stack Influence | Software Developer |
|---|---|---|
| Required Credentials | Bachelor's in CS or related field, certifications like AWS or Azure | Bachelor's in CS or related field, coding bootcamps, certifications |
| Work Environment | Tech companies, startups, consulting firms | Tech companies, startups, freelance projects |
| Employer & Industry Usage | Used in tech, cloud, and software consulting | Used across tech, finance, healthcare, and more |
| Common Search & Comparison Intent | Understanding roles similar to Stack Influence | Comparing to roles like Stack Influence |
Stack Influence and Software Developer roles share similar credentials and work environments, often found in tech-focused companies. However, Stack Influence typically emphasizes strategic technology influence and consulting, while Software Developers focus on coding and building software solutions. Both roles are integral in the tech industry but serve different functions within organizations.
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Job description
Description
The role of Principal Developer will have technical focus on enabling Passenger Security platform for Customer travel. The role will lead the efforts to design, develop, and maintain innovative solutions and collaborate with different portfolio owners and service providers. The Principal Developer plays a critical role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical and critical thinking skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues, opportunities, or problems in order to maximize the benefit of IT and Business investments. The Principal Developer is experienced and has decision-making authority. The Principal Developer is self - sufficient, requires no direct supervision, and mentors/coaches' others. The Principal Developer has extensive knowledge/experience across multiple technologies and business areas.
• Defines and implements the technical solutions for a new or to enhance existing system to modern technologie
• Defines technical service level agreements (SLAs) and data sharing strategies with vendors.
• Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems.
• Hands-on development, Support and fix software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions.
• Ensures that systems are properly integrated.
• Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system enhancements.
• Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments.
• Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers' business goals.
• Provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning.
• Ensures consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the application lifecycle.
• Sees opportunities to leverage/influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations etc. to advise others of strategic technology direction.
• Provides feedback to the enterprise technology owners and Architects regarding future solution needs.
• Understands and applies the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical needs to deliver.
• Partner with various business and IT collaborators in defining domain architecture strategy.
• Demonstrate mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and tool set
• Demonstrate mastery of software engineer
• Accountability for PCI/SOX environments and development
Qualifications
What is needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, other related field
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in application design, development, SDLC lifecycle (experience with Java, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, and other open-source technologies)
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with full stack Java development
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with foundational AWS Services (such as, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway, VPC, CloudTrail, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS, and/or ECS).
• Building scalable, highly available and resilient solution
• Platform development and modernization of legacy services for cloud migration
• Relational databases (MySQL, Oracle etc.) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB etc.)
• Develop and support enterprise messaging like IBM MQ, Solace etc.
• Experience with tools such as Cloud Watch, Dynatrace, DataDog, ELK Stack, Google Analytics etc
• Experience working with high-performance teams in an agile development environment where continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) are critical.
• Demonstrate knowledge of software engineering best practices such as version control, software packaging and software release management.
• Must be initiative-taking, possess effective communication skills (verbal and written) and be able to work in a collaborative environment.
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
The role of Principal Developer will have technical focus on enabling Passenger Security platform for Customer travel. The role will lead the efforts to design, develop, and maintain innovative solutions and collaborate with different portfolio owners and service providers. The Principal Developer plays a critical role in creating and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery. This individual will apply proven communication, analytical and critical thinking skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues, opportunities, or problems in order to maximize the benefit of IT and Business investments. The Principal Developer is experienced and has decision-making authority. The Principal Developer is self - sufficient, requires no direct supervision, and mentors/coaches' others. The Principal Developer has extensive knowledge/experience across multiple technologies and business areas.
• Defines and implements the technical solutions for a new or to enhance existing system to modern technologie
• Defines technical service level agreements (SLAs) and data sharing strategies with vendors.
• Leads the design, development, and planning for solutions and technology standards to solve complex business problems.
• Hands-on development, Support and fix software systems as required, optimizing performance, resolving problems, and providing follow-up on all issues and solutions.
• Ensures that systems are properly integrated.
• Works with business, support, or development teams recommending system enhancements.
• Serves as a resource for technology/project development review and technical assessments.
• Ensures that the technical solutions meet the customers' business goals.
• Provide consultation and technical leadership in project life cycle planning.
• Ensures consistency and coherence to the enterprise standards and guiding principles throughout the application lifecycle.
• Sees opportunities to leverage/influence the direction for existing infrastructure and application components.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations etc. to advise others of strategic technology direction.
• Provides feedback to the enterprise technology owners and Architects regarding future solution needs.
• Understands and applies the enterprise vision and strategy to the project solution while balancing tactical needs to deliver.
• Partner with various business and IT collaborators in defining domain architecture strategy.
• Demonstrate mastery of the application of development domain areas and multiple technologies and tool set
• Demonstrate mastery of software engineer
• Accountability for PCI/SOX environments and development
Qualifications
What is needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, other related field
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in application design, development, SDLC lifecycle (experience with Java, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, and other open-source technologies)
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with full stack Java development
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with foundational AWS Services (such as, EC2, S3, RDS, API Gateway, VPC, CloudTrail, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS, and/or ECS).
• Building scalable, highly available and resilient solution
• Platform development and modernization of legacy services for cloud migration
• Relational databases (MySQL, Oracle etc.) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB etc.)
• Develop and support enterprise messaging like IBM MQ, Solace etc.
• Experience with tools such as Cloud Watch, Dynatrace, DataDog, ELK Stack, Google Analytics etc
• Experience working with high-performance teams in an agile development environment where continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) are critical.
• Demonstrate knowledge of software engineering best practices such as version control, software packaging and software release management.
• Must be initiative-taking, possess effective communication skills (verbal and written) and be able to work in a collaborative environment.
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
- Experience designing and developing messaging platform solutions.
- AWS experience.
- AI tools and Agentic AI experience
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United Airlines is embarking on an exciting journey to become the best airline in aviation history. Our purpose, "Connecting People, Uniting the World," extends beyond transportation, emphasizing our commitment to uplift and create opportunities in the places we serve. With a global presence and diverse workforce, we value inclusivity and are dedicated to hiring tens of thousands of individuals across various roles. Our comprehensive benefits package, including perks like space available travel, parental leave, and 401k, aims to support your well-being and growth.
Industry
Aviation
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
Chicago, IL, US
Year founded
1926