Software Engineer – Agentic
Role Overview
As a Software Engineer Global supporting Southwest’s Agentic AI initiatives, you’ll help design, build, and operate reliable, cloud‐native services that support production AI workloads.
This role is hands‐on and execution‐focused, combining core software engineering with SRE fundamentals such as incident management, automation, and operational readiness.
You’ll work closely with other Engineers to deliver well‐tested, observable systems using AWS services, container platforms, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD pipelines.
Based in our Hyderabad Global In‐House Center, this role offers the opportunity to grow strong platform and reliability skills while contributing to AI solutions that support both Customers and internal Teams.
As we continue to grow our Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Hyderabad, we’re hiring multiple Software Engineers across a variety of Pod and initiatives—each offering the opportunity to lead meaningful work, navigate complexity, and help advance the technology that powers Southwest’s operation.
Read on to learn more about the Pods you could support.
• Agentic AI - Customer & Commercial Pod
In the Agentic AI – Customer & Commercial Pod, you’ll support the development of intelligent, Customer‐facing AI services that make it easier for Customers to get help, explore options, and complete transactions.
This role focuses on building and operating scalable services that embed LLMs and agentic workflows into production systems.
You’ll help translate agent designs into reliable, testable code across orchestration, tools, memory, and integrations, while applying SRE practices to maintain service health.
Working with AWS services, containers, and observability tools, you’ll support incident response, automation, performance tuning, and cost awareness—helping ensure AI experiences remain responsive, resilient, and ready to scale as usage grows.
Key Skills for This Role
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Responsibilities
- Apply knowledge and skills of software development and testing effectively to solve a range of problems
- Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices
- Collaborate closely with customers and cross-functional departments to communicate project statuses and proposals
- Document each aspect of a system or application as a reference for future upgrades and maintenance
- Determine and assess the needs of the user and then create software to meet the requirements
- Identify and resolve issues that arise during the design, testing and maintenance processes using problem-solving skills
- Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software
- Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming
- Mentor junior members on the team
- Improve and expand technical capabilities by continuing their education thru reading, workshops, conferences, and/or communities of practice
- May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Intermediate knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies obtained through formal training and / or work experience
- Ability to demonstrate consistent knowledge application, skills of software development, and testing to solve a range of problems
- Intermediate knowledge of at least one required programming language
- Ability to partner, communicate, and negotiate with various Technology or partner Teams
- Ability to analyze and manage large, complex, and vague Business or technical problems, articulating the problem or root cause, and translating the analysis into viable solution recommendations
- Ability to take on multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work
- Ability to mentor others to do the same
- Ability to develop, present and effectively communicate ideas and strategies to a variety of audiences
- Education
- Required: Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field and/or equivalent formal training
Experience
- Required: Intermediate-level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in software engineering
- 2-5 years of relevant work-related experience
- Designs, writes program code, tests, documents, and implements well-integrated application systems aligned to requirements and standards.
- Responds to production problems and implements immediate resolution efforts across technology areas; strong problem-solving.
- Works alongside engineers to apply best practices; collaborates with customers and cross-functional partners and communicates status/proposals.
- Documents system/application components for future maintenance; works in agile delivery environments.
- Intermediate knowledge of software development methodologies and at least one programming language; mentors junior members.
- Preferred: Experience in:
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and improving team practices.
- Continuous learning through workshops, conferences, and communities of practice.
- Experience presenting solution proposals and communicating progress to diverse audiences.
- Experience with AWS cloud-native development and basic observability practices.
- Other Qualifications
- Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information
- Ability to work extended hours as needed
- Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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