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Senior Operations Research Developer

Southwest Airlines — Low-cost airline

Dallas, Texas, United States of America Senior+ Posted Aug 5, 2026
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About the role

Join our team as a Senior Operations Research Developer, where you will translate operational requirements into technical solutions and lead the development of mathematical models. This role is ideal for candidates with advanced expertise in operations research and experience in airline or business environments.

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 5, 2026, 3 days ago. Still inside the window where applications get read by a human rather than a pile.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 1,685 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $185k and $285k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Southwest Airlines.
  • What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,230 indexed openings: REST/APIs (46%), Backend (42%), Cloud (38%), Python (38%), Go (25%).
  • Southwest Airlines is hiring actively — 5 open roles indexed.

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