Is Southwest Airlines hiring? 72 open roles as of Sep 29, 2026

Yes. As of Sep 29, 2026, Southwest Airlines has about 72 open roles, 0.11% of its 67,000 employees.

Public (LUV)Airlines and Aviation10,000+ employeessouthwest.comLinkedIn

Open roles: 72
% of headcount: 0.11%
Employees: 67,000
Departments: 12

Snapshot · Sep 29, 2026

Where Southwest Airlines is hiring

Hiring velocity: Minimal hiring activity for a very large company. When companies with > 5000 employees have open roles less than 2% of headcount, that's considered stability with little expansion. These are hiring signals from open job postings, not job listings. To apply, use the company's careers site.

Southwest Airlines open roles by department
Department	Open roles	% of headcount	Strength	Sample titles
Engineering	20	<0.1%	Low	Tech Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer - Cloud and DevOps Foundation Team · Software Engineer - Adobe Fusion · Cloud DevOps Engineer Global - DevOps Tooling & Pipelines
Customer services	10	<0.1%	Low	Customer Service Agent - RDU (Part-Time) · Customer Service Agent - BUF (Part-Time) · Customer Service Agent - TYS (Part-Time)
Operations	6	<0.1%	Low	Operations Agent - ONT (Part-Time) · Operations Agent - PHL (Part-Time) · Operations Agent - IND (Part-Time)
Product	3	<0.1%	Low	Product Owner - DevOps Tooling & Pipelines · Sr Product Owner · Sr Product Owner - MarTech Dev
Information technology	2	<0.1%	Low	Associate Cybersecurity Analyst · Associate Cybersecurity Engineer - Direct College Hire
Logistics	2	<0.1%	Low	Freight Agent - LAX · Freight Agent - DAL
Project management	2	<0.1%	Low	Assoc Talent Development Program Manager · Scrum Master
Quality assurance	2	<0.1%	Low	Cloud DevOps Engineer - Data QA · Data Engineer - Data QA
Administration	1	<0.1%	Low	Station Administrative Coordinator - HOU
Facilities management	1	<0.1%	Low	Aircraft Maintenance Technician - MDW

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Job locations, not offices

Top job locations

Hyderabad, India34.7% · 25
Dallas, TX23.6% · 17
Morrisville, NC4.2% · 3
Los Angeles, CA2.8% · 2
Houston, TX2.8% · 2

Seniority mix

Open roles by level

Mid-senior76.4%
Manager15.3%
Junior8.3%

Signal API · MCP

Track Southwest Airlines with the Signal API

One POST /v1/companies/enrich call with southwest.com returns Southwest Airlines hiring signals (hiring-velocity, hiring-trends), each with its source. Or ask Claude through MCP.

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curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "southwest.com",
    "signal_types": ["hiring-velocity","hiring-trends"],
    "limit": 20
  }'

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Questions about Southwest Airlines hiring

Is Southwest Airlines hiring right now?

Yes. The snapshot dated Sep 29, 2026 counts about 72 open roles at Southwest Airlines. Up 80% over the last 30 days.

Which teams is Southwest Airlines hiring for?

The departments with the most open roles on Sep 29, 2026: Engineering (20), Customer services (10) and Operations (6).

Where is Southwest Airlines hiring?

The top job locations on Sep 29, 2026: Hyderabad, India (34.7%), Dallas, TX (23.6%) and Morrisville, NC (4.2%). These are job locations, not office addresses.

Is Southwest Airlines laying off employees?

2 layoff events were reported for Southwest Airlines. See the Southwest Airlines layoffs page for dates and sources.

Source. Open job postings, counted per department and location. These are hiring signals, not job listings.

Method. The latest weekly snapshot of open roles, compared with the company headcount.

Data as of Sep 30, 2026.

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