You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

About Enterprise Architecture:

Enterprise Architecture is an organization at American Express, and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:

1.     Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.

2.     Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.

3.     Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.

4.     Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.

American Express is looking for a Senior Engineer to join its Engineering Team to help build the future of fintech business. You would help us build, and test new features, execute on our product roadmap, and help drive software and technology decisions. 

Responsibilities:

Design, build and manage enterprise platform and frameworks for Managed File TransfersDesigning, developing, and supporting world class applications using full stack development tools like React JS, Springboot, java & Oracle db on the cloudTaking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practicesWriting code and unit tests, working with API specs and automationIdentifying opportunities for adopting new technologies

·       Mentor a team of engineers on their technical skills. Provide timely feedback and help them grow within Amex.

·       Ensure team contributes to company standards (e.g. design, code reviews and writing beautiful, pragmatic code). Coach, guide and promote creation of high quality, clearly documented, and compliant deliverables across engineering teams. 

·       Work with product team closely to understand the product and customer needs; and enable the product and customer vision for the company. Collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders within business and technology teams to prioritize, plan, and execute the development schedule for major product releases.

·       Engage in hands-on design and ensure alignment of strategy, architecture, tools/methods with software engineers and architects to execute product roadmaps 

·       Drive innovation within a fast-paced agile environment 

Qualifications

·       Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related experience required

·       7+ years of software development experience, 2+ years team lead experience in a complex technical environment and/or comparable experience

Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutionsWillingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potentialExtensive experience in designing and implementing large scale platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability.Strong experience in applications with high throughput and performanceExperience with micro services architectures and service mesh technologiesMust be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business core competencies, including:

·       Agile Practices

·       Porting/Software Configuration

·       Programming Languages and Frameworks – Hands on experience in some or all of the following is preferred:

o   Java, Springboot, React JS, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Elastic Stack, Kafka, oracle database, db procedures

·       Full understanding of Service Oriented Architecture design principles, execution patterns and performance optimization

·       Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate well with technical and non-technical partners

·       Foundation in design, data structures and algorithms, and strong analytical and debugging skills with customer-facing products experience.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives Support for financial-well-being and retirement Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunities

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.  

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.