At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

At Global Dinning at Amex, we are tackling hard problems with elegant solutions and scaling very quickly. As a Senior engineer, you will play a crucial role in taking our product to the next level. The ideal candidates can work quickly and produce well-architected solutions collaboratively. You are comfortable working across the entire stack from database to frontend and have experience working on consumer or B2B software in a product-led organization. You thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment, you are a collaborator and an innovator, and you are excited about what technology is doing for the hospitality industry. 

Responsibilities

Technical lead for our first product engineering squad outside the US.

Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and operations of complete software systems.

Function as a leader on a software engineering team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)

Lead code reviews and automated testing

Debug software components and identify code defects for remediation

Adhere to security and regulatory standard methodologies

Leadership

Self-motivated individual who works well with little direction.

Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking

Be a productivity multiplier for your team by analyzing your workflow and contributing to enable the team to be more effective, productive, and demonstrating faster and stronger results.

What we’re looking for:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required

5+ years of software development experience in a professional environment.

Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and deployment of critical full stack applications

Understand all parts of a modern web-based application stack from Frontend to Backend and Production.

Experience with distributed systems, algorithms, and databases.

Experience with Java and Java frameworks

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.