You Lead the Way. We've Got Your Back.
At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we're supporting our customers' financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what's possible — and we're proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.
From building next-generation apps and microservices to using AI to help protect our customers from fraud, you could be doing transformational work that brings our iconic, global brand into the future. As a part of our tech team, we could work together to bring ground-breaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products and platforms that millions of customers around the world depend on. If you love to work with APIs, contribute to open source, or use the latest technologies, we'll support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career.
Focus:
Designs, develops, solves problems, debugs, evaluates, modifies, deploys, and documents software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications.
Organizational Context:
Member of a product engineering or delivery and integration team reporting to a Senior Engineer, Engineering Director or Director Product Delivery & Integration.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Software Development
Advanced ability in software development
Function as member of an agile team by leading and contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
Participate in code reviews and automated testing
Debug complex software components and identify code defects for remediation
Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
Automate deployments in test or production environments
Automatically scale applications based on demand projections
Leadership
Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals
Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking
Support and mentor less experienced engineers.
Range of Impact/Influence:
Accountable for team completing work you're leading and work you are doing as agreed upon
Accountable to team for delivery of quality work
You won't just shape the world of software. You'll shape the world of life, work and play. Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if you're interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further. You won't just keep up, you'll break new ground.
There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Here's just some of what you'll be doing:
Taking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices
Writing code and unit tests in Java, working with API specs and automation
Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
Working with a team of engineers that delivers knowledge management solutions to businesses worldwide
Are you up for the challenge?
Preferably a Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline
3+ years of software development experience
Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential
Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential
Ability to apply that experience to working on a microservice platform written in Java.
Golang, Python, Terraform, Docker, K8s, Kafka, Cassandra and Postgres, Spring Framework experience is advantageous.
At the core of Software Engineering, every member of our team must be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business core competencies, including:
Agile Practices
Porting/Software Configuration
Programming Languages and Frameworks
Business Analysis
Analytical Thinking
Business Product Knowledge
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.