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.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Lead the design and architecture of enterprise class platforms using industry bestpractices
Write clean and concise code that is well-tested, easy tomaintain, and consistent with existing patterns in our codebase.
Collaborate with Product Owners to translate business designs and requirements into functioning applications.
Developing React based applications and integrating them with back-end systems to support high-volume?intranet applications.
Collaborating with product owners, delivery managers, and other developers to deliver a quality product.
Taking ownership and responsibility of the work at hand and shepherding code through to production.
Actively pair-programming with teammates for collective code ownership and mentoring other engineers.
Minimum Qualifications
Hands on experience (4+ years) in designing and developing React based applications
Hands on?experience in?developing workflowcomponents
Experience of building REST APIsin Java and/orJavaScript
Keen understanding of application architecture and design in a cloud-native environment
Experience with EventDriven architecture and implementation.architecture and implementation.
Ability to quicklyidentifycoding and environment issues relating to design, stability, andscalability
Strong experience with developing code for Relational and NoSQL databases
Leadership experience in Agile development environment within a heavily matrixed organization
Automated testing, build automation (Jenkins preferred), and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) across multiplepipelines
Performance testing experience including root cause analysis and resolution for complicatedissues
Willingness and ability to lead complex cross-team initiatives without directauthority
Learnnew technologiesquickly, be able to mentor team members, andleveragenewtechnologybenefits to enhance existingsoftware
Strong senseof ownership and a big proponent of DevOps culture.
Showcased and proven experience in core engineering skills in terms of automation of availability, logging, monitoring, B&Cs, alerting etc.
Strong development and experience withdistributed systemsarchitecture including APIs.
Deep code analysis and refactoring skills with the goal being proactive platform improvement.
Ability to perform Root Cause Analysis and resolve short term and long-term fixesvery fast.
Ability to communicate problems/issues across multiple levels of leadership and obtain concurrence on go-forward approach quickly for time-critical issues.
Ability to drive code review and change review sessions to ensure changes are of acceptable quality.
Good understanding of Change Management, Problem Management, and Incident Management processes a plus.
Ability to efficiently interpret Businessobjectivesand challenges and articulate solutions.
Ability to learn new Technologies and exploit them to their efficientpotential
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of Software Development experience, with 2+yrsof vendor management is a plus (not critical).
Preferably a BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other subject area.
Solid programming skills in one of the core programming languages like Java related technologies.
Strong thought leadership skills, with consistenttrack recordof leading through influencing.
Shown experience as an Agile Champion
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
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.