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This Staff Engineer role is responsible for Architecting and Designing our contact center solution with a focus on Voice interactions in our Digital ecosystem. Our teams are responsible for a modernized, highly advanced, interconnected suite of applications that allow seamless experiences for our customers while equipping our CCPs with the tools to make their jobs easier.This role will be responsible for considering the advancement of our Engagement Center Technologies in accommodation of other enterprise initiatives that benefit servicing.This requires technical consideration of existing voice services and globally composable systems that can be applied to compliment high-profile and rapid paced delivery timelines.The Staff Engineer will evaluate internal components, with consideration of third party solutions for software and hosting, to roadmap out a platform with high resiliency and availability for our customers and CCPs in current state as well as future cloud environments.
Required skills:
Candidate should have experience in contact center technology.Genesys experience preferred.
Familiarity with voice, chat, and digital channel is a must.
Experience with:
Speech: VoiceXML, grammars, speech to text, text to speech
Programming: Java, JavaScript, SQL,
Web Development: React, Java Servlets, WebSockets
AI/ML: Speech Recognition / Natural Language Processing: Statistical Language Models, Deep Neural Networks
Key Responsibilities
Work with Engineering, Product, and Solution Architects to define solution requirements and technical implementation approaches
Drive an omnichannel view of applications and customer journeys to build reusable components that create and contribute to enterprise vision of relational interactions
Drive both high-level and detailed technical designs, producing proofs of concept where appropriate, and conduct design reviews as needed
Provide technical input to software engineers at all levels encouraging colleagues to upskill in development and engineering fundamentals
Implement new, highly scalable applications with an eye toward wider Enterprise offering where appropriate
Assist teams with the adoption of patterns, practices, and tooling as part of building software the Amex Way by providing hands on support
Identify barriers and behavioral changes needed to accelerate the adoption of the Amex Way
Work to improve and maintain existing components of the core platform in conjunction with peer Engineering Directors
Actively participate in team and company-wide architecture and engineering discussions and forums ensuring to share knowledge of Servicing via Engagement Center with the wider organization while at the same time bringing knowledge back to our teams that can assist in enabling the experiences our Card Members expect
Employ technical expertise to help team members overcome technical problems, stepping in when necessary to get things done
Health and quality of the code across the portfolio which will be maintained by ensuring technical excellence in all that we do, whilst having the developer experience front and center.
Education & Experience
5+ years of active engineering experience in a complex environment and / or comparable experience
University Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related field required
Knowledge of contact center technologies like Genesys, Cisco, Avaya, and others
Successful engineering and deployment of enterprise-grade technology assets in an Agile product environment ensuring compliance to SDLC guidelines
Proven experience in sharing engineering expertise with others to further the team / organization
Hands on coding experience i.e. proficient in Java, Javascript, SQL, etc.
Ability to construct design of enterprise-grade APIs using state-of-the-art techniques and best practices (REST, GraphQL)
Proficient in cross-platform integration whilst ensuring security
Able to diagnose, resolve, and prevent production issues potentially leading to system outages
Proven ability to influence and drive delivery across a geographical distributed organization
Empathy for the challenges of software development and active interest in overcoming these challenges through software development, training and solution support
Networking skills and the ability to work cooperatively with and gain the respect of software developers and influencers
Ability to give constructive feedback to engineering teams to increase product adoption
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.