Software Engineer

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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 60000 colleagues all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.

You will be part of a fast-paced entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world class enterprise global platform engineering excellent team to build framework tooling digital and data experience through java services and data driven solution on Big Data stack and APIs. You will be challenged with identifying innovative and transformative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our internal and external colleagues and customers.

We are looking for passionate web engineers with data experience to work on the Next generation platform engineering solution development Digial Data and API experiences we are crafting for our partners. This requires the ability to go deep in platforms products Cloud with many dependencies while responsible for the technical deliveries and implementation of components. As an engineer in our OPEN SOURCE development team you will be responsible for the development and delivery of the web data analytical cloud service components supporting AMEX capabilities on various channels (web mobile etc.) as well as integrations with partners.

You will work closely with product and experience to understand the requirements and deliver product that meets these requirements. Technologies used vary from Java or ReactJS Node REST APIs . If you are the kind of engineer who is passionate about bringing great frameworks and tooling to life especially in commercial payment area being a crafts(wo)man in engineering and love working in a collaborative environment with your product partners and dependency teams then we want to talk to you.

Work on transformative platform cloud web and open source frameworks to bring data to decision for engineers and clients.

Organizational Context – Member of an engineering reporting Engineering Director organization structure

Role and Responsibilities:

• Perform software development for assigned applications including developing prototypes automated testing and coding solutions of various technologies.

• Function as a strong team contributor on an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools common components and documentation).

• Responsible to contribute towards automated testing build and adapt CICD with basic knowledge of infrastructure.

• Debug software components and identify code defects for remediation.

• Automate deployments in test or production environments.

• Contribute into OpenSource culture and advancement of it.

• Support production deployments and post deployment application monitoring.

As part of our diverse tech team you can architect code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here you can work alongside talented engineers in an open supportive inclusive environment where your voice is valued and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

• 2 + years of experience developing Cloud Technologies.

• 2 + years of coding production ready software components and frameworks into production.

• 2+ years of Full Stack Web engineering experience using ReactJS Node technology stack.

• 2 + years of experience in developing REST based APIs including Swagger creation contract definition and data source optimization.

• 2 + years of experience in designing scalable software components or applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable and up to date with industry reference of tech trend and solutions.

• Basic understanding of Object-Oriented programming language.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive professionally and personally. That’s why we have Amex Flex our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs colleagues will either work onsite in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

If the role you are applying for is designated as hybrid or onsite you will be required to demonstrate that you have completed your primary COVID-19 vaccination series (i.e. 2 doses for Moderna/Pfizer and 1 dose for J&J) in order to work in or visit any of our offices. This requirement is subject to legally required accommodations.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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