DescriptionYou 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 in Kotlin 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:Leads the design, development, troubleshooting, and debugging work efforts for 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 an Engineering Director.How will you make an impact in this role?Software Development Perform technical aspects of software development for assigned applications including design, developing prototypes, and coding assignments Function as a leader on an agile 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 Leads 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 projectionsLeadership Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals 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.
Mentor and guide junior team members to success within the teamRange of Impact/Influence: Leads and mentors teams of engineers through ongoing development efforts Ensures Engineers enforce team standards Ensures Engineering team delivers a quality product that meets the customers’ needsAs 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.Qualifications 8 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as: Taking your place as a key team member within our agile team and driving the latest development practices.
Understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns and Reactive Patterns.
Designing solutions that are scalable and can be delivered iteratively to maximise business value.
Creating UI framework using REACT Writing code and unit tests, reviewing other team members’ code.
Integrate with APIs provided by different teams in American Express.
Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies.
Lead a group of engineers to create enterprise scalable UI framework integrated to back end data layers Expertise in the definition and implementation of effective software engineering practices and processes that result in high speed to market: i.e.
open source style project maintainers, PR review process, issue triage, code reviews, code contribution metrics definition, test automation strategy, CI/CD optimization, etc.
Understanding and familiarity of popular web application JavaScript frameworks (React.js).
Able to solve difficult software and UX problems with ambiguity.
Pushes for information to avoid solving the wrong problem and mitigate UI risks early in the process.
Can decompose a problem into clear software and UX design actions.
Have a core understanding of API components like Circuit Breakers, Service discovery patterns, and horizontally scalable services and how these are used and managed within User Interfaces.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) 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.Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually bonus benefitsThe above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition.
Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.Job: TechnologyPrimary Location: United StatesSchedule Full-timeReq ID: 22017711