Engineer - Java - Enterprise Architecture

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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 #TeamAmex and let’s lead the way together.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

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.  American Express 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 The U.S. Consumer Services and Enterprise Digital & Data Technology Team brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), AI/ML, marketing technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and automation, grounded in our data technology model that prioritizes data governance. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

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The Chief Technology Officer Organization’s vision is to raise the bar for technical excellence, talent, strategy, and standards across Technology. It also seeks to cultivate and foster technical innovation, as well as elevate and amplify the technical heartbeat of the organization.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This engineering role is based in our Enterprise Architecture organization, will be responsible for developing and implementing innovative scalable solutions on-premise and cloud.  You will collaborate with multi-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy highly scalable and fault tolerant services, applications and models that drive innovation and enhance efficiency in customer servicing space. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineer with expertise in Java, ReactJS, RDBMS/NoSQL, Spark, and GCP to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop applications using Java and ReactJS for high-volume, low-latency applications for critically important systems that are highly available and performant
• Stay abreast of industry standard methodologies and emerging trends in Java, Web development, API technologies, and ETL
• Should have experience in troubleshooting, optimizing, solutioning and keeping up with evolving technologies - as a leading member of the team
• CI/CD Implementation: Implement and manage Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes A problem solver, open to learning
• Work closely with collaborators to understand the business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate web applications and technologies.
• Contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle. Writing well designed, testable, efficient code
• Participate in multi-functional team meetings, brainstorming sessions, and knowledge sharing activities to cultivate innovation and continuous improvement
• Working in Agile Environments: Experience with Agile methodologies and practices

Qualifications & Skills:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science with 3+ years in experience
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java
• Proven track record of developing API, Services and ETL applications using Java, Web applications using ReactJS
• Experience in designing and building Micro services-based architecture for Real time pipelines
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark and Kafka
• Good knowledge and hands on experience in RDBMS and NoSQL databases such as Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Casandra
• Experience in Python scripting and AI/ML projects would be a great addition
• Demonstrated ability in developing, hosting solutions on Google Cloud Platform- Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Dataproc and leveraging GCP services for specific feature implementations is a bonus
• Docker and Kubernetes Proficiency: Proficient with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
• Data Security and PII Awareness: Knowledge of data security practices, encryption technologies and regulations, focusing on securely handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• Experience in designing applications with emphasis on server procurement, installation, and integrating security aspects like encryption
• Debugging Proficiency: Skilled in identifying and resolving software and system issues
• Testing and Troubleshooting: Ability to test, solve, and debug data processes.
• Ability to create scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions that meet business requirements
• Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying updated with industry trends.
• Ability to optimally communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Should have excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Salary Range: $85,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The 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.

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 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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.

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.

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