Senior Engineer II

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?

• Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing
• Serve as a member of an agile team that drives user story analysis and elaboration, designs and develops software applications, and tests and builds automation tools
• Utilize best-of-breed technologies to build microservices over existing American Express technologies
• Be highly motivated and maintain a positive, “can-do” attitude in a fast moving environment
• Build POCs to experiment new technologies and constantly pursue and learn industry leading/innovative technologies and solutions
• Embrace a culture of innovation and experimentation, engage in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and always be ready to try new concepts without fear of failure.
• Foster the spirit of collaboration across multiple internal teams

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Engineering or 5+ years of equivalent experience in related disciplines
• Demonstrated technical capabilities and ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a range of stakeholders
• Worked in a product company
• Attention to detail and strong organization skills
• Experience working in high-performing development teams using agile methodologies and tools
• Understanding of reactive and functional programming
• Understanding of RESTful API design principles
• Expertise in Java and Kotlin
• Experience using NoSQL databases and distributed messaging systems such as Redis, Kafka, Couchbase in the context of low latency and high transaction volume systems
• Understanding of security fundamentals – jwe, jws, jwt, openid connect, oauth 2.0
• Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
• Hands on experience with performance testing and tuning Java applications.
• Have excellent written and verbal communications skills. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of developing trends and emerging standards in payments domain
• Knowledge of Vert.x and Golang
• Knowledge of NodeJS, React, AngularJS, Typescript, Javascript, HTML
• Knowledge of mobile native applications – Android / iOS
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Knowledge of Splunk and ELK
• Knowledge of test automation tools

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.