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.

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.

Job Description

There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing:

• Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of GCP-based infrastructure projects
• Collaborate with IT, development, and operations teams to integrate cloud strategies and architecture
• Responsible for all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications - performs hands-on coding, technical design and development of systems.
• Develops code specifications. Involved in unit, integration and user acceptance testing. Assists in resolution of defects/ production support issues as required.
• Analyze requirements/ user stories to appropriately support basic design activities
• Perform core technical aspects of software development for assigned applications including, developing prototypes, and writing new code
• Function as an active member of an agile team through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation).
• Participate in or lead integration tests as defined in the test specifications, including event logging and reporting of results.
• Perform assigned unit and assembly testing of software components.
• Participate in code reviews and execute assigned automated build test scripts.
• Debug software components, identifying, fixing and verifying the remediation of code defects. Work on assigned product features for ongoing sprints and manage a subset of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues.
• Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies.
• Flexible and willingness to learn and work in any technology platform/product
• Own all technical aspects of software development architecture, for the assigned applications
• Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS or CSE or Equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud administration, with a focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong understanding and expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with JAVA having worked with Cloud storage ,Cloud Functions and Cloud run 
• Expertise in DataProc, PySpark, Big Query and Airflow/Cloud Composer.
• Experience with web services, open API development and its concepts.
• Experience in Using GCP functions for the data transformation 
• Develop and implement integration strategies to connect on-premises systems and applications with GCP services.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of integration solutions to ensure efficient data flow and minimal latency.
• Collaborate with migration teams to address integration challenges and ensure smooth transitions to GCP.
• Build and configure APIs, connectors, and middleware to facilitate seamless data and application integration between GCP and existing systems.
• Create and maintain documentation for integration designs, configurations, and workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Google cloud Platform (GCP) 
• Knowledge of Collaboration Tools (GitHub, Confluence, Rally).
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Deployment (Jenkins).
• Knowledge of eCP and Cloud hosting platforms.
• Oracle Financials including Procure to Pay, Fixed Assets, Projects or General Ledger.
• Agile/SAFe practices in building software

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.