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?

Software Development

• Advanced ability in software development
• Function as member of an agile team by leading and contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
• Participate in code reviews and automated testing
• Debug complex software components and identify code defects for remediation
• Enable 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 projections

Leadership

• Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals
• Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking
• Support and mentor less experienced engineers.
• Collaborate with other Engineers and leaders across the platform to achieve success

 Range of Impact/Influence:

• Accountable for team completing work you’re leading and work you are doing as agreed upon
• Accountable to team for delivery of quality work

You won’t just shape the world of software. You’ll shape the world of life, work and play.   Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if you’re interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.   You won’t just keep up, you’ll break new ground.   

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:  

• Taking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices
• Writing code and unit tests in Java, working with API specs and automation
• Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
• Working with a team of engineers that delivers knowledge management solutions to businesses worldwide

Are you up for the challenge?

•  Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline
• 5+ years of software development experience preferably in Java 
• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
• Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential
• Expert in a 3^rd or 4^th Generation programming language and the ability to apply that experience to working on a microservice platform written in Java.
• Golang, Python, Terraform, Docker, K8s, Kafka, Cassandra and Postgres, Spring Framework experience is advantageous.
• Experience of building cloud-centric CI/CD pipelines with a heavy focus on quality and automation.
• Experience of design and implementation of Microservices and APIs
• Experience with Event sourcing, CQRS and Hexagonal Architecture design patterns.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in how fast they develop working software.
• Proven ability to transform business requirements into high-quality production software.

At the core of Software Engineering,  every member of our team must be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business core competencies, including:

• Agile Practices
• Porting/Software Configuration
• Programming Languages and Frameworks
• Business Analysis
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Product Knowledge

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.