Senior Engineer - Java - Travel And Lifestyle Services Technology

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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 your professional development.  Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

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.

At Travel and Lifestyle Services (TLS) we bring membership to life every day. TLS is a unique line of business within American Express that offers card members access premium benefits for card members. Delivering that value is complex but vital for our cardmembers, and technology is at its center.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This role leads the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, deployment, documentation, reliability, and availability of software and systems that meet the needs of customer/agent-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end-user tools and applications. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree
• Up to 11+ years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as: Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
• Thorough understanding of XML,SOAP, JSON, web services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming
• Experience with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, SQL, Couchbase,Elastic Search,Kafka
• Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing
• RESTful API development experience
• Experience with continuous integration/deployment (Jenkins, Maven, XLR, Cobertura, Mockito, SOAPUI, JMeter).
• Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using Java, J2EE, node, Spring Boot, Relation DBMSs, NO SQL databases
• Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms
• Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on architecture and solution design
• Expertise with HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript Frameworks React and NodeJS

Preferred Qualifications

• Collaborates with leadership across multiple teams to define solution requirements and technical implementation Engineering & Architecture
• Demonstrate technical expertise to help team members overcome technical problems
• Solves technical problems outside of day-to-day responsibilities
• Contributes to the success of many teams achieving their goal

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 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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