Senior Quality Engineer II - Web Engineering

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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 on #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.

We’re looking for a QA Engineer to work on web applications that will be used by tens of millions of American Express cardholders around the world. We want someone with strong technical skills and creativity. Should enjoy solving tough problems and working with new technologies. You should not be shy about sharing your ideas and be obsessive about user experience and high quality. 

You’ll be part of the Web Engineering team whose mandate is to develop new products and platforms for American Express customers. Web Engineering’s aim is to build interactive experiences at all touch points of a consumer's journey whether before, at, or after the time of purchase. 

You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment with the stability of working for a Fortune 100 company. Your primary responsibilities will be to work on a small team of engineers developing web applications and experiences. You should be familiar with modern software development methodologies and be able to dive deep and rapidly iterate on ideas despite ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Contribute in an agile team by driving user story analysis and feature grooming, designing and developing thorough test-cases and test scenarios. 
• Create and maintain automated tests running in a continuous integration environment.
• Ensure excellent application usability through careful manual testing.  
• Collaborate with Product team, development team and backend teams to plan, test and release high-quality features.
• Work closely with development team to iteratively test concurrently with feature development.
• Analyze and create end point mocks to aid in testing.
• Assists in estimation and assessment of feasibility of features.

• Follow and help cultivate consistent development best practices.
Work closely with development team to iteratively test concurrently with feature development.
  

Qualifications:

• 3 years of technical experience in a software development organization with a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Science (preferably Computer Science, Engineering or other related disciplines). 
• Has exposure to a variety of distributed infrastructure technologies and systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 

• Deals well with ambiguous/under defined problems; able to think abstractly.
• Eagerness to work iteratively and collaboratively to build new software.
• Experience writing automated tests for web applications (using Selenium or Webdriver.io).
• Experience in writing automated tests for APIs (using Karate framework).
• 2+ years of experience with Java, JavaScript frameworks preferred.
• Experience in financial industry is a plus.

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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