Senior Software Engineer

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Join Team Amex and let’s lead the way together. The Travel & Lifestyle (TLS) team is one of the core teams at Amex which works on providing the world’s best Travel and Lifestyle experience to our cardmembers across the world.

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:

• Delivering features, services, components for travel ecosystem that touches millions of customers across the globe

• Perform all technical aspects of software development (I write, I test, I support) and automation
  Function as an active member of an agile team through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)

• Perform unit, component, integration testing of software components including the design, implementation, evaluation, and execution of unit and assembly test scripts

• Conduct code reviews and tests of automated build scripts

• Debug software components, identifies, fixes and verifies remediation of code defects (own work and the work of others)

• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments

Education and Experience:

• 8+ years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience required

• Demonstrable software development experience in Java with Spring boot

• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or other rapid application development teams to deliver technology solutions on time, on budget, and to spec.

• Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages a plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication and documentation abilities

• Comfortable in a small, intense and high-growth environment

• You know and can admit when something is not great. You can recognise that something you’ve done needs improvement

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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.