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.  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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Our 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.

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:

Designing and building a new application to support the infrastructure build and application migrations to our new data center.  You will be utilizing the latest technology tools and practice, you may be writing code and test cases, working with API specs and automation to maintain the resiliency, performance and availability of a group of applications

Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies

Removing toil and continue to drive efficiencies and optimization

This is a lead engineer position where you will also play the role of a mentor, leader and coach to other engineers in the team

Designing and building a new application to support the infrastructure build and application migrations to our new data center.  You will be utilizing the latest technology tools and practice, you may be writing code and test cases, working with API specs and automation to maintain the resiliency, performance and availability of a group of applications Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies Removing toil and continue to drive efficiencies and optimization This is a lead engineer position where you will also play the role of a mentor, leader and coach to other engineers in the team Creating dashboards leveraging splunk, Grafana and kibana Reviews current issues and works with Engineering team to get code fixed and deployed. Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications Build apps that meet compliance and audit requirements that are required for the financial services industry. Participates in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work  Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided

Minimum Qualifications

Recognizes opportunities to adopt innovative technologies to enable business capabilities Keeps up to date on current research and technology in the industry Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives Clearly communicates ideas and concepts to others Leads work effectively and acts on own initiative without being prompted Provides feedback to team members in code reviews Is curious, drives creative change & continuous improvements Explores new automation techniques to refine the agility, speed and quality of engineering initiatives and efforts Balances feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service level objectives Ability to prioritize work and competing demands Ability to bring other along with you CSS experience (headwind CSS, Bootstrap, etc.) Node.JS experience Strong experience working in any of the following backend languages: Java, Kotlin, C#, Scala  Knowledge of frameworks and tools in the respective language enabling effective and efficient development  Understanding and interest in architectural patterns for highly available, scalable, low-latency, asynchronous systems (for example, well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms)  Knowledge of the advantages and challenges associated with the implementation of micro-services architecture  Incident management system knowledge (service now) Experience in Source control using tools such as Git with DevOps and IT automation concepts. Basic UNIX knowledge and any programing language (preferably java, go lang or UI stack) Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks. Able to understand and use complex data structures and associated components Basic knowledge of infrastructure technologies and components Ability to speak clearly and with intent Ability to navigate and lead the team through high-priority requests; Works well under high-pressure timelines   Resourceful, has grit, and a positive “can do” attitude; acts without being told what to do Bonus Experience: Docker, Terraform and Kubernetes

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred

Five or more years of relevant industry experience 

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 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 work in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days).

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