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 lets lead the way together.

How will you make an impact in this role?

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. Amex 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Own all aspects of software development for assigned applications and perform hands-on architecture, design, and improvement of systems
• Do requirements gathering, analysis, design and development of integration solutions and APIs
• Connect with stakeholders and business partners the solution and the implementation aspects at a technical and/or functional level appropriate for the situation
• Partner with technical architects and the architecture governance technical team for solution development and design reviews
• Lead and mentor teams of junior and senior engineers
• Function as a senior member of an agile team and to drive consistent development practices when it comes to tools and common components
• Develop deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
• Work closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products
• Spend 50-60% of the time writing code and testing, and the remainder of time leading the team and internal customers through ongoing product/platform release meetings.
• Find opportunities to adopt innovative technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience

• Bachelor s Degree in related field preferred; proven industry experience.
• 8+ years of full stack software development with well-rounded experience across all tiers of the application.
• Experience in developing software applications using agile methodologies.
• Experience in supporting production issues post implementation.

Knowledge/Skills

• Full stack software development using Java 11 or higher with Spring framework, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices architecture, RDBMS(Postgres/Oracle or similar)
• Experience in Kafka/MQ or similar and ReactJS gives an added value
• Experience in delivering software using DevOps practices like CI,CD, Automated testing, Alerting & Monitoring etc.,
• Good understanding of application security principles & remediating vulnerabilities.
• Understanding of multi-tier application architectures and related development
• Proven experience in creating automated tests using test frameworks.
• Knowledge and understanding of the SDLC principles.
• Understanding of BDD & TDD practices.

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.