As part of our diverse tech team, you can manage & lead multiple projects, 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.
How will you make an impact in this role
Drives processes and execution oversight for Engineering Teams.
Enables Product Engineering team productivity and agility by demonstrating Agile/Scrum concepts and principles where appropriate.
Focuses on team execution
Organizational Context: Member of a product delivery team reporting to PD&I director.
Key Responsibilities:
Facilitate technical solutions and architecture design with the engineering & product team
Drives team/release level processes demonstrating servant leadership coupled with domain knowledge and technical savvy
Support product owners by ensuring backlog refinement and readiness
Create data-driven insights into the delivery and execution of the team using relevant team level metrics
Provide visibility into gaps, issues, risks, and opportunities across Agile teams
Manages external relationships, e.g. product or vendor partners
Technical Skills:
Understand the team s technical platforms and applications, and leading design & solutioning
Live the Agile and SAFe Values and Principles
Respectfully and purposefully challenge the status quo
Drives collaboration and quality practices between system architects, Agile teams, and product teams
Promotes compliance with SDLC standards across the team
Product Delivery & Integration:
Influence without authority through effective change and leadership management
Works in partnership with Product Owners and the core and extended team to build and prioritize the product backlog
Responsible for tracking iteration progress, actively adding to design discussions, issue resolution, and removing obstacles to ensure sprint/iteration commitments are met
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent work experience required; Advanced degree preferred.
5+ years of technical delivery experience with a demonstrated track record of growing responsibility.
Experience facilitating 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.
Agile Certification or Certified Scrum Master a plus.
High-performing Behaviors:
Steer and deliver communications to all levels of leadership
Builds high trust and creditability within the team through deep domain knowledge of the business and underlying technology
Drives the DevOps, CI/CD (Continuous Integration /Continuous Deployment) mindset and practices within the team
Technology Core Competencies:
Adaptive Communication
Agile Practices
Industry and Company Knowledge
Technology Industry Trends Game Changers
Courage, Curiosity, Ingenuity, Tenacity
Release and Deployment
Requirements Gathering and Definition
Leadership, Analytical Thinking, Decision Making
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