Staff Engineer UI

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Card Shop group is looking for a Staff Engineer with a strong foundation in managing front end applications with a heavy focus on performance, accessibility, and continuous optimizations, and particularly with ReactJS, NodeJS, and Javascript-based frameworks.

The Staff Engineer will enable the organization to achieve technical excellence by designing scalable systems, improving code quality, and driving innovation.

The role will also foster a culture of mentorship and collaboration, ensuring the development teams operate at peak efficiency and align with strategic business goals.

You will be part of the group, which focuses on and strives to provide best in class user experiences to our customers when they shop for American Express products.

Your work will be at the frontline of American Expresscommitment to excellence to our customers, and thus highly visible, impactful, and rewarding.

Required skills:.

12+ years of professional Software development experience, including significant experience with Javascript.

Advanced understanding of front endand back end-specific concerns and the specific strategies to optimize for performance, scale, security, and availability across each part of the stack.

In-depth experience with Javascript frameworks, specifically ReactJS and NodeJS.

Ability to cultivate an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics.

Proficiency in designing and architecting complex, scalable and distributed systems.

Experience working closely with product managers, UX/UI designers and other stakeholders to align technical goals with business objectives.

Ability to set technical direction, lead architectural discussions and decisions, and craft execution strategies.

Track record of innovation and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in technology.

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders effectively.

Proficiency in setting up and managing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.

Strong understanding of DevOps principles, including monitoring, logging, and alerting with tools like Prometheus, Grafana and ELK Stack.

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.