Senior Software Engineer I

Job Description

Work Location Options:

Hybrid

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

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

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 30-50% 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

10 + years of development experience.

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

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Deep understanding of Java programming with Spring Framework.

Hands on experience with Core Java , multithreading, backend processing, transforming large data volumes

Hands on experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate.

Hands on experience in developing APIs / Micro Services

Hands on experience with any unit test libraries such as Junit.

Hands on experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, or equivalent relational databases.

Hands on experience with Couchbase or any No-SQL database

Hands on experience with code quality tools like Sonar

Hands on experience in design & development of scalable & reliable systems.

Hands on experience in building Continuous delivery pipeline, Integration and Deployment, DevOps, and test-driven development.

Experience in supporting mission critical platforms with high levels of availability and service continuity.

Experience in cloud-based architecture and distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in computer science or equivalent or Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 + years in application development.

Working knowledge of React and other Front-end frameworks is a plus.

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.

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