You Lead the Way. We've Got Your Back.At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we're supporting our customers' financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what's possible - and we're proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.American Express is entering into a technology transformation phase driven by opportunities to modernize legacy platforms and explore modern software to be on the leading edge of payment card industry. If you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative products and services at a rapid pace, with deep hands-on experience and strategic thinking, in areas of real time, high available and highly scalable application development, join our Enterprise Architecture (EA) team to help transform the Amex legacy systems to a state of the art distributed and global processing environment. This individual will architect cutting-edge strategies for the payment process using latest computing techniques driving proof of concepts with strong hands-on experience. We expect the individual to be innovative and energetic with strong communications skills to adopt the concepts into production. EA as an organization aims to set the bar for technology at American Express. The two main drivers of EA's success are its frameworks (common services to be leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise) and its Major Engagements (high priority, business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support). Software DevelopmentMid level ability in software development, such as coding assignments, as a full stack developerFunction as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)Participate in code reviews and automated testingDebug basic software components and identify code defects for remediationEnable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environmentsAutomate deployments in test or production environmentsAutomatically scale applications based on demand projections LeadershipDemonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goalsInfluence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk takingMinimum requirements:Up to 6 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methodsExperience with design and coding in Java and across one or more platforms and additional languages as appropriateUI experience using React, Node requiredHands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testingExperience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databasesConfirmed experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languagesExperience with streaming technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink and Scala as a programming language a plusBackend experience including Apache Cassandra, and relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL a plusBachelor's Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferredWe 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 programCareer development and training opportunitiesAmerican 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.
