**Description** At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared  values  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. American Express is looking for an entrepreneurial and creative full stack Web Developer to join the Global Pay engineering team. Global Pay is responsible for the development of a cloud-based, highly available platform enabling international money transfers for global commercial clients. Working in the Global Pay team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering the core functionalities for our international money transfer system, building the a platform targeting millions of American Express users and supporting the roll out of new features, components, and functions. **How will you make an impact in this role?** An Engineer interested in developing a great product, an individual contributor that will pursue technical excellence and engage with the best engineering practices. **Role and responsibilities** Day to day, you will: + Build scalable services using Kotlin + Deliver an excellent UX with a React based stack + Write high quality, functional code + Integrate with our partners to process financial transactions + Be an active participant in feature refinement and solution design **Minimum qualifications** + A proactive mind-set and the drive to deliver + Be keen to learn new technologies and be articulate with technical concepts + To be conversant with RESTful web service design and messaging technologies (e.g Kafka, Active MQ) + An understanding of relational databases + Experience with the JVM (e.g. Java, Kotlin, Scala, etc.) + Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React/Redux, HTML5, CSS3 + Exposure to GitHub Actions **Preferred qualifications** + Are experienced with multiple JVM languages, functional programming, asynchronous programming, the concepts of clean code + Have expertise with Spring, React, relational and non-relational databases, cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines + Understand product development concepts, e.g. minimum viable product, design sprints, prototyping, A/B testing, etc. + Enjoy automating systems, improving reliability, and challenging processes with the goal of continuous improvement + Have worked with complex integrations involving payment/financial technologies **Qualifications** 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 Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations. **Job:** Technologies **Primary Location:** United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25008731