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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Perform hands-on software development, includes designing, writing code, API specs, doing proof of concepts, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing sprints Drive consistent development practices - Tools and common components Develop deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features Maintain code integrity and organization Understand and implement security and data protection Work with technical product managers contributing to blueprints, and assisting with annual planning of feature sets Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technology to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges

Past Experience

3 – 5 years’ experience in

Back-end programming using Java/GoLang/C/C++. Front-end programming using React JS, JS, HTML, Redux [Not a must] Database: Oracle, Any NoSQL DBs. JSON, JWT, OAuth, SAML, OIDC Redefining legacy systems into microservices/FaaS

 

 

Critical Factors to Success (Outcome Driven):

Business Outcomes:

Drive cross functional development on entire technology stack for a company to provide consistent application user experience Ensure ease of switching between front end and back end development which results in saving time and money as complexities and problems can be solved by the same person Enhance design structure leading to speed to market: Coding and the design of the site s/he can have a view from above and prevent slip ups that come up during development

 

Leadership Outcomes:

Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders. Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day

 

 

Skills/Capabilities

 

Behavioral

Enterprise Leadership Behaviors

Set The Agenda: Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective Bring Others With You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage

 

 

Functional

Strong analytical & strategic thinking skills Ability to interpret technical /business objectives and challenges Software Configuration Agile Methodologies Software development/ testing Hands on experience in using open source frameworks and libraries Designing High Availability applications

Preferred: Product Engineering Knowledge  Exposure on Identity systems and related technologies Secure coding practices

 

Technical/Platforms

Java, J2EE Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring security, Vert-x, Relation DBMSs – Oracle, Any NoSQL DB. RESTful API development, Microservices, Function as a Service, gRPC Source control (GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.) Continuous Integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Maven, XLR, Jacoco, JMeter, SonarQube) Container Concepts (LXD, Docker) Orchestration (Kubernetes/Mesos/Swarm)

Preferred: DevOps, Test Driven Development Data Modelling exposure

 

 

Academic Background

Bachelor’s or Master’s in E&C Engineering/CSE or Equivalent

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.