You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

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?

Designs, develops and maintains technology systems for use by external and internal customers.

Responsibilities:

1. Oversees system performance monitoring and proactively identifies and resolves complex issues to ensure optimal functionality

2. Investigates and resolves of critical incidents and problems in systems and services, including root cause analysis

3. Implements remedies and preventative measures to maintain and enhance system integrity

4. Manages application maintenance, including performance tuning, major enhancements, comprehensive backup and recovery processes, and developing and deploying preventative maintenance procedures

5. Directs service support activities, including advanced access control, application installation, and retirement of outdated systems

6. Monitors quality standards of documentation and reporting

7. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to quality standards during development and implementation phases

8. Drives continuous service improvement by developing and maintaining best practices and knowledge repositories

9. Coordinates disaster recovery testing and leads post-implementation reviews to ensure system resilience

 

Minimum Qualifications

1. Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline

2. 8+ years of software experience with good understanding of either Java or Python language        

3. Experience with CI/CD environment and tools is a plus

4. Mentoring and coaching the team

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.