Job Description
The Enterprise Technology Services organization partners with every part of the American Express business to power the company’s growth and innovation with trust and efficiency and drive competitive differentiation with speed. We support the delivery and operations of technology, digital, and data capabilities, platforms, and services globally. Specifically, our team is responsible for the company’s technology engineering, architecture, and infrastructure, providing 24x7 support to ensure uninterrupted, high-quality experience for customers and colleagues. We also provide product management for core enterprise platforms, and lead technology risk and information security, enterprise data governance and platforms, digital product and design, and enterprise AI platforms on behalf of the company.
Enterprise Platforms is a company-wide center of excellence responsible for the product management and engineering of four critical platforms that underpin American Express’ essential customer segments, value propositions, and business lines: Enterprise Money Movement, U.S. Deposits, Global Accounts Receivable, and Global Loyalty & Benefits.
- Contribute to design, development, troubleshooting, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying, and document software and systems.
- Develop software including writing code and ongoing refactoring of code & drives continuous improvement in code structure & quality.
- Primary focus is spent writing code, API specs, conducting code reviews & testing in ongoing sprints or doing proof of concepts/automation tools.
- Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments.
- Functions as a core member of an Agile team driving User story analysis & elaboration, design and development of software applications, testing & builds automation tools.
- Implement the best software practices that produce maintainable code, including usability patterns, code style conformity, integration and unit testing.
- Design, code, test, maintain, and document applications.
- Take part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work.
- Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure technologies and component.
- Working knowledge of CICD Tools
- Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals.
- Demonstrate ability to develop and document technical and functional specifications and analyze software and system processing flows.
- Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo.
- 5 - 9 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.
- 5+ years of experience in Java programming with Spring Framework.
- 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.
- 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.
- Good understanding of cloud-based architecture and distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science / Information Technology or 7+ years of Industry experience.
- Working knowledge of React and other Front-end frameworks is a plus.
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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.