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American Express Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Engineer in Phoenix, Arizona
Description
You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.
With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.
As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.
American Express is embarking on an exciting transformation driven by an energetic new team of high-performers. This group is nimble and creative with the power to shape our technology and product roadmap. If you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative payment products and services at a rapid pace, serving our customers seamlessly across physical, digital, mobile, and social media, join our transformation team!
You will be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world class Card member experiences across multiple channels, including web service integration, java services, APIs. You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications; Performs hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems
Requirements gathering, analysis, design and development of integration solutions and APIs.
Communicating to stakeholders and business partners on the solution and the implementation aspects at the technical and/or functional level appropriate for the situation
Ability to work closely with technical architects and architecture governance technical team for solution development and design reviews.
Manages and mentors teams of junior and senior engineers through ongoing sprints
Functions as a senior member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices – tools and common components
Develops deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
Works closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products
Typically spends 30-50% of time writing code and testing, and remainder of time managing team and stakeholders through ongoing product/platform release sprints
Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
This “rebel with a cause” looks beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities
Qualifications
Software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience.
Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods.
Experience with design and coding across one or more object-oriented platforms and languages.
Java programmer (minimum Java 8 preferable).
Knowledge of Spring including MVC, AOP, Spring Boot, REST, XML, Microservice architecture, JUnit, Mocking, JSP, Cassandra and PostgreSQL.
Desirable to have cloud experience, especially Docker, Kubernetes, and service discovery tools.
Experience with the Reactive framework such as Spring Webflux or Vert.x.
Desirable to have experience with performance and monitoring tools e.g. Splunk, App Dynamics, Dynatrace.
Application server deployment and configuration experience in JBoss, Tomcat and Springboot.
Knowledge of automated build / continuous delivery, experience of Maven, Jenkins and other JVM languages.
Hands-on experience with application design, software development and automated testing Exposure to distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
Current knowledge of Account Receivables industry desirable.
Manages seamlessly across time zones, cultures, and band levels.
Communicates effectively with Technical, Operational, and Business stakeholders.
Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns and opinions directly to wider team in team meetings via teleconference.
Attention to detail and accuracy are essential.
Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven.
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field required.
Qualifications
Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually bonus benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
We 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
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
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
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .
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.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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Job: Technologies
Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24010222