Engineer - Java / Python / GoLang - Enterprise Web Intelligence

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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.

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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. American Express 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 of #TeamAmex.

The Chief Technology Officer Organization’s vision is to raise the bar for technical excellence, talent, strategy, and standards across Technology. It also seeks to cultivate and foster technical innovation, as well as elevate and amplify the technical heartbeat of the organization.

The Architecture as Code team is keenly focused on helping engineers build and manage best-in-class customer experiences quickly, economically, and safely. We are looking for an Engineer to be part of our enterprise web intelligence team to help build modern highly available , cloud native applications.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
• Participate in code reviews and automated testing
• Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
• Demonstrate self-reliance, and ability to innovate and achieve team goals
• Demonstrate creative thinking and problem-solving skills, have ability to influence, drive improvements and challenge status quo
• Expertise in the definition and implementation of effective software engineering practices and processes that result in high speed to market: i.e., open-source style project maintainers, PR review process, issue triage, code reviews, code contribution metrics definition, test automation strategy, CI/CD optimization, etc.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 years of development experience with Java (minimum Java 8), Python, or Go
• 6 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
• Experience with distributed systems, cloud native computing, micro-services, Kubernetes and REST/gRPC APIs
• Experience in developing applications that are scalable, highly available and resilient on AWS, GCP, or Openshift
• Experience with object-oriented design, algorithms and design patterns
• Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing
• Experience with working in a large enterprise with federated development model
• Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods
• Experience coding in additional languages is a plus
• Database experience with Apache Cassandra, and relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Google cloud (GCP)
• Experience with Event Driven and Reactive Programming
• Experience with accessibility standards for web and tools like axe
  
  

Salary Range: $85,000.00 to $150,000.00 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.

Benefits

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