American Express Hiring For Senior Backend Software Engineer – Digital Banking at Phoenix, AZ Full Time

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

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways.  Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible – and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.”

We are building a banking platform that enables teams to create products at scale and power digitals channels to deliver compelling experiences in a dramatically faster fashion. As an Engineer, you will be responsible for building this cutting-edge technology framework that facilitates developer productivity without compromising on quality at enterprise scale.  

We look first and foremost for people who are passionate around solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. You’ll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders on a daily basis to stay focused on common goals. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning. We welcome diverse perspectives and people who are not afraid to challenge assumptions. 

Our mission is to accelerate the pace of financial innovation and build new financial products for American Express. Our platform streamlines the process of launching and iterating on financial products. 

Responsibilities:   

• Lead the solution design and implementation of core platform features  

• API Design and Implementation 

• Provide Operational support with building platform monitoring tools/dashboards, ad hoc reports

• Defect Fixes, Performance Testing, Endurance testing 

Amex Flex – At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible — and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. 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.

In order to work in or visit any of our offices in the United States, we require colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19

• Overall 8+ years of developing internet-scale solution development primarily using Java, Spring Boot and no-sql databases   

• Must have demonstrated proficiency and experience in the following tools and technologies: 

• Java 8 (Lambdas, Streams, Completable Future, optional, generics) 

• Spring boot (webflux , Reactor 3), spring-data, REST 

• Java functional and reactive programming 

• Test Driven Development  

• Asynchronous Reactive Micro services utilizing Vert.x    

• REST APIs using Spring Boot 2.0 (reactive) and skilled in Open API (swagger) specification designing database schemas, index design, optimizations for query tuning

• Working knowledge of cloud technologies (eg.  docker, kubernetes, jager, prometheus)

• Modern software engineering tools: git workflows, gradle, load testing tools, mock frameworks

• Good knowledge of messaging systems like Kafka, mq

• Take pride in writing good clean code, perform peer code reviews and architecture reviews.

• A bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field   
   

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.