Senior Software Engineer 1

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.

The Payments Platform is responsible for clearing more than 500 million transactions a year globally, with a value of over 1 trillion dollars (Yep! that is not a typo, trillion with a T). This is a mission critical endeavor, with plenty of interesting engineering challenges in a space that is ripe for innovation. Open banking, ISO 20022, real-time/instant payments, and modern cross-border schemes are revolutionizing clearing and settlement. Our Platform is becoming the gateway to existing and emerging global payment rails; and we are using an innovative integration stack to “speak” the many schemes and formats. Beyond the transactional aspect, our differentiating value is contextual. A rich data backbone and deep integration with enterprise data sources allow us to offer powerful omnichannel APIs and extension points used by developers that build customer facing experiences such as P2P payments, loans, bill-pay, commercial cross border payments, AP automation, and many more.

We are beginning our journey of transforming the technical landscape in our teams to use a microservice architecture and are looking to bolster our technical talent by acquiring full-stack developers, using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Spring, and React. 

 
Responsibilities:   

As a developer, you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of your software from inception to production, working on a mixture of green- and brown-field projects, learning from, and contributing to your peer group. 

 
Qualifications:   

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
• Push Payments Expertise
• 5+ years of software development experience with strong knowledge in Java, Rest APIs, and exposure to alternate JVM languages: Kotlin, Clojure 

Technical Skills:

• Python, Scala, Node.js, Golang, Java, JavaScript, C++, C#,Kotlin
• Database: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Postgres
• Search & log: Solr, Fruendt, Prometheus
• Container orchestration: Kubernetes, GKE, Docker
• CI/CD: Jenkins, SonarQube
• Cloud services: Big Query, DataPro, Dataflow, Cloud SQL, Cloud Composer, AWS EMR
• Other: Git, Gitflow, Jira, Bitbucket, Gitlab, Trello, Scrum
• Frameworks: Quarkus, Ktor
• NoSQL databases: MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase, Couchbase
• Applied statistics skills: distributions, statistical testing, regression analysis
• Creativity & Problem-Solving Skills
• Adaptability & Flexibility
• Aptitude for technology; curiosity, passion, and startup mindset
• Innovative thinking 

Other Skills (that will be a plus):

• Web technologies – An in-depth knowledge and experience working with web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, C#, SASS, Stylus, Stylus, Python, and LESS.
• React tools – Strong proficiency in Enzyme, Webpack, Redux, and Flux.
• Web frameworks – Proven expertise in different frameworks like React Native, AngularJS, Angular2, VueJS, SocketIO, Backbone, KnockoutJS, Svelte, and Bootstrap.
• Open-source Libraries – Demonstrable experience with jQuery, MomentJS, html5sql.js, RequireJS, and Loads.
• Software testing tools – A good working knowledge in testing codes using Mocha, Jest, Unit-tests, TDD, Karma, VCS, and Selenium (base).
• Databases – A familiarity of working with different databases such as MySQL, NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB), PostgreSQL, Redis is recommended.
• Code repositories – Working experience using GitHub, Bitbucket, Rhode Code, and devZing Subversion
• Cloud management – A strong background in different cloud platforms like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack Apache, and Google Cloud Platform 
  

• 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