Software Engineer II - Enterprise Architecture

Overview

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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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.

Enterprise Architecture is an organization at American Express, and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:

1. Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.
   
2. Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.
   
3. Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.
   
4. Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.
   

Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, tests, and debugs software applications and systems
  
• Completes software builds through consistent development practices, including the use of tools, common components, and documentation with guidance from peers and leaders
  
• Completes code reviews and automated testing to maintain high-quality code standards with guidance from peers and leaders
  
• Supports and monitors software across test, integration, and production environments
  
• Adheres to security and regulatory best practices to ensure software compliance
  
• Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives
  

Qualifications:

• Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline
  
• 3+ years of software development experience
  
• Knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, NoSQL and relational databases
  
• Knowledge of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
  
• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
  
• Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential
  
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability.
  
• Strong experience in applications with high throughput and performance
  
• Experience with micro services architectures and service mesh technologies is preferred.
  
• Experienced in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning Algorithms and Gen-AI usage
  
• Experience in automation testing and documentation (i.e. automated, functional, and performance)
  
• Every member of our team must be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business core competencies, including:
  
  • Agile Practices
  • 
    Programming Languages and Frameworks – Hands on experience in some or all the following is preferred: 
    
    
    Java, Python, Go, React, Envoy, gRPC, ProtoBuf, JSON, CouchBase, Cassandra, Redis, Consul, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Drools, Elastic Stack, Kafka, Spark
  • Business Analysis
    
  • Analytical Thinking
    
  • Business Product Knowledge
    

 

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We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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