Software Engineer III - Java, React - 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.

About Enterprise Architecture:

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:

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

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to high level design as well as detailed design of complex subsystems with emphasis in high availability and low latency.
  
• Define and revise architectural guiding principles to steer our platform and solution development together with our other solution architects.
  
• Conduct proof of concept to validate the feasibility and performance of proposed solutions aligning with project goals and requirements.
  
• Engage and work with cross-functional leaders to understand and help define business principles, goals, and strategy within scope of 
  
• responsibility. Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies
  
• 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:
 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field.
  
• 8+ years of software development experience. Experience in all phases of software development including design, configuration, testing, debugging, implementation, and support of large-scale, business centric and process-based applications.
  
• 5+ years of development experience with Web Technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Next.js etc.).
  
• 3+ years of development experience with Java (minimum Java 8), Python, or Go.
  
• Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing.
  
• Strong technical capability with an intense desire to learn new skills and industry trends.
  
• Demonstrated experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages and proven ability to understand and use complex data structures and associated components.
  
• Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns, and opinions directly to wider team including tech and business partners in team meetings in person or video/tele conferencing.
  
• Must have experience of writing applications for deployment on cloud environment including OpenShift and Docker containers.
  
• Must have experience with performance and monitoring tools e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, ELK.
  
• Analytical skills and knack of looking for non-obvious solutions.
  
• Knowledge CI/CD, system testing, test automation. Experience in infrastructure, application monitoring, platform stabilization and Investment performance a plus.
  

Preferred Qualifications:
 

• Experience with public cloud systems.
  
• Knowledge of Function as a Service (FaaS) & Lambda.
  
• Experience with Event Driven and Reactive Programming.
  
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  Experience developing solutions considering web privacy and security regulations.
   
   
  
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• 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