Engineer - Java - Enterprise Architecture

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 Team Amex, 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. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we champion your meaningful career journey with programs, benefits, and flexibility to back you personally and professionally. Every colleague share in the company’s success.

Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to our customers, communities, and each other every day. And we’ll do it with integrity and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they truly belong.

Join #TeamAmex and let’s lead the way together.

About Enterprise Architecture:

Enterprise Architecture as an organization aims to set the bar for technology at American Express. The two main drivers of Enterprise Architecture’s success are its frameworks (common services to be leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise) and its Major Engagements (high priority, business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support).

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. Amex 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 on #TeamAmex.

Qualifications. Up to 2 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:

• Understanding of object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages. Preferred languages are Java or Kotlin and SQL.
• Understanding of Agile or other rapid application development methods.
• Exposure to design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate.
• General Knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required.
• Exposure to methods relating to application design, software development, and automated testing.

High Performance Behaviors:

• Demonstrates good analytical skills.
• Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives.
• Learns and applies new technologies and techniques.
• Clearly communicates ideas and concepts to others.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Has understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s).
• Familiar with infrastructure technologies and components.
• Able to understand and use complex data structures and associated components.
• Takes part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work.
• Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications.
• Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided.

Technology Skills You'll Use Every Day:

• Industry and Company Knowledge.
• Technical Acumen.
• Technology Industry Trends.
• Change Management.
• Agile Practices.
• Adaptive Communication.

Game Changers:

• Resourcefulness.
• Courage.
• Curiosity.
• Flexibility.
• Continuous Improvement.
• Collaboration & Partnership.
• Tenacity.

Role/Strengths You’ll Need:

• Build & manage platforms to help teams across the company quickly deploy A2A services.
• Maintain & develop new API frameworks in technologies such as REST and gRPC.
• Collaborate with technology peers and leaders to gain strategic alignment.
• Foster innovation and experimentation.
• Help pivot toward serverless, FaaS based, architectures.

Salary Range: $70,000.00 to $135,000.00 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.

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:

• Career development and training opportunities
• 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)
• Competitive base salaries
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Bonus incentives
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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.

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

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.

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