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.

About AMEX

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we are 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 is possible— and we are proud to back each other every step of the way.

Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us a crucial part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can collaborate with dedicated engineers in an open, encouraging, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to tackle sophisticated 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 current and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.

Business Unit/Role-Specific Info

We are looking for Software Engineering Interns to participate in paid orientation and prep sessions (up to 4 hours) and a 3-week virtual, full-time (40 hours per week), paid micro-internship program that will take place from April 30 – May 30, 2025. The Sprinternship Internship Program will provide you with real, on-the-job work experience whilst allowing you to choose from several potential roles within our scrum teams; giving you the skills and experience to help you accelerate in your studies and future career. The program is geared primarily towards Sophomores or similarly qualified individuals currently attending a college or university as a part-time or full-time student.

Ever wondered what it is like to work on J.D. Power’s #1 ranked Mobile App and Website!

Do you know how to setup a near real-time transaction anomaly alerting system?

As an American Express Software Engineer Sprintern, you will work on building global scale software with a host of tools and frameworks! Internship project areas range from machine learning, using big data, native mobile applications, backend services, full stack web applications, or UX/UI focused development. Candidates will work across our software products, like Spring Cloud and Webflux for reactive Java services, or Node.js driving React web applications and various microservice architectures.

What type of work can you expect?

Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to tackle existing needs and predict future challenges.

Develop applications as part of a scrum team.

Learn technical skills, write code, conduct code reviews, and write unit tests.

Partner with Product Managers, Senior Engineers, and Application Architects on your team to conceptualize, build new products and prioritize features.

Take part in social activities, community service events and projects with other Interns.

Skills/Experience

Experience in developing products or projects either in an academic, professional, or personal setting.

Some entry level software development experience, design, or creative experience.

Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Excellent written and verbal communications with the ability to articulate work to team members and collaborators.

Familiarity in any of the following languages, Java, JavaScript, C++, C#, Python, Go, or Rust.

Requirements/Qualifications

Majoring/minoring or planning to major/minor in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Be living in the United States while participating in the Sprinternship to be legally paid.

Have a proven track record to perform technical work in Computer Science and/ or Network Engineering or related field.

Program Commitments

To participate in the 2025 American Express Sprinternship, candidates MUST agree to the following commitments:

Orientation & Prep: April 30 – May 8 (up to 4 hours) Amex Orientation: April 30, 2025 Orientation & Preparing for the Workplace Workshop: May 1, 5-6:30pm MT Navigating the Workplace & Project Management Workshop: May 8, 5-6:30pm MT Internship: May 12 – May 30 (up to 120 hours) Work full-time, 40 hours/week for three weeks from Wednesday, May 12, 2025 - Friday, May 30, 2025, in a virtual format. Final Workshop: May 30 (up to 1.5 hours) Retrospective workshop: May 30, 5-6:30pm MT

At the completion of the May 2025 American Express Sprinternship, candidates will have the opportunity to apply for the May 2026 10-week American Express Internship Program, which will run in a HYBRID format and will require in-person attendance at American Express' office in PHOENIX, AZ.

Salary Range: $24.05 to $63.00 hourly

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.

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

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:

Competitive base salaries Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counselling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunities

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

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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