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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

American Express is looking for a hands-on Senior Engineer II in the Risk Decision Technology (RDT) organization for the Authorization Modernization Program (AMP) team. The RDT team is responsible for cross-domain, configurable platforms to enable best-in-class risk management and American Express growth with strong governance. The AMP team is embarking on a journey to modernize and build next-gen authorizations platform. 

This role of Senior Engineer will be an integral part of a team that designs and builds large-scale, high-transaction, cloud- native applications and drive us closer to the vision of a modernized authorizations platform.

As a Senior Engineer, you will:

Software Development:

Perform technical aspects of software development Function as a leader on a software engineering team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation) Lead code reviews and automated testing Debug software components and identify code defects for remediation Leads the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments. - Automate deployments in test or production environments Automatically scale applications based on demand projections - Adhere to security and regulatory best practices

Leadership:

Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking Be a productivity multiplier for your team by analyzing your work flow and contributing to enable the team to be more effective, productive, and demonstrating faster and stronger results. Mentor and guide success within the team 

Minimum Qualifications

Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Information Systems, or other related field (or has equivalent work experience) 9+ years of software development experience in a professional environment 6+ years of demonstrated ability in Java development and building large scale distributed applications 6+ years of experience with relational and NoSQL database technologies like Oracle, Cassandra, and Postgres Solid experience with automated release management using Gradle, Git, Jenkins Thorough understanding of XML,SOAP, JSON, web services technologies, and data structures, with experience in multi-threaded programming High availability techniques and implementation knowledge Practical knowledge of caching and distributed systems Experience working with streaming solutions (Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams) Solid experience building APIs using techniques and frameworks like REST, RPC (gRPC and similar), SpringBoot Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on architecture and solution design Looks proactively beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities Willingness to learn new technologies and use them to their optimal potential Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels across functions, from both technical and practical views

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  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

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.  

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.