At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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.
How will you make an impact in this role
This Engineering Director in the Technology organization is responsible for the design and delivery of the optimal data acquisition, enrichment and provisioning solutions which are critical to driving regulatory reporting, financial reporting and financial data insights in adherence with enterprise controls & compliance. This role will also be involved in leading Helping@56#@
Innovation in this space and leveraging modern technologies and enterprise solutions to accelerate and support business insights. The Engineering Director will be working very closely with his/her technology peers and teams to achieve the above-mentioned objectives. Key priorities include leading innovation, technology transformation and leveraging modern technologies to accelerate and support business growth.
Responsibilities:
Key responsibilities include:
- Deep understanding of the Product / Technology Platform's underlying tech stack and its core components
- Hands-on expertise in one or more relevant technologies
- Strong systems integration architecture skills and a high degree of technical expertise, ranging across a number of technologies with a proven track record of turning new technologies into business solutions
- Experience in leading large-scale transformative initiatives involving multiple business units
- Preferred experience as an Agile technology leader, managing multiple Agile teams in a release train
- Experience managing in a fast paced, complex, and dynamic global environment
- External technology contributions (patents, noteworthy Open Source attributions, publications, etc.)
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels across functions, from both technical and non-technical perspectives alike
- Proficient managerial skills as required to operate a large organization, including budgeting, resource planning, staff management, etc.
- Able to define, influence and deliver software solutions against strategic plans that promote Company Platform objectives
- Outstanding influential and collaboration skills ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process
- Technical expertise related to the core components of the Technology Platform's tech stack, as well as delivery optimization techniques in a total dev continuous delivery environment
- Expert-level relevant hands-on engineering skills across a broad range of technologies, including deep expertise in the construction of enterprise-grade APIs and Services using state-of-the-art techniques (Java, GCP tools, Big Data Technologies, Apache Flink, SingleStore, Microservices, APIs, JSON, REST, BI Tools etc.)
- Able to manage multiple priorities and rapidly guide the organization through change moments
- Ability to manage large-scale applications in terms of performance, production assurance, capacity planning and threat mitigation
- Demonstrate accountability, leading people with passion, enthusiasm, loyalty and integrity. Owns and leads HR processes such as employee engagement, performance reviews, talent development, etc.
- Strong thought leadership skills with an ability to problem solve and create strategic plans
- Strong mentoring and coaching skills to empower teams and help create trusting, cohesive environment
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required
- 14+ years of large-scale technology engineering and formal management in a complex environment and/or comparable experience such as:
- Successful engineering and deployment of enterprise-grade technology products in an Agile environment
- Large scale software product engineering experience with contemporary tools and delivery methods in a complex environment (i.e. DevOps, CD/CI, Agile, etc.)
- Hands-on delivery experience in the fundamental components of the assigned portfolio's primary technology stack(s) (some of them include (Java, GCP tools, Big Data Technologies, Apache Flink, SingleStore, Microservices, APIs, JSON, REST, BI Tools etc.)
- Enterprise level Agile management and leadership skills preferred (PMP, SAFe RTE, LPM etc certifications)
- Extensive experience as a leader within a Technology organization and/or in a product development company with experience that compliments the software product portfolio etc.
- Creation of Engineering Best Practices adopted by a large segment of the technology organization
- Creation of tools or other technologies that become integral to the operation of the platform
- Successful assimilation of new technology into an existing technology stack
- Outstanding influential and collaboration skills ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process
- Outstanding ability to work as a team with peers dispersed across the globe
Preferred Qualifications:
- 14+ years of large-scale technology engineering and formal management in a complex environment and/or comparable experience such as:
- Hands-on delivery experience in the fundamental components of the assigned portfolio's primary technology stack(s) (some of them include (Java, GCP tools, Big Data Technologies, Apache Flink, SingleStore, Microservices, APIs, JSON, REST, BI Tools etc.)
- Extensive experience as a leader within a Technology organization and/or in a product development company with experience that compliments the software product portfolio etc.
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
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.
