Engineer I

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 Enterprise Architecture:

Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office 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

Architecture as Design

Governance

Colleague Enablement:

Software Development

·       Maintain & develop new API frameworks in technologies such as REST and gRPC

·       Ensure the site reliability of frameworks to 5 – 9’s

·       Help pivot toward serverless, modern APIs & Organizational design patterns

·       Build & manage platforms to help teams across the company quickly deploy A2A/B2B/C2B services

·       Evangelize the API engineering transformation at an accelerated pace

·       Collaborate with technology peers and leaders to gain strategic alignment

·       Foster innovation and experimentation

·       Responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning

·       Create a bridge between development and operations by applying a software engineering mindset to system administration topics

Qualifications

·       University degree in computer science or equivalent experience

·       Up to 6 years of software development & significant engineering experience, with emphasis on managing high volume and highly scalable systems

·       Knowledge of automation process to bring in a high reliable and zero downtime platform

·       Capability to manage environment provisioning and DevOps pipeline setup

·       Experience with the following technologies: Java, Javascript, REST, OpenAPI, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, gRPC, and other Cloud Native technologies.

·       A firm understanding of networking principles: DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP 2

·       Experience developing architecture and E2E solutions that conform to requirements for privacy, security and compliance

·       The ability to look at code and derive time and space complexity

·       Deep experience with multiple open-source solutions

·       The ability to learn new technologies quickly and teach them to others.

• 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