Engineering Director

You will be joining Team Amex, becoming a part of a global and diverse community that is committed to supporting customers, communities, and each other. At American Express, your contributions and leadership will be recognized, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's success. Together, as a team, we strive to provide the best customer experience while upholding company values with integrity and inclusivity. As a part of the Acquisition Experience team, you will play a crucial role in developing and managing platforms and services for new products aimed at the next generation of customers across market segments. Your responsibilities will include structuring the team optimally, determining roles and responsibilities, enhancing Agile working practices, and leading application and product roadmaps. Your role as a Director will involve forming strong partnerships within the team and with the Product Owner, while also overseeing the performance management of the engineering team members. American Express is undergoing an exciting digital transformation led by a team of high performers, and if you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative products and services rapidly, this is the team for you. Your purpose will be to lead the development of next-generation distributed platforms, aligning resources with business growth, improving product quality, and cost-effectiveness. You will drive innovation, manage product development teams in an agile environment, attract and maintain a highly skilled workforce, and ensure alignment of strategy and architecture with software engineers and architects. You will collaborate with stakeholders to drive necessary changes, prioritize and execute development schedules, communicate strategy direction to senior leaders, and work with technology stacks like Java, ReactJS, and American Express frameworks. Your qualifications should include a Bachelor's degree in computer sciences or related experience, 13+ years of experience managing agile software engineering teams, expertise in full-stack development, and proven experience in building distributed applications. American Express offers competitive base salaries, bonus incentives, support for financial well-being and retirement, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, flexible working models, generous paid parental leave policies, access to wellness centers, counseling support, and career development opportunities. Employment with American Express is subject to the successful completion of a background verification check as per applicable laws and regulations.,