Senior Engineer II - Enterprise Architecture

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values, and Leadership Behaviors, with an unwavering commitment to supporting our customers, communities, and colleagues. As a member of Team Amex, you will receive comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and numerous opportunities to enhance your skills, develop leadership qualities, and advance your career. Your voice and ideas hold significance here, making a tangible impact as we collectively shape the future of American Express. Enterprise Architecture, situated within the Chief Technology Office at American Express, plays a crucial role as a key enabler of the company's technology strategy. This organization focuses on four primary pillars: - Architecture as Code: Responsible for managing foundational technologies utilized by engineering teams across the enterprise. - Architecture as Design: Involves solution and technical design for transformation programs and critical projects requiring architectural guidance. - Governance: Defines technical standards and develops innovative tools to automate controls for ensuring compliance. - Colleague Enablement: Concentrates on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach. As part of the team, your responsibilities will include: - Designing, developing, and ensuring the scalability, security, and resilience of applications and data pipelines. - Providing architectural guidance and documentation to support regulatory audits when necessary. - Contributing to enterprise architecture initiatives, domain reviews, and solution architecture. - Promoting innovation by exploring new tools, frameworks, and design methodologies. To qualify for this role, we are seeking candidates with the following qualifications: - Ideally possess a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline. - Minimum of 6 years of software engineering experience with a strong proficiency in Java and Node.js. - Experience with Python and workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow is highly desirable. - Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing distributed systems and APIs. - Familiarity with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, and modern CI/CD pipelines. - Ability to articulate clear architectural documentation and present ideas concisely. - Proven success working collaboratively in a cross-functional, matrixed environment. - Passion for innovation, problem-solving, and driving technology modernization. - Preferred experience with microservices architectures and event-driven architecture. American Express provides benefits that cater to your holistic well-being, ensuring you can perform at your best. These benefits include competitive base salaries, bonus incentives, support for financial well-being and retirement, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits, flexible working models, generous paid parental leave policies, access to global on-site wellness centers, confidential counseling support through the Healthy Minds program, and career development and training opportunities. Please note that an offer of employment with American Express is subject to the successful completion of a background verification check, as per applicable laws and regulations.,