Software Engineer - AEM

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 ourand 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.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values 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.

Overview of The Department:

Be part of the exciting transformation world and join a team of creative, curious, and passionate professionals whose mission is to become the future of American Express by staying on the cutting edge and bringing innovation to life! The Marketing Platforms Management team leads the technology strategy and engineering delivery of marketing campaigns and centralizing of marketing assets.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if you're interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

Here's just some of what you'll be doing:

• Taking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices
• Writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation
• Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
• Leading a team of engineers that delivers solutions to businesses worldwide

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
• Must have competency and proven track record of delivering complex technical projects within a team environment of other engineers, meeting tight deadlines without sacrificing quality
• Adobe AEM Engineer with strong Java/J2EE background.
• At least 5 years of strong Web Content Management experience with Adobe AEM / CQ5, implementing 3+ full cycle AEM projects.
• Solid experience in implementing custom Adobe workflows
• Solid experience with AEM building blocks including templates, components, dialogs, widgets and bundles.
• Good experience in Sightly scripting language
• Experience on Java Content Repository (API) suite, Sling web framework and Apache Felix OSGi framework, DAM.
• Experience with integrating AEM with other products and vendors specifically targeting Social Integrations
• Experience working with creative Web design teams to implement Web designs in AEM: Templating sites for Adobe AEM (CSS, JavaScript, ExtJS, AJAX and HTML)
• Writing custom components in Java for Adobe AEM
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Automated test execution and building tools such as Jenkins, Hudson, Selenium or Maven
• Well conversant with version control capabilities like GitHub, Bitbucket.
• Implement the best software practices that produce maintainable code, including usability patterns, code style conformity, integration, unit testing, and code review.
• Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges and articulate solutions
• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges, and articulate solutions
• Deals well with ambiguous/under-defined problems Ability to think abstractly.

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.