Sr Mgr-Software Engineering

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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior leader within an Agile team, driving consistent engineering practices, standardization of tools, reusable components, and quality documentation.
  

• Partner with

  Product Owners

  to analyze business requirements, refine user stories, and ensure technical feasibility and alignment with strategic goals.
• Collaborate with Product and Architecture teams to

  prioritize features

  , manage technical backlogs, and incorporate emerging technologies, industry trends, and known issue resolutions.
• Provide

  hands-on technical leadership

  across the software development lifecycle — including architecture, design, prototyping, coding, API development, and unit/integration testing.
• Work closely with

  technical architects and governance teams

  to review and validate solution designs, ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead

  integration and performance testing efforts

  , and present outcomes to technical and product stakeholders through demonstrations and reviews.
• Conduct

  peer code reviews

  and champion best practices in design, coding standards, and technical debt reduction.
• Oversee

  deployment, monitoring, and support

  of applications across test, integration, and production environments, ensuring stability, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with Product Owners on

  long-term roadmap planning

  , ensuring cohesive feature delivery across multiple platforms and products.

• Mentor and coach junior developers

  , providing technical guidance, career development support, and constructive feedback to build strong, high-performing teams.
• Foster a

  collaborative and growth-oriented culture

  , encouraging knowledge sharing, skill enhancement, and continuous learning within the engineering organization.
• Communicate effectively with

  stakeholders and business partners

  , translating technical solutions into business outcomes and ensuring alignment throughout the delivery process.
• Proactively

  identify and adopt new technologies

  and best practices that enhance performance, security, and maintainability.
• Inspire innovation and creativity by

  encouraging experimentation and calculated risk-taking

  , driving continuous improvement across teams and platforms.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in

  software development

  , with at least

  5+ years

  in

  Java

  and

  Big Data

  technologies.
• Proven expertise in

  designing, developing, and maintaining

  large-scale, data-intensive

  ETL applications

  .
• Strong

  hands-on experience

  with

  PySpark

  ,

  Relational

  (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and

  NoSQL

  databases (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB).
• Skilled in

  RESTful API

  design, development, and integration.
• Practical experience implementing

  CI/CD pipelines

  using tools such as

  JUnit, TestNG, Jenkins, Git

  , and

  Mocking frameworks

  .
• Deep understanding of

  data management principles

  , data modeling, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to

  analyze complex problems

  , define scalable solutions, and deliver in

  incremental, agile iterations

  .
• Strong foundation in

  object-oriented design and programming

  , with proficiency across multiple languages and familiarity with complex data structures.
• Bachelor’s degree in

  Computer Science

  ,

  Computer Engineering

  , or a related technical discipline.

• 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