Senior Engineer - Java/Kotlin - Channel Frameworks & Services

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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.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customer's digital lives.

Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.

Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.

And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.

Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

The Chief Technology Officer Organization’s vision is to raise the bar for technical excellence, talent, strategy, and standards across Technology.

It also seeks to cultivate and foster technical innovation, as well as elevate and amplify the technical heartbeat of the organization.

How will you make an impact in this role?

You won’t just keep up, you’ll break new ground.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology helps the people who count on it every day, our customers and colleagues.

What is it like to be a Software Engineer at American Express?

• You'll be a core, valued member of an agile team driving the latest development practices
• You'll be designing, coding, testing and supporting breakthrough software
• You'll be going deep into our customers' needs, and going fast to solve them
• You'll be finding opportunities for adopting new technologies
• You'll be supported every step of the way by leaders and peers who want you to succeed
• You'll be empowered to make it happen. Your team, your platform

We are on a journey to develop an enterprise-scale, federated GraphQL service that will power all of our customer experiences.

Whether the customer is online using our award-winning web and mobile applications, on the phone with our legendary Customer Care Professionals, or reaching us through Alexa, our GraphQL service will provide all the data and functionality needed at the point of customer contact.

Fast, secure, real-time, and seamlessly integrated.

We don’t box our engineers in. You will have an opportunity to work on every facet of our GraphQL service including :

• Building federated GraphQL servers and gateways on cloud
• Domain discovery and GraphQL API design
• Integrating with data services to move data quickly, reliably and securely
• Mentor junior developers with technical skills, empowering them, and contributing to their professional development
• Building shared tools, frameworks and libraries to make it easy to build and use our service

The right candidates will be strong problem solvers, who are willing to take risks, to experiment, and to adapt quickly.

So if that sounds like you, and you’re interested in a career where you can make an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

Technical skills :

• Kotlin or Java (you’ll have an opportunity to learn new languages in the role, for example Javascript)
• Spring Boot and Webflux desirable, but not essential
• Exposure GraphQL desirable, but not essential
• Exposure to CI / CD practices
• Exposure to Agile practices (Scrum / Kanban)

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Minimum Qualifications :

• A BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline is desirable but not essential
• Proven experience of building great software that solves real business needs
• Aptitude and willingness to overcome challenges, take risks, experiment, and adapt quickly
• Self-motivated and collaborative

Salary Range : $103,000.00 to $170,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include :

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture.

Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

At American Express, we know that 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.

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