You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible — and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. 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.You won’t just shape the world of software.

You’ll shape the world of life, work and play.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.You won’t just keep up, you’ll break new ground. There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express.

 Focus:

Designs, develops, solves problems, debugs, evaluates, modifies, deploys, and documents software and systems that meet the needs of product.

Organizational Context:

Member of a engineering team reporting to a Engineering Director.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Software Development

• Proficient in software development, such as coding assignments/ code reviews/automated testing.
• Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation).
• Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments

Leadership

• Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals
• Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking 

Range of Impact/Influence:

• Accountable for team completing work you’re leading and work you are doing as agreed upon
• Accountable to team for delivery of quality work

 Description:

American Express is looking for energetic, high-performing software engineers to help shape our technology and product roadmap. You will be part of  data and analytics team leveraging transformational technologies (SQL/Hadoop/BIG DATA/Python) to deliver innovative solutions.

Position requires a Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field. Good experience in data programming and applications systems design and architecture is required.

• Develops and tests software, including ongoing refactoring of code & drives continuous improvement in code structure & quality
• Functions as a core member of an Agile team driving User story analysis & elaboration, design and development of software applications, testing & builds automation tools
• Works on a specific platform/product or as part of a dynamic resource pool assigned to projects based on demand and business priority
• Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• Embodies rebel with a cause mentality by looking beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities.
• Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

 Do you see data or a better way to improve business and lives?