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

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.

 

From building next-generation apps and microservices in Kotlin to using AI to help protect our franchise and customers from fraud, you could be doing transformational work that brings our iconic, global brand into the future. As a part of our tech team, we could work together to bring ground-breaking and diverse ideas to life that power our digital systems, services, products and platforms. If you love to work with APIs, contribute to open source, or use the latest technologies, we’ll support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career.

 

Function Description:

American Express is looking for energetic, successful and highly skilled Engineers to help shape our technology and product roadmap. 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 experience for our customers and colleagues, with batch/real-time analytical solutions using ground-breaking technologies to deliver innovative products across multiple business units.

 

This Engineering role is based in our Global Risk and Compliance Technology organization and will have a keen focus on platform modernization, bringing to life the latest technology stacks to support the ongoing needs of the business as well as  compliance against global regulatory requirements.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Contributes to design, development, solving, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying, and documenting software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications Function as an active member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation) Participate in code reviews and automated testing Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation Support and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments Automate deployments in test or production environments Explores new automation techniques to refine the agility, speed and quality of engineering initiatives and efforts Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided. Takes part in reviews of own work and handles work efficiently.

Skills & Qualifications:

 

Bachelor degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent OR Master’s in Computer Applications or equivalent 3 to 7 years of experience is required. Expert in Python programming. Expert in python frameworks like Python - Django, Flask Experience in application development on GCP Cloud platform. Hands on Experience in Python libraries Pandas, NumPy etc. Knowledge of Hadoop Architecture and frameworks including Hive, HDFS. Experience in any NoSQL DB (HBASE, Mongo, couchdb). Experience in caching and queuing stacks (Redis, Kafka). Effectively leverages General knowledge of the relationships that exist between all relevant functional groups within American Express. Should have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of big data applications UNIX shell scripting (Good to have) Effectively uses general knowledge of the relationships that exist between all relevant functional groups within American Express. Should have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of system applications Ability to develop and document functional specifications and analyze software and system processing flows. Creative problem solving (Innovative) Excellent technological and analytical proficiency Self-starter with a curiosity and appetite for new technology, Collaboration & ability to multi-task Willingness to understand the business and participate in discussions around project requirements

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  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.