**Description** **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. As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ 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. American Express 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 of #TeamAmex. American Express Technology is looking for a Senior Engineer II to join the Risk Decision Technologies (RDT) team supporting Authorization Modernization Program (AMP), specifically on the Credit Authorization platform. This is a dynamic and innovative development team. Our team builds multi-functional, rich global credit authorizations solutions, critical to the core of American Express’ business. The team uses the Agile methodology for project delivery and operates in a fast-paced business environment. From integrating with American Express Network partners, such as international banks, to developing highly available solutions and serving internal and external customers there will always be new and unpredictable challenges in this environment. A successful candidate will be part of a multi-disciplined, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world class Authorizations capabilities. Excellent problem-solving skills are a must as well as an expert knowledge of Mainframes, DB2, Dell Clerity, COBOL, JCL, ISPW, DB2, CONTROL-M, ORACLE, TCP/IP Concepts, SOA Services, Restful Services, BDP, open-source tools and MQ. Supporting a global business, you will be required to understand and deliver against a diverse set of business needs as well as providing your own feedback and inputs. **Job Responsibilities** + Analyzes requirements/ user stories to appropriately support design activities. + Performs technical aspects of software development for assigned applications. + Performs hands-on design, and development of systems. + Functions as a contributing member of an Agile team and helps deliver consistent development practices. + Typically spends 70% of time writing code and testing, and remainder of time collaborating with stakeholders through ongoing product/platform releases. + Designs and builds integration components and interfaces in collaboration with Architects and Infrastructure Engineers as necessary. + Contributes to decisions about tools, methods, and approaches. + Performs unit and assembly testing of software components including the design, implementation, evaluation, and execution of unit and assembly tests. + Conducts peer reviews and builds test automation. + Debugs software components, identifies, fixes, and verifies remediation of code defects. + Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies. + Provides continuous support for ongoing application availability. + Understands impact on disparate systems, business units and long-term impact of technical design decisions. + Generates ideas to improve overall system design. + Focuses on delivering high quality code on time and to specifications. + Focused on cost savings, high performance, high reliability, quality of user experience and architectural alignment of solutions. **Required Skills/Qualifications:** + 12 years of Mainframe Applications Development experience. + Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related field (or has equivalent work experience). + Hands-on knowledge and understanding of architecture, requirements analysis, applications systems design and integration, with a detailed understanding of applicable Programming methodologies. + Has the ability to work with business partners and articulate technical concepts and design / implementation considerations. + Strong programming skills and in-depth knowledge of the operating principles. + Experience with Java, BDP, and Open-Source Tools. + Must be able to thrive in an environment of heavy team interaction and collaboration. **Preferred experience:** + Experience with Card authorization, merchant technologies and digital capabilities a plus. + Experience in multiple IT disciplines. + Agile development experience. **Qualifications** Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 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. US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement. If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions. **Job:** Technology **Primary Location:** US-Arizona-Phoenix **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 24018647