Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
Ready to explore a career path? Start your journey.
Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
Ready to explore a career path? Start your journey.
*Must be able to work a hybrid schedule in Chicago*
Amex GBT Egencia is the largest Travel Management Company in the world that has built and maintains their own tech stack. We are committed to delivering a higher standard of corporate travel service through innovative technology. Our success is directly attributed to our customers' ability to move their businesses ahead, through their valued relationships with our company and more importantly, with our people. Led by an experienced, visionary management team under Amex GBT, Egencia has continued to expand its offering of intuitive on-line tools and comprehensive business travel services while maintaining a reputation for great customer service.
Position Overview:
You will work on a tight-knit team, including software engineers, designers, and product owners to build features that simplify business travel and travel management for people on the go.
What You'll Do:
You will take a wholistic systems view to analyze use cases, design, implement and test end to endYou will identify, recommend and build solutions to address business and customer needsYou will lead, participate in design and code reviews and set software standardsYou will solve complex issues in the engineering domain and conduct day-to-day activities seamlesslyYou partner with product, tech and design managers to envision the business requirementsYou will collaborate with peers across teams and regions throughout Egencia in maintaining a healthy code base, architecture, framework and toolsYou will monitor applications and service performance to ensure quick time to detect and time to resolution of any customer impacting issuesYou will craft resilient and highly scalable software solutions within the Egencia platform, optimized for speed and with low memory requirementsYou will advocate for operational excellence through testing, monitoring and alertingYou will code in a variety of languages including Java (and Kotlin), JavaScript(React preferred), HTML and CSS
What We're Looking For:
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science6+ years’ experience in software development with competencies in OO programming, data structures, algorithms, and software design1 years or more of experience in ReactUnderstanding of full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and test automation, and DevOpsExperience communicating with customers, technical teams, and other partners to collect requirements, understand software product features, and technical designsExperience integrating 3rd party front-end librariesExperience developing/consuming RESTful servicesExperience implementing A/B testingExperience with git or similar software version control systemStrong problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skillsAbility to work with minimal guidance and to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively#GBTJobs
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The US national annual base salary range for this position is from $85,000 to $170,000. The national range provided includes the base salary that Egencia expects to pay for the role. Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location.
In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Award plan, which rewards participants based on company and individual performance. For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.
Benefits at a glance
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.
And much more!
This role is for Egencia LLC (“Egencia” or the “Company”), a member of the American Express Global Business Travel family of companies.
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.
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Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.
What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!