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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 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 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.

Key Responsibilities

50%~60% of the time spent on coding and/or hands-on technical implementation Work with Staff Architects to define solution requirements and technical implementation approach Drive both high-level and detailed technical designs and conduct design reviews as needed Provide technical mentorship to other software engineers at all levels Implement new, highly scalable platform components Improve and maintain existing components of the core platform Actively participate in team and company-wide architecture and engineering discussions and forums Employ technical expertise to help team members overcome technical problems Enforce to release/project schedule and sprint achievements Analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software for use in local, networked, cloud-based or Internet-related environments Responsible for health and quality of the code across the portfolio, including leadership over SCM, functional testing, and CI/CD tool integration Scope of Imp act/Influence This person will be supporting a Technical Platform or its significant application components. Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors

 Minimal Qualifications

Strong knowledge of Customer Identity and Access Management  8+ years of active engineering experience in a complex environment and/or comparable experience such as: Successful engineering and deployment of enterprise-grade technology assets in an Agile product environment Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred High-performing Hands-on coding experience in the platform’s primary technology stack (relevant frameworks, languages, OS libraries, etc.) Expertise in building fault-tolerant, scalable solutions that are performed at a global enterprise scale Full understanding of Service Oriented Architecture design principles and implementation patterns Ability to construct enterprise-grade APIs using state-of-the-art techniques and best practices (REST, JSON, XML, etc.) Proficient in cross-platform integration Able to diagnose, resolve, and prevent the recurrence of system outage Channel-specific technical skills as required by the platform, such as web, mobile, voice or interactive media Advanced engineering skill with wide-ranging experience; able to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways

Salary Range: $170,000.00 to $255,000.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + 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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