At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

About Enterprise Architecture:

Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:

1. Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.

2. Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.

3. Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.

4. Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.

The Architecture As Code team is driving a new way of building web experiences for our customers. We are looking for a forward-thinking Software Engineer II who would be responsible for the end-to-end design and delivery for customer value capabilities in US and international markets. You will be hands on in designing the fundamental archiecture that powers our web frameworks like content management, search and navigation and web authoring.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education & Experience:

• 3+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages or platforms, with practical coding experience.
• Exposure to application design, software development methodologies, and automated testing practices.
• General understanding of distributed (multi-tiered) systems,core algorithms, and relational databases.
• Solid grasp of object-oriented design principles and experience coding in a variety of languages.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

High Performance Behaviors:

• Learns and applies new technologies and techniques
• Demonstrates good analytical skills
• Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives
• Clearly communicates ideas and concepts to others

Knowledge/Skills:

• Able to understand and use complex data structures and associated components
• Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications
• Takes part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work
• Has understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
• Programming Languages and Frameworks – Hands on experience in some of the following:Java, Python, Go, React, Envoy, gRPC, Proto Buf, JSON, Couch Base, Cassandra, Redis, Consul, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift, Drools, Elastic Stack, Kafka, Spark

Technology Skills You'll Use Every Day:

• Adaptive Communication
• Business Analysis
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Product Knowledge
• Technology Industry Trends

Game Changers:

• Flexibility
• Collaboration & Partnership
• Continuous Improvement
• Courage
• Curiosity
• Resourcefulness
• Tenacity

Role/Strengths You’ll Need:

• Maintain & develop new API frameworks in technologies such as REST and gRPC
• Help pivot toward serverless, FaaS based, architectures
• Build & manage platforms to help teams across the company quickly deploy A2A services
• Collaborate with technology peers and leaders to gain strategic alignment
• Foster innovation and experimentation

Salary Range: $89,250.00 to $150,250.00 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 you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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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