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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 broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success.

The U.S. Consumer Services and Membership Digital Experiences Technology team (USCDT) brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), marketing and advertising technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and dining technology. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

American Express Global Dining brings together world-class experiences through platforms like Resy, Tock, and Rooam, creating seamless connections between diners, restaurants, and the broader Amex Membership ecosystem. You’ll help shape the future of how people discover, book, and enjoy dining worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of major frontend features and user interfaces.
• Build reliable, performant, and accessible web experiences using modern frontend frameworks.
• Make consistent, high-quality engineering contributions with limited oversight.
• Participate in shared team responsibilities, including:Frontend code reviews
• Bug fixes, production issue analysis, and incident management
• Dependency upgrades, refactoring, and UI performance improvements
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver intuitive and user-focused experiences.
• Mentor junior engineers
• Write reliable, maintainable code using standard development practices, tooling, and documentation.
• Debug software components across the stack, identify root causes, and help drive fixes.
• Develop and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, and/or end-to-end).
• Contribute to improvements in team processes, frontend tooling, accessibility standards, and engineering quality.
• Adhere to and advocate for security, compliance, and operational best practices.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience in a professional environment.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, web fundamentals (HTML/CSS), and common frontend frameworks.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards, performance optimization, and modern UI patterns.
• Familiarity with modern development tools and practices (version control, CI/CD, automated testing).
• Ability to reason about the full web application stack—from frontend behavior to backend interfaces and production environments—even without deep expertise in all areas.
• Experience working with algorithms, data structures, and APIs.
• Solid debugging and problem-solving skills, with an interest in improving code quality and user experience.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially with cross-functional partners.
• Commitment to continuous learning and the adoption of new technologies and engineering practices.

Technologies You May Work With

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Node.js
• Backend: Java, TypeScript, Python
• APIs / Databases: REST, GraphQL, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
• CI/CD & Dev Tools: Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins

Salary Range: $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 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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