Introduction
This inclusive employer is a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.
Mission and Values
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.
Recognition and Team Culture
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.
Team Amex Technology
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.
Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.
Role Description
- Developing solutions and extending COTS products for the Finance Treasury Department in American Express.
- Comfortable with developing, testing, deploying, and supporting secure software products.
- Ability to learn fast, prioritize, and make decisions within the scope of responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirements Gathering, Analysis & Design
- Writing and debugging code in Python, Java, SQL, various JavaScript Frameworks, HTML, CSS
- Collaborating with team members to design and implement software
- Testing and documenting software
- Learning and applying coding best practices
- Participating and Driving code reviews
- Assisting in the support including troubleshooting and resolving technical issues
- Ensuring software solutions have no security vulnerabilities
- Ensuring software solutions are resilient
- Contributing to overall secure software development lifecycle
- Keeping up to date with industry trends and technologies
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent experience and certifications
- 5+ years of experience in software development
- Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, and CSS
- Experience with data modeling and data engineering
- Proficiency with GitHub, Jenkins (or equivalent), CI/CD
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Additional Competencies
- Experience with Mainframe (optional)
- Knowledge of ITIL (optional)
- Finance & Accounting basic knowledge (optional)
- Familiar with networking concepts (optional)
Salary Range
$85,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits
Benefits
- 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
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers
- Free and confidential counseling support
- Career development and training opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
Work Environment
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 the role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.