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American Express
Staff Engineer (Amex ID: 24022128)
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Description
ID: Amex ID: 24022128
Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
50% of your time spent on coding
Work with Staff Architects and Product Owners to define solution requirements
Drive both high-level and detailed technical designs and conduct design reviews as needed
Define the long-term technical strategy of the platform to support product roadmaps
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 release/project schedule and sprint achievements
Responsible for health and quality of the code across the portfolio, including leadership over SCM, functional testing, and CI/CD tool integration
Minimum Qualifications
Significant 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
Hands-on coding experience in the platform’s primary technology stack (Java or Golang, Spring Boot, Vertx, Couchbase, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Splunk, Envoy)
Experience with development tools: Jenkins, XL Release
Expertise in building fault-tolerant, scalable solutions that perform 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
Advanced engineering skill with wide-ranging experience; able to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
SDLC Methodologies and Practices
Experience in the card payment network domain is a huge plus
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American Express
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Culture overview
At American Express, we have a special culture built on strong relationships, shared values and purpose, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and each other. Flexibility has always been a part of how we work and it’s here to stay with Amex Flex. Whether you’re working virtually, onsite, or seamlessly switching between the two with our hybrid option, you’ll be part of a winning team that embraces collaboration and innovative thinking and respects each colleague and what they contribute. With the powerful backing of American Express and the support of your amazing colleagues, you’ll be able to thrive personally and professionally.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Laptop
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Season Ticket Loan
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
City Centre
Hackathons
Open Plan
Social Events
Location
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Leadership
Ravi Radhakrishnan
Chief Information Officer
Tech overview
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. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.
Make an Impact
Our tech teams power large scale platforms and products, enabling over 100 million global consumers and businesses.
Grow Your Career
Progress as either a people leader or technical expert, while increasing your domain expertise within a high-performing team.
Expand Your Skills
Use the latest languages, technologies, and delivery practices, and demonstrate your skills at internal hackathons, open-source days, and developer events.
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Engineering principles
Agile Process
Change Management
Code Reviews
Communication and collaboration
Continuous delivery
Continuous Development
Knowledge sharing
Mentoring
Monitoring and logging
Open source contributor
Pair programming
Scrum
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