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Senior Engineer I (Amex ID: 25008993)
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Description
ID: ID: 25008993
Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
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.
The Global Commercial Services team at American Express is looking for a seasoned Senior Engineer I with extensive full-stack development expertise, a strategic product management mindset, and a proven history of successfully leading and mentoring software engineering teams. This role will be pivotal in shaping and building our next-generation expense management platform, designed to provide actionable insights into business spending for our Small and Medium-sized (SMS) businesses and Corporate customers. We aim to deliver an innovative, scalable, and highly integrated expenses solution that transforms business spending into a seamless, insightful experience.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Play a critical role in the design, development, and deployment of our next generation expense management solution.
Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to refine and shape product requirements, ensuring clarity and readiness for engineering.
Mentor and guide feature teams, fostering effective collaboration within the team, across guild teams, and with other cross-functional project teams.
Develop robust platform services utilizing domain-driven design and hexagonal architecture.
Identify, evaluate, recommend, and integrate SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions to efficiently achieve both functional and non-functional objectives.
Participate in and facilitate Request-for-Comment (RFC) processes and proof-of concept (POC) activities.
Integrate analytics and instrumentation toolchains into application development workflows.
Measure, monitor, and enhance application performance, scalability, and resilience.
Actively contribute to establishing and maintaining team coding standards and system design conventions.
Employ the Linear method to effectively guide the Software Development Lifecycle of the team.
Plan, estimate, delegate, and oversee task execution to ensure milestone goals are met on time, proactively addressing risks and resolving blockers.
Regularly demonstrate both individual and team milestone achievements and progress to the product team and stakeholders.
Gather, analyze, and incorporate stakeholder feedback to continuously improve the product and refine software engineering practices.
Minimum Qualifications
Overall experience: 10+ years of experience in software engineering and product development, in individual contributor as well as leadership roles.
Education: Bachelor of Science or Engineering, specializing in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Software Engineering disciplines.
Experience in full-stack development including mobile apps, web UI, middleware, platform services, and infrastructure as code.
Professional certifications in software engineering, architecture, or product management.
At least 5 years of experience building, mentoring, and managing high-performance distributed engineering teams.
At least 5 years of experience in Frontend technologies for web, including Typescript and frameworks such as React, Angular, or Ruby on Rails.
At least 5 years of experience in Backend and general-purpose programming languages and run-times such as Node.js, Python, Ruby, and Go.
At least 2 years of experience with Mobile app development either with cross platform technologies such as React Native, Cordova, Ionic, or native app development.
At least 2 years of experience showcasing deep engagement with product management and UX design teams.
Hands-on experience with cloud services for application development such as AWS Lambdas, S3, API Gateway, SQS, ECS, RDS, etc.
Hands-on experience with multiple storage technologies including RDBMS, Graph databases, document stores, search indices, and OLAP databases.
Hands-on experience integrating Postgres-compatible distributed databases such as CockroachDB.
Hands-on experience integrating with workflow engines, orchestration engines, or durable-execution technologies such as Camunda and Temporal.
Hands-on experience developing data-driven UI and dynamic forms such as JSONschema based forms.
Hands-on experience integrating with AI/ML models to build user-facing recommendation engines.
Hands-on experience setting up instrumentation, analyzing performance, distributed tracing, and debugging with Datadog or similar instrumentation technologies.
Hands-on experience developing, improving, and testing application code towards industry-standard specifications or to meet compliance requirements.
Entrepreneurial experience in software engineering and product development is valuable.
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
Support for financial-well-being and retirement
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
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Culture overview
Our culture is built on a 175-year history of
courageous leadership, innovation, and an
unwavering commitment to back our customers,
communities, and each other. With shared values
and leadership behaviors, we’ve continued to set
the standard for what it means to provide the best
experience every day with premium products and
services that help our customers achieve their
aspirations. As part of Team Amex, you’ll build
strong relationships and collaborate
with colleagues around the world in an
environment where everyone is respected and
valued, and where you can reach your potential.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work
makes an impact, and together, you will help us
define the future of American Express.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Laptop
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Season Ticket Loan
Wellbeing Programme
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City Centre
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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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Code Reviews
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Continuous Development
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Mentoring
Monitoring and logging
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