Senior Engineering Manager (Amex ID: 24001729)

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American Express

Senior Engineering Manager (Amex ID: 24001729)

Multiple locations
Hybrid

Description

Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
We are looking for a skilled and hands-on Sr. Engineering Manager to lead two engineering scrum teams. The front end and back end teams are responsible for building and maintaining the TLS Membership business domain to fetch all card members eligibilities and benefits, and to build the global profile user interface, front end personalization, cross sell presentment and ownership of common UI asset.
The Sr. Engineering Manager actively provides people-leadership, deep technical knowledge and contributes to the engineering team that will design, develop, test, troubleshoot, debug, deploy, document, and ensure reliability and availability for the software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end-user tools and applications.
The ideal leader must be:
willing and able to express new ideas, concerns, and opinions directly to the direct team and wider proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven adaptable to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential proficient collaborator and communicator
Key Responsibilities
Software Engineering
Hands-on engineer with expertise in developing complex, large scale enterprise applications Responsible for technical aspects of software engineering for assigned applications including design, developing prototypes, and coding assignments Partners with customers and other internal teams and technical product managers to deliver improvements to the platform Establish and accepts responsibility for engineering practices across teams for example the code review, build and release process and the effectiveness of the retrospective Empower teams to automate demand driven scalable application deployments in test or production environments Apply specialized knowledge of industry standards or practices to assigned initiatives to identify complex and or broad problems and issues and formulate recommendations Collaborates with leadership across teams to define solutions, technical implementation to drive software maturity and practices
Leadership
People Leader to software engineering team, including colleagues and contractors, dotted line leadership to sr. engineering colleagues in team(s) Promote, empower, and practice servant-leadership Drives the team’s technical improvements and roadmap Takes accountability for the technical maturity of the team Mentor and guide team members to success; identify strengths and areas for growth in direct reports and guides them to grow in their careers while being more productive on the team Nurture an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics Hire top talent for the team
Essential Criteria – Education & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred 5+ years of active engineering – preferred full stack. Experienced with Java 17 and above, Spring, GraphQL, No SQL Databases, 2+ years leadership experience in a complex technical environment and/or comparable experience Successful design, creation and deployment of one or more enterprise-grade technology assets, including integration of cross-platform solutions in an Agile product environment Experience with agile software development methodologies and practices such as Scrum/Kanban, iterations, user stories Experienced ability to set priorities and multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Hands on experience with automation testing and documentation (i.e. automated, functional, and performance)
Essential Criteria – Technical Skills
Full Stack Engineering Backend API Engineering Deep knowledge of the GraphQL specification, understanding of schema design, resolver logic, and seamless integration with various data sources Experienced in programming, testing, and application design for microservices using Java 17 and above or Kotlin, Spring and build automation with Maven or Gradle. Experience with no-SQL database – CouchBaseDB Front End Engineering Hands-on expertise with application design, software development, and automated testing using React and Redux JavaScript libraries, Jest testing framework Observability – Logging, Monitoring & Alerting Strategy & Implementation using Amex’s Enterprise Logging Framework, Dynatrace, Tealeaf, Kibana Deep Knowledge of cloud and CI/CD technologies, and how to get code into production quickly and reliably.

Role tech stack

java
spring
graphql
nosql
kotlin
react
reduxjs

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

Office vibe

City Centre
Hackathons
Open Plan
Social Events

Location

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. Global Tech Career Pathways Explore roles across 5x career pathways: Engineering & Architecture; Digital Product & Design; Service Delivery; Information Security; Product Delivery & Integration. Find your place in Tech on #TeamAmex. Meet our Tech Colleagues, leading through innovation. Laurence - “What provides unparallel satisfaction in my role is having a meaningful contribution to combating cybercrime.” Will - “Being able to move into different jobs around the company keeps things varied and exciting.” Dev - “As a new colleague, I was astonished at how quickly I was able to acclimate… I’ve achieved a lot in my first year.” Eve - “I thrive on building products and architecture-as-code that cement the data culture we have here.” Meghan - “I’ve built well-rounded skills and have been able to identify the type of engineering that suits me most..” Mohan - “Amex has a stellar technology organization; I get opportunities to gain exposure across various stacks.” Learn more about Tech careers on #TeamAmex.

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

Company tech stack

javascript
python
hadoop
android
salesforce
goland
kotlin
kubernetes
kafka-streams
react
restful
graphql
grpc
postgresql
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American Express
Senior Engineering Manager (Amex ID: 24001729)
London
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