Senior Software Engineer I - Enterprise Architecture

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

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.

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. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and lets lead the way together.

About Enterprise Architecture:

Enterprise Architecture is an organization at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:

1.     Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.

2.     Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.

3.     Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.

4.     Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and manage enterprise platform and frameworks for Process Management, Case Management, Work Management


• Designing, developing, and supporting shared technology services leveraged by the enterprise


• Taking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices


• Writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation


• Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies

Qualifications - External

• Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline


• 5+ years of software development experience


• Experience in Process Management, Case Management, Work Management is required.


• Experience in Automations, Cognitive OCR, AI / ML driving cost savings is preferred


• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions


• Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential


• Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability.


• Strong experience in applications with high throughput and performance


• Advanced to authoritative level knowledge and understanding of solution architecture, complex application systems design and platform integration via modern approaches (i.e. RESTful APIs, event-driven layered Architecture, Message brokers )
  
• Experience integrating with core banking systems, payment gateways, fraud/risk platforms, and external bank rails is good to have.
  
• Every member of our team must be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business core competencies, including:
  

·       Agile Practices

·       Porting/Software Configuration

·       Programming Languages and Frameworks – Hands on experience in some or all of the following is preferred:

o   Java, Python, Go, React, Envoy, gRPC, ProtoBuf, JSON, CouchBase, Cassandra, Redis, Consul, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Drools, Elastic Stack, Kafka, Spark

·       Business Analysis

·       Analytical Thinking

·       Business Product Knowledge

• 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