**Description**

**You Lead the Way. Weve Got Your Back.**

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether were supporting our customers financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining whats possible and were proud to back each other every step of the way.

When you join Team Amex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. Here, youll learn and grow as we champion your meaningful career journey with programs, benefits, and flexibility to back you personally and professionally. Every colleague shares in the companys success.

Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to our customers, communities, and each other every day. And, well do it with integrity and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they truly belong.

Join #TeamAmex and lets lead the way together.

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. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

From building next-generation apps and microservices in Kotlin to using AI to help protect our customers from fraud, you could be doing transformational work that brings our iconic, global brand into the future. As a part of our tech team, we could work together to bring groundbreaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products and platforms that millions of customers around the world depend on. If you love to work with APIs, contribute to open source, or use the latest technologies, well support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if youre interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

**You wont just keep up, youll break new ground.**

There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Heres just some of what youll be doing:

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

Join a team of engineers that delivers knowledge management solutions to businesses worldwide

**At the core of Software Engineering**

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

Business Analysis

Analytical Thinking

Business Product Knowledge

**How will you make an impact in this role?**

Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)

Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals

Participate in code reviews and automated testing

Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation

Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments

Automate deployments in test or production environments

Automatically scale applications based on demand projections

**Qualifications**

Strong programming knowledge in Java/Python/Go.

Experience in developing REST APIs.

Experience in building Micro services.

Experience working in JavaScript and able to demonstrate good JavaScript knowledge.

Able to demonstrate good web fundamentals & knowledge of DOM

Experience writing adaptive and responsive UI applications

Knowledge of HTML5, React, Redux, Angular, Node

Hands on experience in building REST APIs

Experience in RDBMS and NoSQL databases.

Experience with TDD, BDD and unit testing.

Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment and their frameworks

Working in an Agile or SAFe development environment is a plus

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

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**Qualifications**

Salary Range: $70,000.00 to $135,000.00 annually bonus benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

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 work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex

20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

At American Express, youll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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.

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 role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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**Job:** Technologies

**Primary Location:** US-Arizona-Phoenix

**Other Locations:** US-New York-New York, US-Florida-Sunrise

**Schedule** Full-time

**Req ID:** 23009951