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Job Description
At American Express our culture is built on a 175year history of innovation shared values and Leadership Behaviors and an unwavering commitment to back our customers communities and colleagues. As part of Team Amex youll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic wellbeing 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.
How will you make an impact in this role
We are seeking a versatile and motivated Software Engineer with expertise in both frontend and backend development to join our Developer Advocacy team within Developer Experience. The ideal candidate will have handson experience building scalable highperformance applications using modern technologies! You will work across the stack contributing to both frontend and backend systems within our portfolio (Open Source Portal Engineering Fundamentals Ladder American Express TechBlog) supporting our colleagues as a Developer Advocate and helping to drive Engineering Excellence across our organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design develop and maintain scalable and secure applications across the full stack.
- Build intuitive and adaptable user interfaces using React JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Develop backend services and APIs using Java and Kotlin.
- Collaborate with multifunctional teams including product & program managers designers and other specialists to deliver highquality software solutions.
- Write clean maintainable and welldocumented code adhering to the Amex Way and our coding standards.
- Optimize application performance and ensure high availability and reliability.
- Participate in code reviews testing and debugging to ensure the quality of the codebase.
- Stay uptodate with emerging technologies and industry trends and apply them to improve development processes and products.
- Drive community engagement across our internal developer conferences (GuildCon and DevCon)!
- Help ensure all Engineers across Technology are developing the Amex Way!
- Help grow our Open Source community
- Support other technology organisations to set the standard and drive engineering excellence.
Minimum Qualifications
- 3 years of professional experience in software development with a focus on both frontend and backend engineering.
- Proficiency in React JavaScript and TypeScript for building modern adaptable web applications.
- Strong experience with backend development using Java and Kotlin.
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs GraphQL and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure or GCP) and containerization tools like Docker is a plus.
- Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of modern frontend build tools and frameworks (e.g. Webpack Vite).
- Familiarity with Kotlinbased frameworks like Ktor or Spring Boot.
- Understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
- Exposure to Agile development methodologies.
We back you with benefits that support your holistic wellbeing 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 financialwellbeing 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 onsite 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
