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About Enterprise Architecture (EA):
EA as an organization aims to set the bar for technology at American Express. The two main drivers of EA’s success are its frameworks (common services to be leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise) and its Major Engagements (high priority, business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support). The Senior Engineer in EA will be expected to do hands-on programming to develop reusable, platform-agnostic frameworks, as well as work with product/business teams to design resilient, highly available, scalable distributed systems.
Responsibilities:
· Design, build and manage enterprise platform and frameworks
· 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:
· Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline
· 8+ years of software development experience
· Experience in leading end to end application development for front end and backend components is required
· Experience in backend(70%) and frontend(30%) both (as it is a full stack role)
· 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
· Experience with distributed systems and cloud environment is preferred.
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:
· Java, ReactJs, Rest API's, RDBMS & No SQL experience preferred.
· Business Analysis
· Analytical Thinking
· Business Product Knowledge
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:
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.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.