Staff Engineer - Java, Microservices, Terraform, Golang/Python, CI/CD

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Enterprise Platforms is a company-wide Center of excellence within Technology comprised of both Product Management and Engineering functions. Our critical platforms (Global Account Receivable, Global Loyalty & Benefits, and Digital Banking) underpin American Express’ essential customer segments, value propositions and business lines.

Enterprise Platforms’ charter is to modernize the company’s core platforms to dramatically increase Amex’s strategic agility and intensify its customer-centric approach.

In Global Accounts Receivable, we are looking for a Staff Engineer to support our modernization journey, enabling our markets to leverage ground-breaking technology that will provide flexibility, scalability, and speed to market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical support for teams in delivery and running of modern, cloud-native software.

• Actively contribute to the architecture and delivery of solutions for the platform.
• Ensure the cloud native systems we implement meet availability, scalability, observability, and performance expectations.
• Review designs and code of other engineers to ensure they align with principles and high-quality expectations.
• Ensure the developer experience of writing code and delivering it into production centres around modern development and CI/CD practices.
• Work with Product Colleagues, Engineers, and Architects to define solution requirements and technical implementation approach for the Global Accounts Receivable
• Establish best practices for software development and testing.

Qualifications:

• We expect 12+ years of hands-on Engineering experience in a complex programming environment and/or comparable experience.
• Must have the ability to support the development of large scale enterprise applications developed as microservices written in Java.
• Experience of building cloud-native applications and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience of design and implementation of Microservices and APIs
• Desirable experience in Golang, Terraform, Docker, K8s, Kafka, Cassandra and Postgres, Spring Framework
• Desirable experience with Event sourcing, CQRS and Hexagonal Architecture design patterns.
• Desirable Experience with high throughput and low latency needs of applications.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in how fast they develop quality software.
• Proven ability to transform business requirements into high-quality production software.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or related field. Master’s degree is a plus.

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 
• 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

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.