Senior Software Engineer II
American Express · Posted Oct 14
Banking, credit card, payment network, and travel services
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About the role
American Express is a global payments and financial services company whose engineering teams build and operate the products and platforms behind its customer and colleague experiences. This Senior Software Engineer II role leads the full software development lifecycle for Java-based, distributed multi-tiered applications, ensuring technical excellence, scalability, performance, and reliability. The engineer also mentors and coaches junior engineers and collaborates cross-functionally with product and business teams to align technology initiatives with organizational objectives.
What you will do
- Supervises and mentors Software Engineers and cross-functional team of colleagues in specific tasks or projects, fostering their professional growth and ensuring adherence to best practices
- Provides mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Leads the entire lifecycle of software applications and systems, ensuring high-quality delivery from inception to deployment
- Directs the technical aspects of projects, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
- Reviews code for accuracy, quality, and adherence to best practices, offering constructive feedback
- Establishes and enforces coding standards, development methodologies, and best practices within the team
- Identifies and resolves performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal application performance
- Facilitates collaboration with cross-functional teams to support changes and implementations, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives
- Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and/or comparable experience; advanced degree preferred
- Knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, NoSQL, and relational databases
- Knowledge of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
- 10+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent level based on role requirements) with a strong focus on Java-based application development.
- Proven experience building and maintaining distributed, scalable, multi-tier applications.
- Experience in application design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Experience working in cloud environments and modern software delivery practices is preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex technical challenges and deliver scalable solutions.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code quality practices, and DevOps principles.
- Experience with unit, integration, functional, and performance testing.
- Basic Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of event streaming platforms such as Kafka is a plus
Benefits and support
- 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
About American Express
American Express Company is a globally recognized multinational financial services corporation specializing in payment cards, travel-related services, and network banking. Founded in 1850, the company provides charge and credit cards, expense management products, and merchant services to consumers, small businesses, and large corporations worldwide. It operates a proprietary payments network known for its premium customer engagement and lifestyle rewards programs.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 76800 employees
- Founded
- 1850-03-18
- Location
- New York City, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President
Chief Colleague Experience Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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