Software Engineer III
American Express · Posted Oct 14
Banking, credit card, payment network, and travel services
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About the role
The Enterprise Technology Services organization at American Express partners with every part of the business to power growth and innovation, owning technology engineering, architecture, infrastructure, enterprise platforms, data governance, and information security. Within it, the Global Merchant and Network Services Technology (GMNST) organization modernizes the payments network, building flexible merchant platforms and a distributed, near real-time, low-latency card network platform that authorizes and processes the company's card transactions worldwide 24x7. As Software Engineer III, the role builds core features and functions of the card transaction systems on a distributed platform deployed in hybrid cloud, writing Java/Go microservices, unit tests, and API automation within an agile team.
What you will do
- You will be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation.
- You will be using Java Technologies – Vertx, Spring MVC, Spring Data and Spring Boot and RESTful micro services.
- Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, engage in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and always be ready to try new concepts without fear of failure.
- Collaborate with peer technology and development teams across different locations.
- Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
- Work along with stakeholders to understand and analyze the requirements.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Computer Science, or equivalent degree or industry experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience in a professional environment.
- Strong OOPs concepts, concurrency, exception handling etc.
- Data structures and Algorithms, Strong OS fundamentals, Advanced Java concepts
- Strong development experience using languages Java/ Go. Keen understanding of how to build highly performant systems with such languages.
- Hands on experience in building distributed micro-service systems, experience with Service Mesh products/frameworks like such as Envoy, Linkerd, Istio, gRPC/ProtoBuf; Distributed System Management/tracing and monitoring such as Zipkin/Jaeger, ELK Stack, Prometheus
- Have experience in designing and building Cloud native applications. Experience in cloud platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift are a plus.
- Experience in using NoSQL databases and distributed messaging systems such as Redis, Kafka, Couchbase, Cassandra in the context of low latency and high transaction volume systems.
- Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins, GitHub
- Experience working in DevOps teams and Scrums.
- Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
- Proficient oral and written communication skills.
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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