Software Engineer III
American Express · Posted Nov 6
Banking, credit card, payment network, and travel services
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About the role
The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) team manages and supports American Express's core IT infrastructure, including servers and virtual machines, with a focus on provisioning, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, automation, and incident resolution. The team aims to provide a stable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure platform for applications and business services. This Software Engineer III role will design, develop, test, and deliver scalable, secure software solutions, build RESTful APIs and microservices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile development.
What you will do
- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure software applications.
- Develop high-quality, reusable, and maintainable code following established engineering standards.
- Participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and solution development.
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed applications.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, QA Engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and security best practices.
- Identify and resolve complex technical issues, performance bottlenecks, and production defects.
- Implement automated unit, integration, and functional testing to ensure software quality.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and DevOps practices.
- Monitor application performance, reliability, and operational health.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Take ownership of assigned features and deliverables from development through production deployment.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, or other object-oriented programming languages.
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture.
- Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and design patterns.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with Git, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent development and deployment tools.
- Knowledge of automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, or similar tools.
- Understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and messaging technologies such as Kafka.
- Familiarity with application security, authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Typically 5–8 years of relevant software development experience, depending on organizational leveling.
- Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-grade applications.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical deliverables.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience developing applications in the banking, payments, or financial services domain.
- Knowledge of high-volume transaction processing systems.
- Experience with cloud-native application development.
- Understanding of system scalability, resilience, observability, and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture and distributed messaging.
- Experience mentoring junior developers and contributing to engineering excellence.
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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