Organizational Context:

Member of a product engineering or delivery and integration team reporting to a Senior Engineer, Engineering Director, or Director Product Delivery & Integration.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and tests software, including ongoing refactoring of code & drives continuous improvement in code structure & quality.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience,
• Primary focus is spent writing code, API specs, conducting code reviews & testing in ongoing sprints or doing proof of concepts/automation tools.
• Functions as a core member of an Agile team driving User story analysis & elaboration, design and development of software applications, testing & builds automation tools.
• Works on a specific platform/product or as part of a dynamic resource pool assigned to projects based on demand and business priority.
• Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies.
• Working knowledge of UNIX, Linux, Postman will be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of CICD Tools
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
• Embodies growth mentality by looking beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities.
• Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications.
• Takes part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work.
• Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided.
• Has deep understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
• Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure technologies and component.
• Provides advanced knowledge of technical and functional principles.
• Effectively leverages General knowledge of the relationships that exist between all relevant functional groups within American Express.
• Should have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of system applications.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and document technical and functional specifications and analyze software and system processing flows.
• Creative problem solving (Innovative)

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer Science or equivalent OR master’s in computer applications or equivalent
• 4 to 7 years of experience is required. Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods.
• Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate.
• Tech Stack / Programming language for this role – Java, Kotlin
• Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
• Confirmed experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages.
• Participate in code reviews and automated testing.

Technical/Platforms

• Back-end programming languages using Core Java
• Able to understand and use complex data structures and associated components.
• Tech Stack / Programming language for this role – Java, Kotlin
• Working knowledge of UNIX, Linux, Postman will be needed.
• Expert on Core JAVA
• REST APIs
• Working Knowledge of CICD.
• Understanding of server-side languages (Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc)
• Source control (Git, SVN, Bitbucket, Svn, Stack overflow, etc.)
• Continuous Integration (Jenkins, Bambo)
• Container Concepts (LXD, Docker)
• Orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm)

Behavioral

• Teamwork & ability to multi-task
•  Excellent communication skills
• Excellent technical and analytical aptitude
• Ability to influence and lead others.
• Self-starter with a curiosity and appetite for new technology,
• Results driven.
• Willingness to understand the business and participate in discussions around project requirements.

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