Software Engineer II

The Enterprise Technology Services organization partners with every part of the American Express business to power the company’s growth and innovation with trust and efficiency, and drive competitive differentiation with speed. We support the delivery and operations of technology, digital, and data capabilities, platforms, and services globally. Specifically, our team is responsible for the company’s technology engineering, architecture, and infrastructure, providing 24x7 support to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality experience for customers and colleagues. We also provide product management for core enterprise platforms, and lead technology risk and information security, enterprise data governance and platforms, digital product and design, and enterprise AI platforms on behalf of the company.

The Financial Insights and Tools group within Digital Banking is responsible for software that enhance the American Express customer experience by providing applications and supporting platforms to enrich the information, analysis and planning available to our customers. Our software will be threaded through the web and mobile applications used by American Express customers, powered by APIs and underlying platforms to consume, and process financial data both within and from outside our company.

We are looking for a motivated, and collaborative Software Engineer to help us achieve our goals of building noteworthy high-quality financial analysis and tools for our customers. We want you to help provide technical expertise and acumen to our growing team in pursuit of our customer experience goals.

Our platform is built on top of a modern stack consisting of Kotlin/JVM for the back end interacting with other Java/JVM services internally, and a React based front end. We reach out to many APIs internally and externally to aggregate and analyze customer information. We are in a period of expansion and growth and thus we are looking for members to join the team to help us.

3 to 5 years working as a software develop

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience

Fundamental strength in computer science with a demonstrable understanding of computational complexity and data structures.

Understanding of service-based architectures

Understanding of web applications and use APIs to power them

Proven experience with live applications and production environments

Technical Skills:

Creativity & Problem-Solving

Adaptability & Flexibility

Aptitude for technology; curiosity, passion and startup mindset

Practical application and understanding of computer science concepts

Applied statistics skills: distributions, statistical testing, regression analysis

Innovative thinking

Software testing acumen (unit test, integration tests)

Java/Kotlin/JVM

Databases: Postgres, MongoDB, Redis

Source Code Control: Working experience using GitHub, Bitbucket, RhodeCode

Production monitoring and logging tools (i.e. CloudWatch, Prometheus, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, ELF)

Container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, GCP GKE, AWS ECS, AWS EKS

CI/CD platforms (we are using GitHub Actions)

Other: Git, Gitflow, Jira, Gitlab, Trello, Scrum

Frameworks: Ktor, Spring

Other Skills (that will be a plus):

Full stack experience and willingness to dive into other levels of web applications

Cloud management and deployment – A strong background in different cloud platforms like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack Apache, and Google Cloud Platform

Databases – A familiarity of working with different databases such as Postgres, MySQL, NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB), Redis is recommended

Web technologies – knowledge and experience working with web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, C#, SASS, Stylus, Stylus, Python, and LESS

Web frameworks – knowledge and experience working with different frameworks like React Native, AngularJS, Angular2, VueJS, SocketIO, Backbone, KnockoutJS, Svelte, and Bootstrap

Software testing tools – A good working knowledge in testing code using Mocha, Jest, Unit-tests, TDD, Karma, VCS, and Selenium (base)

Non-considerations for sponsorship:

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.