American Express is a company with a long history of innovation and a commitment to its customers and colleagues. In this role, you will be part of an Agile scrum team, responsible for analyzing feature requests, collaborating with product owners, and developing web components and APIs using Java and JavaScript.
Function as member of an Agile scrum team working on prioritized product backlog.
Analyze feature requests and prioritize business, technical, compliance and maintenance activities with product owners
Work with architects to devise solutions for business and technical needs
Collaborate with product owners to understand business needs and conceive features to address them
Solve production issues in collaboration with our production support team
Work in a cross-functional team with other engineers to design, build, test and deploy web components and APIs in Java/JavaScript and potentially other languages
Review colleagues' code with an eye toward performance, reliability and maintainability
Help our production support team address issues encountered in production and fix defects when discovered
Continuously learn about new technologies and help keep the entire group abreast of industry developments and evolving best practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience
1+ years of software development experience mostly using JavaScript to build web apps both in the browser and on the server
1+ years of software development experience largely using Java
Hands-on experience building browser applications using ES6 or a later version
Hands-on experience building browser applications with one or more of the component-based frameworks
Hands-on experience with Git and collaborative workflows (gitflow and other branching models, pull request-based code reviews)
Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing.
Collaborative work ethics to thrive on peer support and taking pride in of products and capabilities delivered as a team.
Ability to act as a change agent in rapidly evolving business requirements and platform roadmap.
Should have worked on RESTful API design and implementation.
Ability to balance priorities and break down complex problems to manageable chunks that can be delivered incrementally.
Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns and opinions directly to wider team including tech and business partners in team meetings in person or video/tele conferencing.
Practitioner level understanding of CI/CD process and tools like – Git, Docker, Jenkins, XL Release etc.
Good communication skills - able to explain technical concepts to designers, product managers and business partners in ways that are meaningful to them.
Preferred
Experience using other JVM languages (Closure, Scala, Kotlin)
Experience with DDD (Domain Driven Design)
Experience in a fast-paced startup environment
Contribution to open-source projects
Building and maintaining personal projects in public repositories like GitHub
Benefits
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
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
American Express is a financial services company that provides credit cards, charge cards, payment solutions, and related services.
