Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

American Express Global Business Travel • Chicago, IL

1d • $167,368 - $242,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued. Sr. Manager, Software Development Engineering wanted by American Express Global Business Travel, Egencia LLC in Chicago, IL. Lead and manage a team of software engineers to build and evolve Egencia’s horizontal search experience. Define technical vision and strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Collaborate with stakeholders including users, product teams, and senior leadership to gather requirements and define software features. Drive best practices in software development across the full SDLC: coding standards, code reviews, CI/CD, testing, deployment, and operations. Architect and oversee the development of multi-tier web services and distributed systems. Foster a high-performance engineering culture through mentoring, coaching, and skill development. Lead recruiting and hiring efforts to build a diverse and inclusive engineering team. Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field. Must have: five (5) years of experience with object-oriented programming five (5) years of experience with Microservices five (5) years of experience with Restful web services five (5) years of experience with Java five (5) years of experience with AWS Technologies (S3, DynamoDB and Kinesis) three (3) years of experience with leading and managing a team of software engineers, which includes recruiting and hiring efforts to build a diverse and inclusive engineering team two (2) years of experience with React and SDUI one (1) year of experience with OpenSearch. May work from home within commuting distance to office. Salary range: $167,368-$242,500/yr. #LI-DNI Location Chicago, Illinois, United States The #TeamGBT Experience Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT. Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family. Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals. Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first. We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action. And much more! All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law. Click Here for Additional Disclosures in Accordance with the LA County Fair Chance Ordinance. Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult the Amex GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement. What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for! Click Here to Learn More

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• five (5) years of experience with object-oriented programming
• five (5) years of experience with Microservices
• five (5) years of experience with Restful web services
• five (5) years of experience with Java
• five (5) years of experience with AWS Technologies (S3, DynamoDB and Kinesis)
• three (3) years of experience with leading and managing a team of software engineers, which includes recruiting and hiring efforts to build a diverse and inclusive engineering team
• two (2) years of experience with React and SDUI
• one (1) year of experience with OpenSearch

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers to build and evolve Egencia’s horizontal search experience.
• Define technical vision and strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including users, product teams, and senior leadership to gather requirements and define software features.
• Drive best practices in software development across the full SDLC: coding standards, code reviews, CI/CD, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Architect and oversee the development of multi-tier web services and distributed systems.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture through mentoring, coaching, and skill development.
• Lead recruiting and hiring efforts to build a diverse and inclusive engineering team.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager