Senior Software Engineer I-Global Loyalty and Benefits

American Express • New York, NY

81d • $123,000 - $215,250

About The Position

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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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. In the role of Senior Engineer I, you will be responsible for taking on the role of an individual contributor for the applications critical in the to the R42 Loyalty Platform in the Amex environment. Engineering strategic frameworks, processes, and robust scalable applications that can meet the needs of a high regulated environment. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable framework/services/applications/pipelines for processing huge volume of data. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet our organizational needs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in cloud applications with experience in leading a team
• Industry knowledge on GCP Cloud Applications and deployment
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering, or a related field
• Should be able to write shell scripts
• Utilize Git for source version control
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing applications
• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
• Experience with managing teams and balance multiple priorities
• Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential
• Strong experience with private and public cloud application engineering
• Strong background with Golang
• Cloud experience with GCP is must
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Excellent team-player with ability to work with global team

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience as an Application Engineer or similar role
• Strong proficiency in programming using Golang
• Experience with micro service design principles
• Solid understanding of data modelling
• Knowledge on Unix/Linux and Shell scripting principles

Responsibilities

• GCP Architecture design and build solutions, Big table, Spanner, Cassandra, SQL, and various Cloud technologies
• Design and develop solutions using technologies on premise as well as on public cloud
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of solutions
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality
• Conduct IT requirements gathering
• Define problems and provide solution alternatives
• Create detailed system design documentation
• Conduct knowledge transfer with the objective of providing high-quality solutions and expanding the base of SME knowledge
• Support team in different phases of the initiative delivery including problem definition, effort estimation, diagnosis, solution generation, design and deployment
• Participate in unit-level and organizational initiatives with the objective of providing high-quality and value adding consulting solutions
• Understand issues and diagnose root-cause of issues
• Perform secondary research as instructed to assist in strategy and business planning

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees