Senior Software Engineer - Global Commercial Services Technology

American Express•New York, NY

41d•Hybrid

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. How will you make an impact in this role? The @Work suite of products helps our clients and servicing group manage Corporate Card programs more efficiently online. From performing everyday administrative tasks and account maintenance, to accessing reports and utilizing reconciliation solutions, @Work enables fast, efficient and effective program management resulting in time and cost savings for our clients. In this role, you will oversee all technical aspects of our autherization layer that powers not only the global @Work application but also over 70+ mission critical servicing applications. The successful candidate will focus on implementing our Point of Arrival (POA) autherization layer and delivery of features and enhancements for the entire global registration portfolio.

Requirements

6+ years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
Wide breadth of engineering experience.
Proven experience leading improvement on teams
Hands-on expertise with application design, software development, and automated testing.
Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred.
Extensive testing experience with advocation for developers testing to build quality in
Experience with and advocation for modern engineering practices like: TDD, BDD, ATDD, Trunk Based Development, Domain Driven Design, Evolutionary Design, and Continuous Delivery
Understanding of authorizations domain and industry standards (e.g., OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML).
React: 3+ years.
Java: 3+ years.
SQL, ETL, Data experience 2+ years.

Nice To Haves

Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, including setting technical direction and driving execution across multiple initiatives.
Expertise in designing and developing distributed systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and security.
Experience in implementing authentication and authorization flows within enterprise-scale applications.
RDBMs experience
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience engaging cross-functional teams including product, design, and infosec.

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