Software Engineer III
About The Position
American Express is making strategic investments in new card network products and platforms to allow the company to meet its ambitious global growth agenda. Card Network platform is a distributed near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year. American Express Global Card Network Platform authorizes and processes all of the company’s customer card transactions. Responsibilities: As an Engineer, you will be a responsible to build core features and functions of card transaction systems on distributed platform deployed in hybrid cloud. You will be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation. You will be using Java Technologies – Vertx, Spring MVC, Spring Data and Spring Boot and RESTful micro services. Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, engage in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and always be ready to try new concepts without fear of failure. Collaborate with peer technology and development teams across different locations. Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies Work along with stakeholders to understand and analyze the requirements.
Requirements
- Computer Science, or equivalent degree or industry experience.
- 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment.
- Strong OOPs concepts, concurrency, exception handling etc.
- Data structures and Algorithms, Strong OS fundamentals, Advanced Java concepts
- Strong development experience using languages Java/ Go.
- Keen understanding of how to build highly performant systems with such languages.
- Hands on experience in building distributed micro-service systems, experience with Service Mesh products/frameworks like such as Envoy, Linkerd, Istio, gRPC/ProtoBuf; Distributed System Management/tracing and monitoring such as Zipkin/Jaeger, ELK Stack, Prometheus
- Have experience in designing and building Cloud native applications.
- Experience in cloud platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift are a plus.
- Experience in using NoSQL databases and distributed messaging systems such as Redis, Kafka, Couchbase, Cassandra in the context of low latency and high transaction volume systems.
- Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins, GitHub
- Experience working in DevOps teams and Scrums.
- Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
- Proficient oral and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in cloud platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Build core features and functions of card transaction systems on distributed platform deployed in hybrid cloud.
- Be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation.
- Using Java Technologies – Vertx, Spring MVC, Spring Data and Spring Boot and RESTful micro services.
- Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, engage in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and always be ready to try new concepts without fear of failure.
- Collaborate with peer technology and development teams across different locations.
- Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
- Work along with stakeholders to understand and analyze the requirements.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
