Software Java Engineer_Global Real Estate
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? As an Engineer supporting Global Real Estate, you will develop solutions that leverage best-in-class vendor products and services to deliver reliable, flexible, scalable, and sustainable digital solutions to optimize the utilization of Amex workspaces and enhance the colleague’s experience. If you love building solutions in an enterprise environment, engineering interfaces between systems, information security, and configuring the latest technologies, we’ll support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career. You will also have a sharp eye when it comes to Information Security and Platform Health to ensure all our products and services are secure and compliant within the ever-changing security landscape. As a part of our technical team, you will work to bring ground-breaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products, and platforms that Amex depends on. · Developing seamless integrations between vendor products and the Amex environment by developing APIs, utilizing enterprise file transfer, and Identity and Access platforms · Collaborating with product owners, delivery managers, vendors, engineers, architects, and key stakeholders to resolve complex technical problems and create solutions for the Global Real Estate portfolio. · Maintaining the Platform Health of vendor products through vulnerability remediation, CMDB validation and maintenance, threat modeling, and ensuring enterprise resiliency
Requirements
- 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment or comparable experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience
- Hands-on experience with Java, Node.js, API development, file-based integration development, and microservices
- Working knowledge and practical experience with RDBMS datasets
- Proven ability to solve technical problems and the ability to influence others
- Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines with independent judgement.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Are experienced with Java, functional programming, asynchronous programming, the concepts of clean code
- Have expertise with Spring, React, relational and non-relational databases, cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in Workplace Experience platforms or Integrated Workplace Management Systems is a plus
- Enjoy automating systems, improving reliability, and challenging processes with the goal of continuous improvement
Responsibilities
- Function as an engineer on an Agile team, contributing to the technical delivery through consistent engineering practices (usage of enterprise tools, reusable components, and technical documentation)
- Develop deep understanding of Global Real Estate application logic, middleware, backend technologies, and dependencies within the context of a hybrid environment (SaaS and on-prem)
- Perform technical aspects of software development, configuration, and remediation for assigned applications including design, developing prototypes, and coding assignments.
- Develop, support, configure, and maintain strategic applications for Global Real Estate portfolio of applications
- Provide L2/L3 production support for Global Real Estate applications.
- Automate deployments in test and production environments and leverage enterprise CI/CD
- Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical peers, and business partners to gather requirements and communicate solutions.
- Demonstrate strong leadership in developing and resolving technical issues
- Accountability for platform health including system performance, platform availability, vulnerability remediation, standards alignment, information security, and data management.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6%25 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
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
