Sr Software Engineer II - Financial Crimes Technology

American Express•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer II will help design, develop, enhance, and scale American Express’s NICE Actimize Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) platform for anti-money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and regulatory compliance. The role supports modernization of the AML technology ecosystem, improvement of transaction monitoring capabilities, and enterprise-wide platform reliability and AI readiness initiatives. It requires hands-on Actimize SAM expertise alongside software and data engineering capabilities to deliver scalable, reliable, and high-performance solutions. The engineer works as a core member of an Agile engineering team and partners with Product, Compliance, Risk, Architecture, Governance, and Engineering stakeholders. Responsibilities span technical design and implementation, data processing and integrations, testing and deployment, production support, and platform operations. The role also contributes to engineering practices, documentation, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
At least 8 years of experience in software engineering or enterprise application development, including significant hands-on NICE Actimize SAM experience.
Hands-on experience developing, configuring, customizing, implementing, and supporting Actimize SAM in production.
Experience with Actimize Intelligence Server (AIS), SAM application architecture, scenario execution, and data processing components.
Understanding of AML transaction monitoring scenarios, detection logic, thresholds, and transaction processing workflows.
Proficiency in SQL and programming languages such as Java, Python, or other technologies used for Actimize development and integration.
Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or PostgreSQL, including complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
Experience with ETL processes, data mapping, data validation, and integration of large-scale transactional and customer datasets into Actimize SAM.
Experience troubleshooting Actimize application performance, batch processing, scenario execution, and data integration issues.
Understanding of enterprise application integration patterns, APIs, web services, and backend processing systems.
Experience delivering scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise applications.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to develop technical specifications, document system processing flows, and translate functional requirements into technical implementations.
Eligibility to work in the United States; American Express will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Nice To Haves

Deep technical expertise in NICE Actimize SAM and AIS, including scenario development, application configuration, deployment, and production troubleshooting.
Experience with Actimize SAM platform upgrades, version migrations, performance optimization, and modernization initiatives.
Strong knowledge of Actimize SAM data models, transaction monitoring scenarios, detection logic, and processing architecture.
Experience optimizing large-scale AML transaction monitoring systems processing high volumes of financial transactions.
Familiarity with AML regulatory requirements, including BSA/AML, KYC, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR).
Experience with cloud technologies, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and integrating Actimize solutions with cloud-based data platforms.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and application monitoring tools.
Familiarity with distributed data processing, messaging frameworks, and enterprise-scale data integration architectures.
Experience with database query optimization, batch processing performance tuning, and production stability improvements.
Understanding of data governance, data quality, lineage, and regulatory data management practices.
Exposure to AI/ML-enabled AML transaction monitoring, advanced analytics, and modern financial crime detection capabilities.
Passion for engineering excellence, platform modernization, and solving complex enterprise-scale AML technology challenges.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, configure, customize, test, deploy, and support NICE Actimize SAM solutions for AML transaction monitoring and regulatory compliance.
Develop, enhance, and maintain Actimize SAM detection scenarios, monitoring rules, thresholds, and configurations as business and regulatory requirements evolve.
Work with Actimize SAM components, including Actimize Intelligence Server (AIS), data processing workflows, and supporting application infrastructure.
Design, develop, and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines for high-volume transaction monitoring.
Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Architecture teams to translate AML monitoring requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Contribute to Agile user story analysis, technical design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
Develop and maintain integrations between Actimize SAM and enterprise data sources, databases, and downstream systems.
Optimize SQL queries, tune database performance, and troubleshoot applications to improve processing efficiency and platform performance.
Support Actimize SAM upgrades, migrations, enhancements, and modernization while maintaining system stability and regulatory compliance.
Develop automation for application deployment, testing, monitoring, and operational support.
Investigate and resolve production issues involving scenario execution, transaction processing, data quality, application performance, and batch processing failures.
Partner with Architecture, Governance, Risk, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver enterprise-scale AML transaction monitoring capabilities.
Improve reliability, observability, scalability, and operational readiness across Actimize SAM applications and supporting data services.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices, technical documentation, code reviews, and solution design discussions.