Sr Software Engineer II - Financial Crimes Technology

American Express•Charlotte, NC

2d•$123,000 - $215,250

About The Position

American Express is seeking a Senior Actimize Engineer for its Financial Crime and Risk Management team within Enterprise Technology Services. The role will design, develop, enhance, and scale the NICE Actimize Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) platform for Anti-Money Laundering transaction monitoring and regulatory compliance. The engineer will help modernize the AML technology ecosystem, improve monitoring capabilities, and support platform reliability and AI readiness initiatives. The position combines hands-on Actimize SAM engineering with software and data engineering, application integration, performance tuning, automation, and production support. The engineer will work with cross-functional teams to turn AML requirements into scalable solutions, contribute throughout the Agile delivery lifecycle, strengthen operational readiness, and mentor junior engineers. American Express requires eligibility to work in the United States and states that it will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
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 relevant technologies used for Actimize development and integration.
Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or PostgreSQL, including complex queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
Experience with ETL processes, data mapping, data validation, and integrating large-scale transactional and customer datasets into Actimize SAM.
Experience troubleshooting Actimize 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, configuration, deployment, and production troubleshooting.
Experience with SAM platform upgrades, version migrations, performance optimization, and modernization.
Strong knowledge of SAM data models, transaction-monitoring scenarios, detection logic, and processing architecture.
Experience optimizing large-scale AML 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 integration 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 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 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, Architecture, Governance, and Engineering teams to translate AML requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Contribute to Agile engineering work, including 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 SAM processing and platform performance.
Support SAM upgrades, migrations, enhancements, and modernization while maintaining 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.
Improve reliability, observability, scalability, and operational readiness across SAM applications and supporting data services.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices, technical documentation, code reviews, and solution-design discussions.

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 of paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption, or surrogacy
Free access to global onsite wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors, depending on location
Free and confidential counseling support through the Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities