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nWith the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
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nAt American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the company's success. Together, we'll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world's best customer experience every day. And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
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nJoin Team Amex and let's lead the way together.
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nWe're looking for a Senior Java Engineer in our Site Reliability team responsible for development, performance, availability, and reliability. Candidate is responsible to provide consultation and strategic recommendations by quickly assessing and remediating complex platform availability issues. This is an opportunity to work in one of the best technology units to help improve customer experience for American Express digital assets and influence how millions of people interact with their cards, their merchants, and their money.
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nAs a part of our tech team, we could work together to bring ground-breaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products and platforms that millions of customers around the world depend on. If you love to work with APIs, contribute to open source, or use the latest technologies, we'll support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career.
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- Strong in software development and System Design
n- Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals
n- Participate in code reviews and automated testing
n- Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
n- Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
n- Automate deployments in test or production environments
n- Automatically scale applications based on demand projections
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- Performing hands-on software development, typically spending 40-50% of time actually writing code and unit tests, doing proof of concepts, conducting code reviews, and testing
n- Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast track concepts, and delivering continuous improvement
n- Developing deep understanding of integrations with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
n- Manage your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team
n- Mentoring team members
n- Work closely with product managers to implement versatile solutions to tricky web development problems
n- Work with Product Owners to define requirements for new features and plan increments of work
n- Drive automation and ensure automated test scripts are completed for new features
n- Perform all aspects of software development for assigned applications, including developing prototypes, writing new code and creating API's
n- Demonstrate a passion for continuous learning and willingness to adopt new technologies
n- Good attitude, communication, willingness to learn and collaborate
n- Bring a culture of innovation, ideas, and continuous improvement
n- Challenging status quo, demonstrate risk taking, and implement creative ideas
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- BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, other technical discipline, or equivalent 8+ years of work experience
n- 5+ years experience working in JavaScript and Java and able to demonstrate strong JavaScript and Java knowledge
n- 5+ yrs experience in writing java applications and building REST APIs
n- Hands on experience with frameworks - Spring Boot, Vertex, NodeJS
n- Able to demonstrate strong web fundamentals & knowledge of DOM
n- Practical experience on implementation various system integration solutions, such as, APIs and Data integration layers (Batch & Real-Time);
n- Experience in design and developing mission critical highly available enterprise applications and Java applications performance tuning
n- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery environment and platforms, especially GIT, Maven and Jenkins
n- 5+ yrs working in a Software Development practices, Agile/SCRUM, SAFe Agile, Pair Programming
n- Proven experience building scalable web application
n- Good communication skills - able to explain concepts to product managers and business partners in ways that are meaningful to them
n- Hands on experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as DB2, Redis, Postgres, Oracle, Couchbase etc.
n- Research latest technology, concepts, conceptualize solution and develop proof of concept that will improve resiliency and performance of the applications
n- Design and implement innovative solution/framework that will improve software engineering velocity, infrastructure resiliency and security, and data availability
n- Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work well in a diverse team-focused environment
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We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
n- Competitive base salaries
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n- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
n- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
n- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
n- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
n- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
n- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
n- Career development and training opportunities
nAmerican Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
nOffer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
