Engineer II – Java

Job Description

Batch – 2021/2020/2019/2018

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible —and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That’s why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually. 

At American Express, you’ll be recognised for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every 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.

Join Team Amex and let’s lead the way together. The Travel & Lifestyle (TLS) team is one of the core teams at Amex which works on providing the world’s best Travel and Lifestyle experience to our cardmembers across the world.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if you’re interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

You won’t just keep up, you’ll break new ground. There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing:

• Delivering features, services, components for travel ecosystem that touches millions of customers across the globe
• Perform all technical aspects of software development (I write, I test, I support) and automation
• Function as an active member of an agile team through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
• Perform unit, component, integration testing of software components including the design, implementation, evaluation, and execution of unit and assembly test scripts
• Conduct code reviews and tests of automated build scripts
• Debug software components, identifies, fixes and verifies remediation of code defects (own work and the work of others)
• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments

Education and Experience

• 2 – 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience required
• Demonstrable software development experience in Java with Spring boot
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or other rapid application development teams to deliver technology solutions on time, on budget, and to spec.
• Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communication and documentation abilities
• Comfortable in a small, intense and high-growth environment
• You know and can admit when something is not great. You can recognise that something you’ve done needs improvement

American 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.  

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.