At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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.
About Enterprise Architecture:
Enterprise Architecture is an organization at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:
1. Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.
2. Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.
3. Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.
4. Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Responsibilities:
5. Ensures Technology Platform solutions are aligned with the corresponding Platform Blueprint and Company Platform roadmaps; may be called on to be the Technology Platform Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
6. Focuses on cross-platform integration to use and optimize platform capabilities
7. Ensures the engineered environment meets the specification in terms of business requirements, application design and infrastructure requirements, i.e. accountable for the platform integration performance and efficiency
8. Performs hands-on solution architecture design work and actively participates in design and code reviews to ensure both delivery of desired business outcomes and alignment to enterprise standards
9. Provides input and functional direction to the Technology Platform’s API strategy and implementation roadmap
10. Works with Business and Data Architects to align and incorporate their input into platform solutions
11. Responsible for coaching and mentoring engineering resources on solution architecture, providing advice, mentorship and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required
12. Identifies technical solutions and business process improvements in support of the business and IT strategic direction
13. Finds opportunities to embrace innovative technologies
14. Interacts with business partners and product engineering teams to share and direct architecture practices that may affect business solution delivery
15. Provides architectural governance, reviewing projects to ensure alignment to architectural and technical strategy by driving Technology Platform to Platform Architecture Review (PAR) approval level
16. Advises product delivery resources on the best time to engage dependent teams (for example, database engineering teams)
17. Ensures accurate asset information is documented and recorded in the appropriate repositories for the assigned portfolio
Minimum Qualifications:
18. 4-5 years of hands-on programming experience meaningful to the assigned Technology Platform in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
19. Advanced hands-on experience with application solution architecture design and end-toend software development of complex distributed (multi-tiered) systems
20. Prior experience in multiple IT disciplines with a confirmed understanding of architectural concepts (business, data, technical and solution) and track record of implementation
21. Extensive experience using a systems analysis and design methodology that is applicable to an agile product environment
22. Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field required; advanced degree preferred
23. Prior hands-on experience with one or more core technology stack components within the assigned portfolio, such as relevant frameworks and/or programming languages
24. Advanced to authoritative level knowledge and understanding of solution architecture, complex application systems design and platform integration via modern approaches (i.e. RESTful APIs)
25. Proven understanding of relevant supporting architecture domains required to align and deliver solutions (business, information, application, technical, etc.)
26. Ability to perform system design reviews to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and alignment to strategic platform roadmaps
27. Channel-specific solution architecture skills as required by the assigned platform, such as web, mobile, voice or interactive media
28. Advanced skills with Open Source components, frameworks and complex systems integration
29. Full understanding of Service Oriented Architecture design principles, execution patterns and performance optimization techniques
30. Able to participate in the prevention, diagnosis, and resolution of system outages as a leader in the underlying architecture
31. Experienced level understanding of relevant SDLC methodologies, practices and compliance policies/procedures
32. Deep business capability domain knowledge relative to the assigned portfolio
33. Able to acquire results with an emphasis on reducing cycle time and growing the speed to market of new products
34. Excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written), as well as effective consultative and influential leadership skills
35. Well versed in current industry best practices regarding solution delivery disciplines
36. Strong business insight with the ability to identify key issues and their impact in a broad business context
Non-considerations for sponsorship:
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
Considerations for sponsorship:
Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws, American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions.
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
37. Competitive base salaries
38. Bonus incentives
39. Support for financial-well-being and retirement
40. Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
41. Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
42. Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
43. Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
44. Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
45. Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.