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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
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.
Key Responsibilities:
Global Loyalty & Benefits is in the middle of an exciting transformation journey, and we need talented engineers who are willing to learn, collaborate, innovate, and adapt to emerging trends and customer demands. Our Loyalty platforms enable many of Amex’s most critical customer differentiators including the flagship Membership Rewards program, and we are constantly seeking new ways to offer value to our customers and drive growth for the company.
We are looking for an innovative, experienced, and talented senior software engineer to join our API domain team. You will work closely with our product and development teams to develop new system capabilities at scale and optimize existing capabilities.
As part of the Benefit Experience team, you will be responsible for building and launching new exciting benefits for card members. You will also be responsible for building the reuseable capabilities using the core components that make up our modern microservice platform, driving performance and resiliency, as we scale to take over our classic applications.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. 4–5 years of professional experience in backend development
2. Strong proficiency in Golang.
3. Experience in application design, software development, and testing, in an Agile environment.
4. Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, Cassandra, Google Spanner, and PostgreSQL.
5. Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients and gRPC services.
6. Experience with continuous integration tools & container orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes).
7. Experience with version control systems like Git.
8. Experience working with asynchronous messaging systems like Kafka.
9. Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
10. Knowledge of system observability, monitoring, and logging tools
11. Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
12. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred Additional:
13. Knowledge of financial industry
14. Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)
15. Good understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
16. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
17. Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus – especially maintaining or contributing to open-source projects.
18. Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these 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:
19. Competitive base salaries
20. Bonus incentives
21. Support for financial-well-being and retirement
22. Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
23. Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
24. Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
25. Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
26. Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
27. 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.