Description
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values 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.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Key Responsibilities:
Manages and leads a team of Software Engineering colleagues, enabling a culture of continuous learning, growth opportunities, and inclusivity for all individual colleagues and teams
Provides leadership, guidance, and coaching to Software Engineering teams, supporting training and development of best practices
Recruit's colleagues with relevant experience, and develops, rewards, and energizes an effective team
Supervises the design, development, testing, and deployment of large-scale enterprise applications
Oversees technical aspects of Software Engineering, including design, prototyping, and coding assignments for assigned applications
Collaborates with internal teams and technical product managers to deliver platform improvements and enhancements
Establishes and enforces engineering practices across teams, including code review, build and release processes, and retrospective effectiveness
Empowers teams to automate scalable application deployments in test and production environments
Collaborates with leadership to define technical solutions and drive software maturity and best practices
Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives
Education and Knowledge:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, and/or comparable experience; advanced degree preferred
Knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, NoSQL, and relational databases
Knowledge of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
Work Experience:
Software engineering and development experience or a related job
Expertise in application design, software development, and automated testing
Experience in distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
Experience in Agile software development methodologies and practices such as Scrum/Kanban, iterations, user stories
Experience in automation testing and documentation (i.e. automated, functional, and performance)
Required/Preferred Skills:
4 years of Python, Java, Go
2 years of Orchestrated Workflow Development
4 years of experience with CICD pipelines, GitHub Actions preferred
Understanding of configuration management tooling such as Puppet, Salt, Ansible, is preferred.
2 years of experience with consuming and maintaining relational and NoSQL databases is preferred.
General understanding of database @types and concepts strongly preferred.
Qualifications
Salary Range: $120,000.00 to $210,000.00 annually bonus benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
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:
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 paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .
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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.
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.
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Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
Job: Technologies
Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 25014824