Lead Software Engineer

3 weeks ago

Burgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom American Express Full time

You Drive Innovation. We Support Your Journey.

At American Express, your contributions, leadership, and impact will be acknowledged - every team member has the chance to participate in the organization's success. Together, we will achieve our goals as a cohesive unit, dedicated to upholding our core values and our commitment to delivering the finest customer experience consistently. We will accomplish this with the highest level of integrity, in an environment where everyone feels valued and included.

The American Express payment network facilitates and authorizes millions of transactions each day, serving as the essential infrastructure for all payment activities and built on real-time, low-latency, and highly available components.

These customer-facing functionalities integrate with the payment network to enhance the American Express brand, enabling critical spending avenues such as mobile payments and e-commerce. We design, develop, and deliver secure services for both core payment systems and customer-facing applications.

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative senior software engineer with a solid foundation in software design, development, and deployment.

As a Senior Engineer, you will lead a scrum team and play a vital role in the architecture of these core features, deploying them within an on-premises payment cloud in the American Express ecosystem.

What impact will you have in this position?

  • Act as a key team member to drive user story analysis, design, and delivery of responsive backend services, adhering to best practice principles.
  • Proactively seek continuous improvement opportunities beyond the obvious.
  • Familiarity with API and integration patterns to securely communicate with backend services and clients.
  • Collaborate within an agile delivery team, with a solid understanding of processes and ceremonies.
  • Demonstrate a desire to learn about industry-leading and innovative technologies and solutions.
  • Maintain a positive attitude, effective communication skills, and a willingness to learn and share knowledge with others.
  • Efficiently manage work priorities and time, both independently and as part of a team.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation while managing risk to implement creative ideas.
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and a readiness to challenge the status quo.
  • Mentor and guide other engineers while collaborating with external teams and Product Owners.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, accompanied by proven experience in a modern development stack (Java or Golang preferred) is essential.
  • Secure integration with API Gateways using REST endpoints is essential.
  • Experience with automated build and test frameworks is essential.
  • Proficiency in messaging and distributed systems using Kafka event streams is essential.
  • Familiarity with SQL Products: Oracle & Postgres is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Application and Network Security architectures is a plus.
  • Experience with NoSQL Products: Redis, Couchbase, Cassandra is a plus.
  • Hands-on experience deploying and monitoring services on Kubernetes + OpenShift is a plus.
  • Eagerness to learn new technologies and translate them into functional software.
  • Support design architecture and present new solutions and services.
  • Hands-on DevOps experience and review/approval of operational guides.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the payment industry.
  • Experience with a wide range of software languages in payment technologies.
  • Experience in designing and implementing distributed technologies.

We prioritize the well-being of our colleagues and their families through benefits and programs that support their overall health. This includes:

  • Competitive base salaries.
  • Bonus incentives.
  • Support for financial well-being and retirement.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location).
  • Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid, onsite, or virtual options based on role and business needs.
  • Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location).
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with healthcare professionals (depending on location).
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program.
  • Opportunities for career development and training.

Employment with American Express is contingent upon the successful completion of a background verification check, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

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