Lead Software Engineer

3 weeks ago

Burgess Hill, United Kingdom American Express Full time
You Pave the Path. We Support Your Journey.
With the right support, individuals and organizations can advance in remarkable ways. When you become part of Team Amex, you join a global and diverse network of colleagues dedicated to supporting our clients, communities, and one another. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn and develop as we assist you in crafting a career path that is both unique and significant, with benefits, programs, and flexibility that cater to your personal and professional needs.

At American Express, your contributions, leadership, and impact will be acknowledged—every colleague has the chance to partake in the company's achievements. Together, we will succeed as a team, striving to uphold our corporate values and our strong commitment to delivering the finest customer experience daily. We will achieve this with the highest level of integrity, in an environment where everyone feels valued, heard, and included.

Join Team Amex and let’s navigate the future together.

American Express is undergoing an exciting transformation led by a dynamic new team of high achievers. This group is agile and innovative, with the ability to influence our technology and product strategy. If you possess the skills and ambition to provide cutting-edge payment solutions and services swiftly, seamlessly engaging our customers across various platforms, consider joining our transformation team. You will be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial group responsible for delivering exceptional cardmember experiences. We seek a creative, seasoned, and skilled senior software engineer who will collaborate closely with business units and development teams to create new system functionalities as outlined in the technical and functional specifications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead projects, design system solutions, develop custom applications, and modify existing applications to meet evolving business needs. Manage coding, debugging, and documentation while providing ongoing production support.
  • Design and develop software applications, translating user requirements into system architecture. Evaluate and validate application performance and integration of component systems, providing process flow diagrams. Test the robustness of software and automation tools.
  • You will be tasked with identifying innovative concepts and proof of concept to address current and future customer needs. Software Engineers joining our Loyalty Technology team will be assigned to one of several exciting groups that are creating a new, agile, and modern loyalty platform aimed at connecting with our customers in their preferred manner.
  • Be part of a motivated, high-performing technology team developing solutions to enhance engagement and loyalty within our existing cardmember base and attract new customers to the Amex brand.
  • This role will also be crucial in collaborating with other development teams, testing and quality assurance, and production support to meet implementation timelines and ensure smooth transitions throughout the development lifecycle.
  • The ideal candidate will focus on building and executing a strategy and roadmap aimed at transitioning from monolithic, tightly coupled, batch-based legacy systems to a loosely coupled, event-driven, microservices-based architecture to achieve our long-term business objectives.
Minimum Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience, along with 10+ years of experience in a modern development stack with significant Java expertise.
  • Experience in application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile setting.
  • Familiarity with Git while working in small to medium-sized teams.
  • Experience with open-source frameworks is advantageous, particularly in maintaining or contributing to open-source projects.
  • Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Couchbase, or Cassandra is a plus.
  • Experience in designing and developing REST APIs for high-volume clients.
  • Familiarity with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Gitlab CI) is beneficial.
  • Experience with automated build and test frameworks is a plus.
  • A demonstrated eagerness to learn new technologies and apply them in practical software solutions.
  • Familiarity with container and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.
  • Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.) is advantageous.
  • Strong ability to develop unique, innovative ideas.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Willingness to take risks, experiment, and share fresh perspectives.
  • Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
Preferred Additional Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of the payments industry.
  • Experience with coding skills across various distributed technologies.
  • Familiarity with a wide range of software languages and payment technologies.
We support our colleagues and their families with benefits and programs that promote their overall well-being. This means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health at every stage of life. Benefits include:
  • 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 with 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.

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