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American Express Engineer II in West Sussex, United Kingdom
Description
You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.
With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.
How will you make an impact in this role?
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:
You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers. Software Engineers who join our Loyalty Technology team will be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing a new, nimble and modern loyalty platform which will support the key element of connecting with our customers where they are and how they choose to interact with American Express.
Be part of an enthusiastic, high performing technology team developing solutions to drive engagement and loyalty within our existing cardmember base and attract new customers to the Amex brand.
The position will also play a critical role partnering with other development teams, testing and quality, and production support, to meet implementation dates and allow smooth transition throughout the development life cycle.
The successful candidate will be focused on building and executing against a strategy and roadmap focused on modernizing the redemption experiences for the customers using modern tech stack
Minimum Qualifications:
2 - 4 years of experience in a Java 8 or later, Spring boot, Hibernate
Experience in application design, software development, and testing, in an Agile environment.
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients.
Experience with continuous integration tools & container orchestration technologies (e.g Docker and Kubernetes)
Experience with version control systems like Git
Experience working with asynchronous messaging systems like Kafka
Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working on Go
Knowledge of payments industry
Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus – especially maintaining or contributing to open-source projects!
Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
Please note, Salary increases in case of a lateral move are provided only on an exception basis and in line with compensation guidelines.
Qualifications
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each 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 model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Job: Technologies
Primary Location: United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 25005393