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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, administer databases, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

The U.S. Consumer Services and Enterprise Digital & Data Technology Team brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), AI / ML, marketing technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and automation, grounded in our data technology model that prioritizes data governance. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

What we’re looking for :

You’re a dedicated, creative, and motivated engineer who loves developing powerful, stable, and intuitive apps – and you’re excited to work with a team of individuals with that same passion. You’ve accumulated years of experience, and you’re excited about taking your mastery of Big Data and Java to a new level. You enjoy challenging projects involving big data sets and are cool under pressure. You’re no stranger to fast-paced environments and agile development methodologies – in fact, you embrace them. With your strong analytical skills, your unwavering commitment to quality, your excellent technical skills, and your collaborative work ethic, you’ll do great things here at American Express.

Purpose of the Role :

Cornerstone is company’s largest Big Data Platform, ideally suited for computationally and / or data intensive processing applications. Whether the data needs to be processed in batch, online, or streaming manner, Cornerstone provides robust capabilities to handle such workloads effectively, in a cost-efficient manner.

A hub of very hardworking Big Data engineers and most exciting & upcoming technologies. Cornerstone platform offers an environment where Engineers are challenged every day to build world class products.

As we embark on the journey to move to public cloud - GCP you will be part of a fast-paced Agile team, design, develop, test, troubleshoot & optimize solutions created to simplify access to the Amex’s Big Data Platform.

Focus :

Designs, develops, solves problems, debugs, evaluates, modifies, deploys, and documents software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and / or internal end user applications.

Organizational Context :

Member of the engineering or delivery and integration team reporting to a Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer, Engineering Director.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Software Development

• Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
• Participate in code reviews and automated testing
• Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
• Automate deployments in test or production environments
• Automatically scale applications based on demand projections
• Architect, design, develop and maintain enterprise capabilities and systems.
• Collaborate with team / s in agile environment on creating, evolving, and maintaining engineering excellence principles related to Code, Code reviews, Testing methodologies (Unit, Integration etc.,) and defect management
• Developing prototypes applying visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts.
• Seeks continuous improvement by considering solutions that make novel use of existing ideas, approaches, technologies, or products.
• Works with Senior engineers and product owners to deliver new features and enhance existing features.

Leadership

Range of Impact / Influence :

Qualifications :

Preferred Qualification : Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems is an added plus

Salary Range : $85,000.00 to $150,000.00 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 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 :