Front-End Developer

You Lead the Way. We've Got Your Back. At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we're supporting our customers' financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what's possible - and we're proud to back each other every step of the way. 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.

Our vision is to modernize our digital recruitment experience and bring the colleague brand to life by setting a new digital, strategic, and technical foundation that will help us better nurture prospects, showcase our culture & values, and attract + secure the best talent in the world, all around it

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications.
• Performs hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems
• Collaborates with other engineers, senior engineers, architects, and others through ongoing sprints
• Functions as an active member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices - tools and common components
• Develops deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
• Works closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products
• Typically spends 60-70% of time on requirement analysis, writing code and testing, working with other technology teams like SFT, IIQ/IAM, SSO, GTOS, 3rd party vendor partner teams and remainder of time working with stakeholders through ongoing product/platform release sprints
• Provides level 2 support along with Production Support Team (GTOS) for payroll platforms.
• Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• This "rebel with a cause" looks beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, 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. Amex 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 on #TeamAmex.

Up to 6 years of software development experience in the following areas:

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred
• Willing to train on Adobe AEM:
  • Strong Web Content Management experience with Adobe AEM / CQ5, implementing 2+ full cycle AEM projects.
  • Must have worked on AEM 6.4 or newer versions.
  • Experience on developing AEM components, Editable templates, Dialogs, Asset workflow development, Metadata & Tag Management plus integrating AEM with other applications.
  • Hands on experience with content fragments, experience fragments, AEM administration and configurations, schedulers, listeners, sling models etc.

Nice to have:

• Experience on Java Content Repository (API) suite, Sling web framework and Apache Felix OSGi framework(R6/R7) is required.
• Experience on Sighlty, touch UI libraries and Adobe core components.
• Experience on using java/JEE, spring, and related frameworks.
• Experience on front-end development using JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS 3
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Automated test execution and building tools such as Jenkins, Selenium or Maven.
• Experience in writing code with unit test coverage (Junit 3/5), Mockito, Jasmine, Mocha, Karma etc. according to design standards and patterns.
• Work with project managers to ensure that all project deliverables are on time and high quality.
• Work collaboratively with other teams; QA, UX, etc.
• Assist in deploying applications to Dev, QA, Production environments.
• Experience on advanced dispatcher and CDN caching strategies, AEM Multi Site Manager and security best practices.
• Hands-on experience using Adobe Digital Asset Manager (DAM) integrating with Adobe Sites and enterprise asset management solutions.
• Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods

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.

If the role you are applying for is designated as hybrid or onsite, you will be required to demonstrate that you have completed your primary COVID-19 vaccination series (i.e., 2 doses for Moderna/Pfizer and 1 dose for J&J) in order to work in or visit any of our offices. This requirement is subject to legally required accommodations.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.