Front End Engineer - React - Experimentation Platform

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• One Amex is a suite of products that started the trend towards "Amex in a box". One XP is an experimentation platform which supports A/B Testing , Canary Releases and Feature Flag capabilities. We are seeking to onboard a Front End Engineer for One XP platform.
• With One XP, you'll have the ability to build technology products that shape the way that developers across American Express can setup and manage experiments and measure causal inference. We had an immense growth in terms of the number of onboarded experiments in 2021 and except that growth to continue/accelerate.
• One XP is an inner source platform and framework , we welcome contributions from Engineers across American Express, as a platform One XP provides all the required tooling for developers to setup experiments, promote them between different environments (dev/test/prod) , visualize data points captured for the experiment.
• We are a distributed team with team mates across US time zones. We are at the fore front of driving change in terms of technology and culture across American Express.

As a Front-End Engineer, you will be part of a scrum team building core front end features of XP which are deployed in a private cloud.

The ideal candidate:

• Has hands-on expertise with modern web frontend development experience with modern JavaScript tooling (React, Redux, Vue or equivalent).
• Worked in an agile delivery team and is familiar with the processes and ceremonies.
• Has a drive to learn industry leading/innovative technologies and solutions.
• Is open to innovation and experimentation, engage in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and is always ready to try new concepts without fear of failure.
• Is team-oriented, and a core contributor, enabling the team to be more effective and productive.
• Have excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Responsibilities Include:

• Get clarity of problem statements from designers and product managers, break projects into substantial tasks.
• Implementing user stories leveraging modern frontend tooling (ES6/HTML5/CSS3 etc.).
• Debug software components and identify code defects for remediation.
• Contribute to the deployment, support and monitoring of software across test, integration and production environments.
• Collaborate with peer technology and development teams across different locations.
• Document technical solutions.

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. 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred
  Desired:
• Strong Experience working with React , Redux
• Strong Experience working with RESTful services and APIs
• Strong Experience working with modern JavaScript tooling including concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, types, and ES6.
• 4+ years of industry web frontend development experience with modern JavaScript tooling including concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, types, and ES6.
• 4+ years of HTML5, CSS, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross browser compatibility, and accessibility.
• Hands on experience working with modern JavaScript ES6 and modern JS frameworks (React, Vue or equivalent).
• Hands on experience with CSS preprocessors such as Saas , Less or equivalent .
• Hands on experience with RESTful Services and APIs.
• Hands on experience with JavaScript testing frameworks such as Jest , Mocha , Enzyme or equivalent.
• Through understanding of Responsive and Mobile design and Cross Browser development.
• Through understanding of JavaScript build tool chains such as Webpack , Gulp.
• Through understanding of version control systems preferably Git.

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.

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