GO Senior Software Engineer

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Global Loyalty & Benefits is in the middle of an exciting transformation journey, and we need talented engineers who are willing to learn, collaborate, innovate, and adapt to emerging trends and customer demands. Our Loyalty platforms enable many of Amex's most critical customer differentiators including the flagship Membership Rewards program, and we are constantly seeking new ways to offer value to our customers and drive growth for the company.

We are looking for an innovative, experienced, and talented senior software engineer to join our R42 Platform team. You will work closely with our product and development teams to develop new system capabilities at scale and optimize existing capabilities. As part of the Platform team, you will be responsible for the core components that make up our modern microservice platform, driving performance and resiliency, as we scale to take over our classic applications.

• Responsible for leading projects, designing system solutions, developing custom applications, and modifying existing applications to meet distinct and changing business requirements.
• Handle coding, debugging, and documentation, as well working closely with other team domains.
• Provide post implementation and ongoing production support
• Develop and design software applications, translating user needs into system architecture. Assess and validate application performance and integration of component systems and provide process flow diagrams.
• Test the engineering resilience of software and automation tools.
• You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our loyalty platform. You will be working on the core components of our modern loyalty platform which supports the key element of connecting with our customers and their interaction 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 moving from monolithic, tightly coupled, batch-based legacy platforms to a loosely coupled, event-driven, microservices-based architecture to meet our long-term business goals.

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.

• Position requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field followed by 5+ years of experience in a modern development stack (Golang preferred).
• Experience in application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment.
• Experience working with Git on small to medium sized teams.
• Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus - especially maintaining or contributing to open-source projects!
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, Couchbase, or Cassandra.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients.
• Experience with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Gitlab CI, GitHub Actions) a plus.
• Experience with automated build and test frameworks a plus.
• A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software.
• Experience with container and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
• Strong ability to develop unique, outside the box ideas
• Strong analytical, problem-solving/quantitative skills
• Willing 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:

• Knowledge of payments industry
• Experience with coding skills across a variety of distributed technologies
• Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies
• Multiple years developing applications in Golang.

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 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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Non-considerations for sponsorship:

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

Considerations for sponsorship:

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