Senior Engineer - API Design / Kotlin / Java - Digital Payments

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You'll be joining the CTO Digital Payments Engineering team whose mandate is to develop new products and platforms for American Express customers. Payments Engineering's aim is to build interactive experiences at all touch points of a consumer's journey whether before, at, or after the time of purchase. The products will range from new payment vehicles and partnerships with other payment entities to interactive mobile experiences.

This role is for an expert engineer to work on mobile payments solutions that will be used by tens of millions of cardholders around the world. We want someone who is super creative and enjoys solving tough problems. You should be able to come up with brilliant solutions that no one else can, and be dedicated to API design and user experience.

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.

Responsibilities:

• Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing
• Serve as a member of an agile team that drives user story analysis and elaboration, designs and develops software applications, and tests and builds automation tools
• Utilize best-of-breed technologies to build a layered, component-based, service-oriented architecture over existing American Express technologies
• Be highly motivated and maintain a positive, "can-do" attitude in a fast moving environment
• Foster the spirit of collaboration across multiple internal teams

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Engineering or 5+ years of equivalent experience in related disciplines
• Demonstrated technical capabilities and ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a range of stakeholders
• Worked in a product company
• Knowledge of developing trends and emerging standards in payments domain
• Attention to detail and strong organization skills
• Expertise in API design, Kotlin, Java, reactive programming, distributed and cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of cryptography - hashing, signing, encryption.
• Exposure to Android/iOS Mobile apps, push notifications, biometric authentications.
• Experience working in high-performing development teams using agile methodologies and tools
• Experience in multi-threaded programming and data structure fundamentals
• Proven record of design and development of mobile applications in an Enterprise setting is a plus
• Knowledge of American Express platforms - authorizations, risk platforms, Network, Servicing
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including Couchbase, or Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients.
• Experience with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) 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
• Ability to optimally connect with internal and external business partners.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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