Senior Engineer (Spark, Agile, Postgres)

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American Express is making strategic investments in new merchant products and platforms to allow the company to meet its global growth agenda. Global Merchant Services Technology (GMST) is on an exciting journey to transform the merchant payment experience. Our Merchant platform is a distributed near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year.

Responsibilities:

If you're interested in a career crafting breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further! Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Innovation is at the core of how we build a more powerful, personal, and fulfilling experience for our customers.

As a Software Engineer in GMST you will be crafting solutions that are scalable and can be delivered iteratively to enhance business value, building core features and functions of card transaction systems on our distributed platform deployed in the cloud. Actively participating in agile teams and the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation. Providing technical leadership to engineers to aid in the development of engineers within the team. GMST Engineers use Java Technologies to drive innovation while also finding opportunities to adopt new technologies.

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

Are you looking to join a team of Engineers who not only write code and test but also innovate? If so, join our GMST team and work on the Merchant Platform!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Significant hands-on experience in application architecture / design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment within a professional environment.
• 8+ years of proven experience using Java, React, Spring, Spark, Postgres, Ignite, Restful APIs, In-Memory Computing.
• Strong engineering and professional leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, partner, and collaborate multi-functionally across many engineering teams.

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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