Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
As a Lead Engineer, you'll lead a team of engineers while designing, building, and scaling the core travel mid and back-office systems that power billing, invoicing, and reconciliation for a global travel business. We're looking for someone innovative, who combines strong hands-on engineering with the ability to lead a team and see the bigger picture.
What You'll Do
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, setting technical direction and reviewing code and design
- Design, code, and implement backend solutions from concept to final hand-off, using Java and Spring Boot for high-volume billing and reconciliation workflows
- Build and maintain front-end interfaces and internal tools using React JS
- Architect and deploy cloud-native services on AWS and Kubernetes
- Estimate technical effort, work breakdown structure, risks, and dependencies for your team's roadmap
- Analyze and resolve complex technical and production issues across the platform
- Establish and promote engineering design guidelines, coding standards, and best practices
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other partners, including code and design reviews
- Experiment with new and emerging technologies, including applying AI to improve automation, data processing, and engineering productivity
What We're Looking For
- ·Minimum 10 years of professional IT experience with 5+ years of relevant experience in Java - OOPs, Design patterns, Collections, Streams, and Multithreading.
- Must have 7+ years of hands-on experience in architecture and design of distributed applications.
- Must be willing and able to work in 2nd shifts (3:00 PM IST to 12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends as required.
- Must be willing to work from Bangalore office location minimum 3 days in a week.
- Should have solid experience in delivering projects using agile methodology, be a strong believer in adding incremental value to business in short sprints.
- Should have strong experience in leading a team of contractors, offshore teams, and employees to deliver the technical solutions collaborating with business partners.
- Should have strong experience in managing and leading product or platform production support teams ensuring quality and adherence to technical, security, and compliance standards.
- Proficient in ReactJS – including hooks, components, and state management libraries like Redux.
- Experience with React libraries and frameworks such as React Router, React Bootstrap.
- Proficiency in working with any Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) – Writing complex queries, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, Functions
- Experience in creating REST API specification documents using OpenAPI.
- Proficient in Rest API, Spring boot
- Good knowledge of Microservice Architecture
Location
Bangalore, India
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
And much more!
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.
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What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!
Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years of professional IT experience
- At least 5 years of relevant Java experience, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, collections, streams, and multithreading
- At least 7 years of hands-on experience architecting and designing distributed applications
- Willingness and ability to work second shifts from 3:00 PM IST to 12:00 AM IST
- Willingness to work occasional weekends as required
- Ability to work from the Bangalore office at least three days per week
- Experience delivering projects using Agile methodology
- Experience leading contractors, offshore teams, and employees to deliver technical solutions
- Experience managing and leading product or platform production support teams
- Proficiency in ReactJS, including hooks, components, and Redux or similar state management libraries
- Experience with React libraries and frameworks such as React Router and React Bootstrap
- Proficiency with relational database management systems, complex queries, PL/SQL, stored procedures, and functions
- Experience creating REST API specification documents using OpenAPI
- Proficiency in REST APIs and Spring Boot
- Good knowledge of microservice architecture
American Express Global Business Travel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about American Express Global Business Travel and has not been reviewed or approved by American Express Global Business Travel.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and access to physician consultations in some cases. Emotional and mental-health resources are also highlighted, including counseling, crisis support, and webinars for employees and immediate families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off and flexibility options are portrayed as broad, including PTO that combines vacation and sick time, with potential to purchase additional vacation in some locations. Flexible arrangements are described as available in parts of the organization, including remote work and options like part-time schedules, job sharing, and sabbaticals where supported.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as available through locally competitive programs, including a U.S. 401(k) with employer matching after a service period. Ownership-related benefits are also present via an employee stock purchase plan offered in many countries.
American Express Global Business Travel Insights
What We Do
American Express Global Business (Amex GBT) is the world’s leading B2B travel platform, providing software and services to manage travel, expenses, meetings & events for companies of all sizes. Our solutions include: Egencia: the leading software as service travel platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Ovation: the solution synonymous with high-touch travel service. The Neo Technology Group: a technology-focused team that builds cloud-based travel solutions. Meetings & Events: providing solutions for a single meeting or an entire meetings portfolio. Global Business Consulting: customized services to help clients optimize their travel program.
Why Work With Us
Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success. Ready to explore a career path? Start your journey with us - apply now!
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