The Enterprise Technology Services organization partners with every part of the American Express business to power the company’s growth and innovation with trust and efficiency, and drive competitive differentiation with speed. We support the delivery and operations of technology, digital, and data capabilities, platforms, and services globally. Specifically, our team is responsible for the company’s technology engineering, architecture, and infrastructure, providing 24x7 support to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality experience for customers and colleagues. We also provide product management for core enterprise platforms, and lead technology risk and information security, enterprise data governance and platforms, digital product and design, and enterprise AI platforms on behalf of the company.
ResponsibilitiesAt Global Dinning at Amex, we are tackling hard problems with elegant solutions and scaling very quickly. As a Senior engineer, you will play a crucial role in taking our product to the next level. The ideal candidates can work quickly and produce well-architected solutions collaboratively. You are comfortable working across the entire stack from database to frontend and have experience working on consumer or B2B software in a product-led organization. You thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment, you are a collaborator and an innovator, and you are excited about what technology is doing for the hospitality industry.
- Quickly distill product requirements into tangible engineering tasks
- Produce high-quality, well-documented, and well-tested code
- Help shape our engineering culture by coming up with ideas, tools, and infrastructure wherever you see a problem to be solved
- Explore new technologies in the restaurant and hospitality industry
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to establish and drive the product vision
- Build iOS applications with an eye for detail and excellence
- Use dependency management and build tools such as xcodebuild, GitHub Actions, Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, Tuist
- Proactively find and fix bugs
- Do performance analysis and optimization
- Understand the pyramid of testing and know how and when to use unit, integration, and UI tests
- Design solutions for open ended problems
- Collaborate with designers and product managers, and give them feedback to help achieve intuitive UX with pixel-perfect UI and polished animations
- Help your teammates by reviewing their pull requests, answering their questions, unblocking them when they are stuck
- Create opportunities to brainstorm, share different perspectives, and seek different opinions to help achieve the best possible engineering solution
- Look beyond what is on your plate for the active sprint and pay attention to what others in your own team and the larger engineering organization is building
- Keep an eye on what is coming down the pipeline on the roadmap and get a good grasp of the company and product vision
- 7+ years of software development experience
- 4+ years of iOS development experience
- Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline (or equivalent work experience)
Technologies That You Will Encounter on Our Mobile Team:
These are technologies you will encounter as an iOS Engineer.
- Swift
- Objective-C (very limited legacy code)
- UIKit
- SwiftUI
- MVVM
- REST APIs
- XCTest / XCUITest
- SwiftLint
- Swift Package Manager (SPM)
- CocoaPods
- Realm
- Combine
- PromiseKit
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- TestFlight
- Firebase
- Postman
- Figma
- Jira
- Confluence
Technologies That You May Encounter on Our Larger Engineering Organization:
These are technologies you don’t need to work with unless you are interested in to do so. We encourage you to collaborate with other teams using these technologies.
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Tuist
- AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, SNS)
- Python
- MySQL
- GraphQL
- React
- Redux
- Webpack
- Captcha
About Us
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
About the TeamWe back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
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.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of software development experience
- 4+ years of iOS development experience
- Experience building iOS applications with Swift and iOS frameworks (UIKit/SwiftUI)
- Familiarity with testing frameworks and strategies (XCTest, XCUITest; unit, integration, UI tests)
- Experience with dependency management and build tools (xcodebuild, Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, Tuist) and CI (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Experience with performance analysis and optimization
- Strong collaboration skills with Product and Design, and code review/mentoring experience
- Preferably BS or MS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
American Express 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 and has not been reviewed or approved by American Express.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay is often viewed as attractive when combined with comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage that supports day-to-day needs. The benefits package is also framed as especially helpful for those supporting dependents.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with company matching. Financial wellness services and coaching are also highlighted as strengthening longer-term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is repeatedly characterized as generous and a valued component of the overall package. Time off and flexibility are presented as helping the total rewards feel more complete beyond base salary.
American Express Insights
What We Do
At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly striving to uphold our powerful backing promise to our customers and each other every day. These beliefs have been our North Star for 170 years as our business transformed – from helping evacuate travelers during World Wars, to ensuring the safety of our customers’ funds during the Great Depression in the U.S., to creating the Shop Small® movement to help small businesses recover from the Financial Crisis, to providing aid to communities impacted by many natural disasters and so much more. For generations, the key to our success has been the determination and resilience of our American Express colleagues. Now, as a globally integrated payments company, we work together to provide customers with access to products, insights and world-class experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Join us and let’s lead the way together.
