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 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.
Global Infrastructure (GI) delivers on-demand, modern, self-service infrastructure that delights customers while ensuring scalability, security, and stability.
The team is hiring a Solutions Architect II, to design and deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance full stack platforms. This role is a hands-on individual contributor position, partnering with product, engineering, and architecture teams to modernize enterprise applications.
Responsibilities- Contribute to AI-enabled full stack features such as intelligent workflows, summarization, or developer productivity tooling.
- Evaluate and integrate GenAI capabilities responsibly with focus on security, governance, and business value.
- Practical exposure to AI/GenAI concepts and tools, with the ability to implement simple AI-enabled features.
- Develop secure, resilient backend services and modern frontends using enterprise engineering standards.
- Write production-quality code, unit/integration tests, and build automation pipelines.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce best practices, and improve engineering quality across teams.
- Identify opportunities to adopt new technologies and drive platform modernization.
- Support production readiness, observability, performance tuning, and issue remediation.
- Collaborate with peer technology and scrum teams across different locations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python/Java/Go Lang
- Strong frontend development skills with Node.js, React.js
- Experience in using public cloud platform services, like AWS / Azure / GCP Associate level certifications are plus
- Solid fundamentals in Gen AI and Agentic AI knowledge. Good to have implementation skills
- Solid fundamentals in distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Experience with RESTful API design and implementation.
- Experience with datastores and messaging technologies such as Redis, Kafka, Couchbase, and PostgreSQL
- Experience building and supporting large-scale systems in production
- Hands-on experience with GitOps, Helm and ArgoCD and knowledge on CI/CD practices is a plus
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
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
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
- 5+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise environments
- Strong hands-on experience with Python/Java/Go Lang
- Strong frontend development skills with Node.js, React.js
- Experience in using public cloud platform services like AWS/Azure/GCP
- Solid fundamentals in Gen AI and Agentic AI knowledge
- Solid fundamentals in distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Experience with RESTful API design and implementation
- Experience with datastores and messaging technologies such as Redis, Kafka, Couchbase, PostgreSQL
- Experience building and supporting large-scale systems in production
- Hands-on experience with GitOps, Helm and ArgoCD
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
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.
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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.
