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.
In this role, as a junior contributor, you’ll work with our growing software engineering team on our business travel booking platforms, including advancing our REST APIs, developing new features, and more.
Minimum 3 days per week in Manchester office
What You'll Do
- Monitor and Support Existing Processes – Oversee current platform operations and processes, proactively identifying bottlenecks and opportunities to build resilience, improve performance, and strengthen system robustness against potential failures.
- Supplier Management – Manage Back-office support contract/Engineers, host regular review meetings.
- Capture Requirements and Build Solutions – Collaborate /Lead discussions with business partners to understand their needs, translate requirements into actionable solutions, and develop features that drive business value and enhance user experience.
- Troubleshoot and Resolve Production Issues – Lead discussions with business stakeholders to quickly identify, diagnose, and resolve production issues, ensuring minimal disruption to operations and maintaining system reliability and up time
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in C# development with a strong foundation in modern frameworks
- Expertise in C#, .NET Core, and ASP.NET Core Web API
- SQL development experience
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure
- Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies
- Experience using JIRA and following Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
- Advanced MS Excel
- Ability to lead discussions that are goal-oriented, organized, and collaborative
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving approach
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive mindset with focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Interest in pursuing and developing AI-related opportunities and solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Passion for software craftsmanship, culture of excellence, clean code, and TDD
- RPG development background
- Familiarity with financial processes and terminology
- Vendor management experience
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
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
- Proven experience in C# development with modern frameworks
- Experience with .NET Core and ASP.NET Core Web API
- REST API development experience
- SQL development experience
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure
- Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies
- Experience using JIRA and following SDLC best practices
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to lead organized, goal-oriented discussions with stakeholders
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Proactive mindset with focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Passion for software craftsmanship, clean code, and TDD
- RPG development background
- Familiarity with financial processes and terminology
- Vendor management / supplier management experience
- Interest in pursuing and developing AI-related opportunities and solutions
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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