How will you make an impact in this role?
The Global Commercial Services team at American Express is looking for a seasoned Senior Engineer I with extensive full-stack development expertise, a strategic product management mindset, and a proven history of successfully leading and mentoring software engineering teams. This role will be pivotal in shaping and building our next-generation expense management platform, designed to provide actionable insights into business spending for our Small and Medium-sized (SMS) businesses and Corporate customers. We aim to deliver an innovative, scalable, and highly integrated expenses solution that transforms business spending into a seamless, insightful experience.
Responsibilities
Role and Responsibilities:
- Play a critical role in the design, development, and deployment of our next-generation expense management solution.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to refine and shape product requirements, ensuring clarity and readiness for engineering.
- Mentor and guide feature teams, fostering effective collaboration within the team, across guild teams, and with other cross-functional project teams.
- Develop robust platform services utilizing domain-driven design and hexagonal architecture.
- Identify, evaluate, recommend, and integrate SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions to efficiently achieve both functional and non-functional objectives.
- Participate in and facilitate Request-for-Comment (RFC) processes and proof-of[1][1][1][1]concept (POC) activities.
- Integrate analytics and instrumentation toolchains into application development workflows.
- Measure, monitor, and enhance application performance, scalability, and resilience.
- Actively contribute to establishing and maintaining team coding standards and system design conventions.
- Employ the Linear method to effectively guide the Software Development Lifecycle of the team.
- Plan, estimate, delegate, and oversee task execution to ensure milestone goals are met on time, proactively addressing risks and resolving blockers.
- Regularly demonstrate both individual and team milestone achievements and progress to the product team and stakeholders.
- Gather, analyze, and incorporate stakeholder feedback to continuously improve the product and refine software engineering practices.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Overall experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering and product development, in individual contributor as well as leadership roles.
- Education: Bachelor of Science or Engineering, specializing in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Software Engineering disciplines.
- Experience in full-stack development including mobile apps, web UI, middleware, platform services, and infrastructure as code.
- Professional certifications in software engineering, architecture, or product management. • At least 5 years of experience building, mentoring, and managing high-performance distributed engineering teams.
- At least 5 years of experience in Frontend technologies for web, including Typescript and frameworks such as React, Angular, or Ruby on Rails.
- At least 5 years of experience in Backend and general-purpose programming languages and run-times such as Node.js, Python, Ruby, and Go.
- At least 2 years of experience with Mobile app development either with cross-platform technologies such as React Native, Cordova, Ionic, or native app development.
- At least 2 years of experience showcasing deep engagement with product management and UX design teams.
- Hands-on experience with cloud services for application development such as AWS Lambdas, S3, API Gateway, SQS, ECS, RDS, etc.
- Hands-on experience with multiple storage technologies including RDBMS, Graph databases, document stores, search indices, and OLAP databases.
- Hands-on experience integrating Postgres-compatible distributed databases such as CockroachDB.
- Hands-on experience integrating with workflow engines, orchestration engines, or durable-execution technologies
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
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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.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering and product development
- Bachelor of Science or Engineering in IT, Computer Science or Software Engineering
- Experience in full-stack development including mobile apps and web UI
- At least 5 years of experience building and managing high-performance engineering teams
- At least 5 years of experience in Frontend technologies like Typescript and frameworks
- At least 5 years of experience in Backend programming languages such as Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go
- At least 2 years of experience with Mobile app development using cross-platform technologies
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services
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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