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Senior Engineer - Java/React - Legato

American Express

New York, NY
Full Time
Senior
110k-190k
23 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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. Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success.

Key Responsibilities

  • Scope and lead technical projects within an engineering team, helping team members plan and execute their work
  • Directly contribute to the design and coding of our products, serving as a role model for how great software is built at Amex
  • Take responsibility for the extensibility, security, scalability, and reliability of our software, ensuring that it meets our SLAs
  • Help drive sound technical decision making within our group and lead technical conversations with other engineering teams
  • Coach junior team members and delegate projects that develop their skills

Requirements

  • You have been working as an engineer implementing complex software projects in a variety of business and technology environments
  • You have significant experience designing systems that deliver critical business impact
  • You have experience with at least one cloud provider, preferably either AWS or GCP
  • You are skilled in gathering and synthesizing users' feedback and experience with your software
  • You are effective at giving and receiving constructive feedback to/from peers, team members, and leaders
  • You work well multi-functionally, and your colleagues at all levels and across all teams trust you
  • You are comfortable working in ambiguously defined problem spaces and can identify the most valuable areas to direct your energy and deliver tangible results

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, or TypeScript
  • Familiarity with React, GitHub Enterprise, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, GraphQL, gRPC, Kafka, Terraform, Postgres, Couchbase, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis, OpenTracing, Jaeger, Prometheus, and Grafana

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
  • 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

Working at American Express

American Express is committed to fostering a culture built on innovation, shared values, and leadership behaviors. The company emphasizes support for colleagues' holistic well-being, professional growth, and inclusivity, with flexible working arrangements and a focus on community and employee development.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 3, 2025
Salary110k-190k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About American Express

Website

americanexpress.com

Company Size

10000+ employees

Location

New York, NY

Industry

Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation

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