American Express Hiring for Engineer I – Java, Spring, API at Karnataka, India Full Time

Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

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 redefining what’s possible — and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That’s why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

We aggressively compete in an exciting space that features both emerging technology and financial services firms – and we’re now embarking on an exciting transformation to take our Big data capabilities to new level.

We are building an energetic, high-performance team with a nimble and creative mindset to drive our technology and products. American Express (AXP) is a powerful brand, a great place to work and has unparalleled scale. Join us for an exciting opportunity in the big data Cornerstone organization within American Express Technologies. This team leads the Big data transformation capabilities product development– ensuring data transformation is implemented in the most effective way from a PII & ONCOP standpoint on different platforms.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. If you’re interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

You won’t just keep up, you’ll break new ground.

There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing:

• Taking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices

• Writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation

• Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree such as Computer Science. (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD).

• 5 years of software development experience (with a concentration in data centric initiatives), with demonstrated expertise in leveraging standard development best practice methodologies.

• Must have experience with design and coding with Java and frameworks like Spring MVC, Enterprise Integration Framework, and Reactive Programming

• Experience with data structures, algorithms, and software design

• Demonstrated experience with RESTful web services / GraphQL.

• Demonstrated experience with object-oriented design and coding with knowledge of OO and enterprise Design Patterns.

• Demonstrated experience with any relational databases like DB2, MySQL, Postgres, Oracle and NoSql . Experience with SQL tuning is good to have.

• Demonstrated experience of build real-time streaming data pipelines and applications that adapt to the data streams using Apache Kafka

• Demonstrated experience with source control (Git, SVN), automated build / continuous delivery tools (Maven, Jenkins, Groovy)

• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing applications is considered an asset

• Agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of modern frameworks like Reactive Streams and functional programming

• Knowledge of Cloud environments, for example Docker and GCP

• Knowledge on performance and monitoring tools e.g. Splunk and App Dynamics

• Experience in developing Rest API.

• Hands-on expertise with Java or Python, Spark and any scripting languages. Scala is a plus.

• Experience with highly distributed, scalable, concurrent and low latency systems working with one or more of the following database technologies: MySQL, Postgres SQL, NoSQL DB, Elastic Search.

• Experience with Continuous Integration and Automated Test tools such as Jenkins, Artifactory, Git.

• Experience working in an Agile and Test-Driven Development environment.

• Demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor, strong attention to detail, team oriented, energetic, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style.

• Previous exposure to financial services, credit cards or Security analytics is a plus, but not required.

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.

Job: Technology

Primary Location: India-Karnataka-Bengaluru

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 22026551