Description

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

　　With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

　　At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

　　Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

　　As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Serving as a core member of an engineering team that designs and develops software applications.

　　Owning the designs of pieces of the systems, accounting for reliability and availability including identifying and handling failure modes

　　Writing code and unit tests, working on API specs, automation, conducting code reviews and testing, and documenting processes

　　Performing ongoing refactoring of code thereby delivering continuous improvement

　　Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on enhancements, known defects, and issues

　　Qualifications:

　　Core competency in software development leveraging many of the following technologies: React, Redux, GraphQL

　　Experience with common front-end development tools such as Grunt, Gulp, Bower, Babel, Webpack, NPM

　　A knack for benchmarking page performance and building efficient web sites.

　　Basic high availability techniques and implementation knowledge.

　　Commitment to software practices of continuous Integration, automated/repeatable testing, and collaborative work environments.

　　Soft skills:

　　Team player and a hands-on engineer.

　　Willingness to mentor and coach junior engineers.

　　Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

　　Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems.

　　Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in how fast they develop working software.

　　REQUIRED TO HAVE COMPLETED THE YEAR-UP PROGRAM.

　　Qualifications

　　Salary Range: $20.00 to $33.65 hourly bonus benefits

　　The above represents the expected hourly pay range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

　　We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

　　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

　　For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

　　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.

　　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 or in a hybrid model (combination of 3 days/week in-office and virtual days).

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　　If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters.

　　Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

　　Job: Technology

　　Primary Location: US-New York-New York

　　Schedule Full-time

　　Req ID: 24000677