Software Engineer III

Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, sharedand 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.

How will you make an impact in this role

This role will be part of the Regulatory Reporting team , we are currently modernizing our platform, migrating it to GCP.. You will contribute towards making the platform more resilient and secure for future regulatory requirements and ensuring compliance and adherence to Federal Regulations.

• Preferably a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges and articulate solutions
• Willingness to learn new technologies and exploit them to their optimal potential
• Define problems and articulate solution alternatives with recommendations
• Create detailed computer system design documentation
• Implement deployment plan flawlessly
• Strong Development experience on Java applications with backend Database (Oracle/PLSQL/ Big Query) design and development experience
• Drive adoption of DevOps best practices, including observability, resilience, security, and automation.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, ensuring rapid and safe deployments.
• Develop and execute deployment plans for production systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong background with Java full-stack applications and backend database (Oracle/PL/SQL, BigQuery) design & development experience
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with GCP BigQuery and associated services
• DevOps & Tooling: GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD automation, observability frameworks.
• Concurrency & Parallelism: Proven ability to design and optimize high-volume, distributed data systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Finance/Regulatory Reporting experience
• Prior experience migrating platforms to GCP BigQuery
• AI development experience

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• 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

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.