Java Backend Software Engineer

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

The Bill Payment platform provides an exciting opportunity to solve complex challenges and to build novel technology to power the next generation of Amex financial products. We are a team of entrepreneurial disruptors with a great FinTech Engineering culture at the forefront of innovation in the industry. We are building amazing GraphQL and APIs, intelligent payment routing decision engines, an ISO20022 framework, AI/ML driven data pipelines, and fluid integrators with Global Payment Infrastructure and the banking system.

Our team is responsible for mission critical customer journeys, including “Pay your Amex Bill,” “Plan your Payment” and “Get a Loan.” Our goal is to decouple our assets, such as our ACH engine and bank validation, and make it easy for others in the company to build world class customer experiences.

How will you make an impact?

We are looking for Engineers that are open-minded, willing to learn, and are passionate about building great software. As we decide if an Engineer is a fit for our Team, we will not focus solely on experience or languages used, but the ability to think out of the box and approach problems with a clever mindset. We are influenced by The Twelve-Factor App principles, and we have picked modern ergonomic languages that maximize productivity and readability, i.e., modern JVM: Quarkus/Micronaut/Ktor with Kotlin and lightweight Go command tools. Architecture is event driven microservices leveraging Kafka, Workflow Orchestration and polyglot-persistence layers including Postgres, Cassandra and Oracle.

Key Responsibilities:

· Build software as part of a nimble agile Team where you have every opportunity to make an impact on the bottom line and contribute to the architecture.

· Ensure our infrastructure is safely extensible, scalable, reliable and meets SLAs for both external and internal users.

· Create a brand for our platform composed of amazing APIs, Developer Portal, Tutorials and SDKs.

· Ensure our solutions are testable, intuitive, and easy to maintain.

· Use state of the art tools for remote collaboration and developer happiness, i.e., IntelliJ CodeWithMe and Tuple

· Participate in design and code reviews for key components and cross Enterprise initiatives.

Mandatory Qualifications:

· Experience in backend reactive programming languages: Java 8+ and/or Kotlin.

· Proven track record developing lightweight reactive microservices: Vert.x, Quarkus, Micronaut or Spring Boot.

· Deep understanding of event driven architecture and messaging: Kafka, webhooks, asynchronous API design.

· Experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, or equivalent relational databases.

· Have experience working as an individual contributor as part of a cross functional agile team. Experience in FinTech is a massive plus.

· Have proven experience in supporting mission critical platforms with high levels of availability and service continuity.

· Have solid experience in cloud-based architecture and distributed systems.

· Have exceptional written and communication skills and can express dissenting opinions constructively.

· Self-directed and able to work in an ambiguous environment through the innovation process.

· Care about learning and being open minded about switching approaches and experimenting.

· Value collaboration and put the Team interests always above self.

Salary Range: $103,750.00 to $174,750.00 annually + bonus + benefits

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

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
• 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