Campus Graduate Full-Time - 2026 Software Engineer II, Technology - Phoenix, AZ

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.

Business Unit/Role Specific Info 

Ever wondered what it’s like to work on J.D. Power’s #1 ranked Mobile App and Website? 

Do you know what it takes to setup a near real-time transaction anomaly alerting system? 

As a Software Engineer, you will work on building global scale software with a host of tools and frameworks! You may work in areas ranging from machine learning, using big data, native mobile applications, backend services, full stack web applications, or UX/UI focused development! You’ll work across our software products, like Spring Cloud and Webflux for reactive Java services, or Node.js driving React web applications and various microservice architectures.

How will you make an impact?

• Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predict future challenges. 

• Develop software applications as part of a scrum team. 
• Learn technical skills, write code, conduct code reviews and write unit tests.
• Partner with Product Managers, Senior Engineers and Application Architects on your team to conceptualize, build new products and prioritize features. 
• Take part in social activities, community service events and projects with other Graduates. 

Minimum Qualifications

• • Masters/MBA degree candidates with an expected graduation date of May/June 2026
• • Masters/MBA degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical field

• Ability to sufficiently complete coding questions  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing products or projects either in an academic, professional, or personal setting. 

• Some entry level software development experience, design, or creative experience. 

• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate work to team members and partners.  

• Familiarity in any of the following languages or applications, Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Rust, Go, Kotlin, Node.js.

American Express Software Engineers can work in a variety of focus areas. Each may require a certain set of qualifications/skills. Please see the below job areas and skillsets needed.

• Back End Development
  • Required Qualifications
    • Java
    • Python
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • Golang
    • Big Data
  • Additional Skillsets Preferred
    • Data Engineering

• Front End Development
  • Required Qualifications
    • Java Script
    • React
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • RESTful APIs
  • Additional Skillsets Preferred
    • • Typescript
    • • Accessibility

• Cloud Engineering
  • Required Qualifications
    • Java
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • Python
  • Additional Skillsets Preferred
    • Microservices

• AI/Machine Learning
  • Required Qualifications
    • • Java
    • • Python
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • Microservices
  • Additional Skillsets Preferred
    • Awareness of AI/ML, Data Science

• Mobile
  • Required Qualifications
    • Swift
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • Kotlin
  • Additional Skillsets Preferred
    • • Mobile testing frameworks
    • • UI/UX Knowledge

• Full Stack Development
  • Required Qualifications
    • • JavaScript
    • • HTML
    • • CSS
    • • Java
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • • React
    • • Angular
  • Additional Skillsets Preferred
    • Database knowledge
    • AWS Azure
    • GCP

Salary Range: $89,250.00 to $150,250.00 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.

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

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

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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.

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