Director-Software Engineering - Global Commercial Services

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

Large & Global Enterprises is a vast portfolio with clients including some of the biggest marquee companies, industry leaders around the world. With more than 60% of fortune 500 companies utilize our corporate cards, commercial cards and other commercial products, L&G is focused on providing solutions to our clients’ complex needs while providing seamless, best-of-class services across the globe.

The Role:

In partnership with key Technology teams and Product colleagues, the Engineering Director is responsible for the delivery of all features and functionality on Corporate Loyalty products.You will help drive a multi-million-dollar initiative to develop best-in-class loyalty solutions to support the growth plans of American Express.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build a team of talented engineers to deliver the corporate loyalty roadmap
• Work closely with product development and strategy stakeholders to understand the product and customer needs; and enable the product and customer vision for the company
• Work across the Large & Global technology organization to improve engineering efficiency and advocate for engineering best practices
• Responsible for the people management of co-located and remote engineering teams
• Cultivate an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Recruit best in class and diverse engineering talent from the industry at large
• Drive innovation within a fast-paced agile environment
• Collaborate with a wide variety of partners within business and technology teams to inspire change required to execute product roadmaps
• Coach, guide and promote the creation of high quality, clearly documented, and compliant deliverables across engineering teams.
• Collaborate within and across business units to prioritize, plan, and implement the development schedule for major product releases

Qualifications:

• Experience developing Financial Services technology products is critical to the success.
• Experience building software for large corporate clients.
• Experience managing software engineering teams designing and building software products in a fast-paced, complex and dynamic software development environment
• Extensive hands-on experience building and managing the development of complex, large scale applications and products that require a deep understanding of application logic and dependencies
• Experience being a people leader, coaching, mentoring and guiding for highly talented technical teams
• Experience attracting, hiring retaining and leading top engineering talent
• Experience with Agile, Scrum or other rapid application development methodologies

Salary Range: $144,250.00 to $256,250.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + 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

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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