Software Engineer III- GL&B

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers. Software Engineers who join our Loyalty Technology team will be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing a new, nimble, and modern loyalty platform which will support the key element of connecting with our customers where they are and how they choose to interact with American Express.
• Design, implement, and maintain event-driven microservices for large-scale distributed systems.
• Develop clean, efficient, and maintainable code in Go or Java.
• Provide production support to ensure system stability, reliability, and rapid issue resolution.
• Coordinate with multiple platform and application teams to investigate, triage, and resolve complex production issues.
• Work closely with DevOps and SRE teams to enhance observability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement and optimize monitoring, alerting, and logging frameworks for proactive issue detection.
• Design and manage Kafka-based streaming architectures for real-time data pipelines and event ingestion.
• Tune and optimize relational databases in high-volume, distributed environments.
• Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field followed by 4+ years of experience in mainframe and modern technologies.
• Strong programming skills in Go (preferred) or Java.
• Proven experience supporting production systems in a 24x7 environment.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka for message streaming, event processing, and system integration.
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle).
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of SRE practices, including incident response, reliability engineering, and root cause analysis.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate across third parties, technical, and business product managers on solution design.
• Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
• Preferred Additional:
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.

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

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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