Golang Job: Back End Engineer - Java - Python - Golang

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible — and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way.

When you join Team Amex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we champion your meaningful career journey with programs, benefits, and flexibility to back you personally and professionally. Every colleague shares in the company’s success.

Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to our customers, communities, and each other every day. And, we’ll do it with integrity and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they truly belong.

Join #TeamAmex and let’s lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

From building next-generation apps and microservices in Kotlin to using AI to help protect our customers from fraud, you could be doing transformational work that brings our iconic, global brand into the future. As a part of our tech team, we could work together to bring groundbreaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products and platforms that millions of customers around the world depend on. If you love to work with APIs, contribute to open source, or use the latest technologies, we’ll support you with an open environment and learning culture to grow your career.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if you’re interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

You won’t just keep up, you’ll break new ground.

There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing:

• Taking your place as a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices

• Writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation

• Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies

• Join a team of engineers that delivers knowledge management solutions to businesses worldwide

  
  

At the core of Software Engineering

Every member of our team must be able to demonstrate the following technical, functional, leadership and business core competencies, including:

• Agile Practices

• Porting/Software Configuration

• Programming Languages and Frameworks

• Business Analysis

• Analytical Thinking

• Business Product Knowledge

  
  

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)

• Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals

• Participate in code reviews and automated testing

• Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation

• Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments

• Automate deployments in test or production environments

• Automatically scale applications based on demand projections

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong programming knowledge in Java/Python/GoLang.

• Experience in developing REST APIs.

• Experience in building Micro services.

• Good Understanding of Bigdata / Hadoop ecosystem with Hands on Spark and Hive

• Strong experience with Relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL/Postgres, Couchbase, HBase, Elasticsearch)

• In depth understanding of Kafka and hands on pub/sub implementations

• Experience with any of the Container Orchestration technologies – Kuberenetes, OpenShift etc.

• Successful track record of developing middleware solutions, with a strong focus on code quality, unit testing, integration testing, code quality analysis tools and API (Swagger) documentation.

• Working in an Agile or SAFe development environment is a plus

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  
  

Salary Range: $70,000.00 to $135,000.00 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.

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.

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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