Engineer

American Express

Engineers developing digital and automated solutions for customers at American Express. Collaborating with engineering teams and applying innovative technology for software applications.

Posted 7/30/2026full-timePhoenix • Arizona • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $157,934 - $174,750 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in software design, development, and testing, with a strong focus on Agile methodologies and performance optimization. Proficient in translating user needs into effective systems architecture and improving software solutions through continuous reengineering.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science5 Years Of Software Design ExperienceAgile MethodologiesJava DevelopmentAPI Integration

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Hard Skills

Software DesignSoftware DevelopmentTestingImplementationAlgorithmsAPI RestObject-Oriented ProgrammingPerformance TuningRelational DatabasesSQL

Tools & Technologies

GITJ2EEJavaScriptJDBCJenkinsJSONLog4JMavenSpring FrameworkXML

Industry Keywords

Systems ArchitectureUser Story AnalysisProcess Flow DiagramsEngineering ResilienceContinuous Improvement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

J2EEJavaJavaScriptJenkinsJUnitLinuxMavenRDBMSSpringSQLUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and design software applications, translating user needs into systems architecture.
Assess and validate application performance and integration of component systems and provide process flow diagrams.
Test the engineering resilience of software and automation tools.
Assess and incorporate user story analysis and elaboration to optimize software solution.
Apply visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts.
Reengineer systems and code for continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related STEM field, followed by 5 years of progressively responsible experience with software design, development, testing, and implementation.
Experience must include 1 year of experience with Agile, algorithms, API, API Rest, GIT, J2EE, Java, JavaScript, JDBC, Jenkins, JSON, JUnit, Linux, Log4J, Maven, object-oriented programming, performance tuning, RDBMS, relational databases, REST, Spring, Spring framework, Spring MVC, SQL, Unix, Waterfall, and XML.
Telecommuting is available up to 2 days per week.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
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