Engineer II - Java

American Express is a global service company, providing customers with exceptional access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.

Engineers that join our Technologies team can be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing new virtual Internet-based payment solutions, customer service portals, online merchant services support and integration, credit management tools, and suites of web-based applications for cardmember targeted offers that will span over 20 international markets. You will be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world-class cardmember experiences across multiple channels, including native iOS, Android, web, social integration, Java services, and APIs. You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers.

- Designs, develops, troubleshoots, debugs, evaluates, modifies, deploys and documents software and systems for customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications. - Design and build software that meets the needs of the business and improve upon it through operational ownership. - Use the right tools for the job, and build software that works well and efficiently within the overall system architecture. - Performs all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications - Functions as a member of an agile team and supports consistent development practices – tools, common components, and documentation - Develops understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains - Writes code and unit tests, works on APIs, automation, and conducts code reviews and testing - Performs ongoing refactoring of code, utilizes visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and deliver continuous improvement - Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies - Provides continuous support for ongoing application availability - Works with product owners to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues

- Up to 6 years of software development experience - Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods - Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages (e.g. Java, HTML5,, COBOL) as appropriate - Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing - Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges, and articulate solutions - Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems - Ability to enable business capabilities through innovation - Looks proactively beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities - High energy, demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies, and takes pride in how fast they develop working software - Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases - Demonstrated experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages - Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience, is preferred