Senior Software Engineer - Customer Marketing Platforms

American Express

(New York, New York)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About American Express

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

Responsibilities

- Serving as a core member of an Agile team that drives user story analysis and elaboration, designs and develops software applications, and tests and builds automation tools
- Owning all technical aspects of software development (architecture, design and development of systems) for assigned applications
- Performing hands-on software development, typically spending at least 50% of time writing code, API specs, doing proof of concepts, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing sprints
- Driving consistent development practices - tools and common components
- Developing deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
- Working with technical product managers contributing to blueprints, and assisting with annual planning of feature sets
- Quickly generate and updating prototypes from concepts for testing and team feedback
- Finalizing prototypes into Applications by integrating with back-end services and functionality
- Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technology to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges
- Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices in order to push the limits of possibility in a world class organization

Serving as a core member of an Agile team that drives user story analysis and elaboration, designs and develops software applications, and tests and builds automation tools
Owning all technical aspects of software development (architecture, design and development of systems) for assigned applications
Performing hands-on software development, typically spending at least 50% of time writing code, API specs, doing proof of concepts, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing sprints
Driving consistent development practices - tools and common components
Developing deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
Working with technical product managers contributing to blueprints, and assisting with annual planning of feature sets
Quickly generate and updating prototypes from concepts for testing and team feedback
Finalizing prototypes into Applications by integrating with back-end services and functionality
Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technology to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges
Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices in order to push the limits of possibility in a world class organization

Ideal Candidate

6+ years of software development experience
Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, JavaScript, Spring, SQL, DB2 DBMSs
Thorough understanding of XML, JSON , web services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming
Experience with .NET and Microsoft technologies is a plus
Experience with workflow management platforms, (IBM, Aprimo, Pega) a plus
Experience with running Software Version Control Systems (such as svn, git) required, continuous testing platforms (Selenium grid, etc.) a plus
Expertise in Objected Oriented Analysis and Design across a variety of platforms
Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design
BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent experience