Senior Software Engineer - Customer Marketing Platforms

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

- 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

- 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