Software Engineer - Marketing & Servicing

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

A successful candidate requires hands on technical experience working with Salesforce.com and a background in distributed web applications development. You will be part of a multi-disciplined, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world class Card Member experiences. Excellent problem solving skills are a must as well as an expert knowledge of web technologies from data schema definition, creating re-usable functional classes through to presentation layer best practices. Supporting a global business, you will be required to understand and deliver against a diverse set of business needs as well as providing your own feedback and inputs. **Qualifications** - Writing code, conducting peer code reviews and testing during ongoing sprints - A core member of an Agile team driving User story analysis & elaboration, design and development of software applications, testing and build automation tools - Driving continuous improvement in code structure and quality - Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies - Participating in gate reviews and quality control over product deployments - Writing code and unit tests, working on API specs, automation, and conducting code reviews and testing - Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges - Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast track concepts, and delivering continuous improvement - Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues

**Experience** - 3+ years managing and integrating vendor products / services using both Software As A Service (SaaS) and / or Platform As A Service (PaaS) - 3+ years application development with Java, C# or similar - Background in leveraging ETL products and tools (e.g. IBM DataStage, Informatica, etc.) for data management is a plus - Proven track record in working as part of a team to deliver web applications from analyse through to release - Test driven development experience is a plus - Experience with version control, such as SVN, including branching and merging strategies - Strong team player - Experience working in an Agile (Scrum, XP etc.) development environment is a plus **Skills** - Advanced level technical proficiency when working with Salesforce.com and Force.com (supporting certifications an advantage) - Strong VisualForce and Apex coding proficiency - Advanced proficiency with object-oriented programming - Ability to learn new technologies and embrace the challenge learning presents - A self starter, comfortable talking through requirements in detail with business partners - Strong and current knowledge of web standards, emerging technologies and trends - Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems - Ability to enable business capabilities through innovation - An excellent communicator, both verbally and written **Qualifications** - Bachelors and / or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Systems or related field.