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.