Software Engineer- Java, Commercial Lending

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

Job Description American Express is embarking on an exciting transformation driven by an energetic new team of high performers. This group is nimble and creative with the power to shape our technology and product roadmap. If you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative payment products and services at a rapid pace, serving our customers seamlessly across physical, digital, mobile, and social media, join our transformation team! One of the big bets for the company is Commercial Lending. The newly formed team will pave the way for the Company for launching new and innovative lending products across Lines of Business and markets worldwide. You will be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial team responsible for building world class, high performance platform for the Commercial Lending business using cutting-edge technology and data. You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proofs of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers and generate new revenue streams for the Company. The Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing the brand new Commercial Lending Platform through world class technology. You need to have broad knowledge of the technology world and be willing to take up the challenge of leveraging the latest technologies in building the Platform. You should have an entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to bring new products to life. You must have the desire to continuously test and learn by putting in the right levers and gauges in place to monitor progress and performance. You need to be able to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment with cross functional stakeholders working toward a common goal.

Responsibilities: · core member of an agile team that drives user story analysis and elaboration, designs and develops software applications, and tests and builds automation tools · perform hands-on software development and testing · core member of an agile engineering team that designs and develops software applications · typically spend 75+% of time writing code, API specs, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing sprints · identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges · perform ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts · work with technical product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints, manage a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues · may be assigned to a specific platform/product permanently or be part of a dynamic resource pool that gets assigned to projects as they come up · use industry standard automation tools to create regression test scripts and enables continuous development

Qualifications · 2+ years of software engineering experience · Demonstrated experience with Agile or other rapid application development methods · Experience with Java development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, frameworks like MEAN, Spring, Hibernate etc., SQL and nonSQL databases, Big Data platforms etc · Demonstrated experience with object-oriented design and coding skills across a variety of platforms: JAVA, HTML, DB2, XML, Oracle, MQ Series, Data Power. Experience in Redhat JBOSS Suite (EAP, JBPM, JBRMS, Camel, FUSE etc.) preferred · Thorough understanding of XML, JSON, web services technologies (SOAP, REST), and data structure fundamentals · Demonstrated experience with continuous integration frameworks (Jenkins) · Familiarity with Hibernate ORM, Spring Batch and Spring Data desired · Experience with multiple Apache tools; Cassandra, Camel, Maven, etc · Experience with distributed systems, algorithms, and relational & NoSQL databases · Understand integration with Business Rules Management Systems (Pega, Blaze, Drools, etc.) · Experience with Drools/Red Hat BRMS preferred · Ability to effectively communicate across third parties, technical, and business product managers on solution design · Experience with web services and Open API development as well as SOA concepts · Experience with payments technology and industry is a plus · A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software · Effectively communicates with internal and external business partners · Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms · Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems · Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus · Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in how fast they develop working software · Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience, is preferred · Relevant technical certifications, is a plus