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American Express Senior Engineer - System Design, GCP, React and Kotlin, Data flow and DataProc in Karnataka, India

Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and varied community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and substantial to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, aspiring to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex and let's lead the way together.

Join #TeamAmex and let's lead the way together.

We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Senior Engineer to join the Corporate Technology team at American Express. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for driving technological innovation, architecting scalable solutions, and providing leadership to a team of highly skilled engineers. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing and implementing cutting-edge systems, a passion for emerging technologies, and a commitment to driving excellence in a fast-paced, global environment.

Our technology stack of choice is React, Kotlin and GCP’s big data tools. Experience with two of these is required, with a desire to learn the other. How you communicate your designs and patterns is as important as the correctness, maintainability, and performance. You should have a consistent track record of bringing others with you, even in the face of adversity. You will get to work on a greenfield platform with modern technology solving multifaceted technical and business problems.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

  • Provide strategic technical leadership to the team, influencing the direction of technology solutions and ensuring alignment with business goals.

  • Mentor and guide a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Innovation and Technology Roadmap

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute a technology roadmap that supports the evolution of Global Servicing capabilities.

  • Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, integrating relevant innovations into the organization's technical strategy.

System Architecture and Design

  • Lead the design and architecture of complex, scalable, and reliable systems that meet business requirements and performance objectives.

  • Ensure that solutions are aligned with enterprise architecture standards and principles.

Collaboration and Communication

  • Work closely with product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements.

  • Effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and foster collaboration across teams and departments.

Quality Assurance and Best Practices

  • Drive engineering excellence by promoting best practices in coding standards, code reviews, testing methodologies, and deployment processes.

  • Implement and champion DevOps practices to enhance the efficiency and reliability of the development and deployment lifecycle.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

  • Experience with System Design, Coding, Software Design, GCP is must , React , Kotlin, Data flow , DataProc.

  • Proven experience as a technical leader or Staff engineer in a large-scale, global organization.

  • Strong expertise in system architecture, design patterns, and software development best practices.

  • Proficient in multiple programming languages and technologies.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred

  • Experience in the financial services industry.

  • Knowledge of emerging technologies such as AI, blockchain, and cloud-native architectures.

  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

How will you make an impact in this role?

We are looking for a senior engineer with excellent taste in system design and coding style. You will not work in a single team, but rather collaborate across a variety of different groups to coach, mentor, and enable their modern software design.

Our technology stack of choice is React, Kotlin and GCP’s data tools. Experience with two of these is required, with a desire to learn the other.

How you communicate your designs and patterns is as meaningful as the correctness, maintainability, and performance. You should have a consistent track record of bringing others with you, even in the face of adversity

Qualifications

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

  • Competitive base salaries

  • Bonus incentives

  • Support for financial-well-being and retirement

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

  • Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

  • Career development and training opportunities

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job: Technologies

Primary Location: India-Haryana-Gurgaon

Other Locations: India-Karnataka-Bengaluru

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24009060

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