At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared <a target="_blank" href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/company/who-we-are/">values</a> and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, youll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.  The Enterprise Technology Services vision is to set the standard for technical excellence, talent, strategy, and standards across Technology. It also seeks to cultivate and foster technical innovation, amplify the technical heartbeat of the organization, and deliver great experiences to all American Express colleagues. About Enterprise Architecture:Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:1.     Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.2.     Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.3.     Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards, and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.4.     Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.Software Development:<ul><li>Mid-level ability in software development, such as coding assignments</li><li>Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)</li><li>Participate in code reviews and automated testing</li><li>Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation</li><li>Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments</li><li>Automate deployments in test or production environments</li><li>Automatically scale applications based on demand projections Leadership</li><li>Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals</li><li>Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking</li></ul>Qualifications – Minimum requirements:<ul><li>Up to 6 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:<ul><li>Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods</li><li>Experience with design and coding in Java and across one or more platforms and additional languages as appropriate</li><li>Experience with streaming technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink and Scala as a programming language preferred</li><li>UI experience using React, Node a plus</li><li>Backend experience including Apache Cassandra, and relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL a plus</li><li>Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing</li><li>Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases</li><li>Confirmed experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages</li></ul></li><li>Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred</li></ul> Salary Range: $85,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually + bonus + benefitsThe above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:<ul><li>Competitive base salaries </li><li>Bonus incentives </li><li>6% Company Match on retirement savings plan </li><li>Free financial coaching and financial well-being support </li><li>Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits </li><li>Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need </li><li>20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy </li><li>Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) </li><li>Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program </li><li>Career development and training opportunities</li></ul>For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our <a target="_blank" href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/colleagues/benefits">Colleague Benefits Site</a>.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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. Thats why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.US Job Seekers - Click to view the “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.eeoc.gov/poster">Know Your Rights</a>” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eeoc.gov/poster">https://www.eeoc.gov/poster</a>Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws, American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions.