Software Development Engineer I

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We're here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

What You'll Do

• Take a whole systems approach to analyze use cases, design, implement, and maintain integrated solutions applying standard engineering methodologies

• Successfully conduct day-to-day activities and solve complex issues in your engineering domain

• Creatively test and maintain software applications and related systems using a variety of software development tools

• Lead and participate in design and code reviews

• Partner with Product to refine business requirements

• Collaborate with peers across regions, within and outside your direct organization

• Seek and share domain and industry knowledge between multi-functional teams to improve engineering practices

• Possess knowledge of features and facilities for integration, and communication among applications, databases, and platforms to connect different components and form a fully functional solution to a business problem

• Advocate for operational excellence and project quality via system resilience and scalability, testing, monitoring, alerting

• Report on the status of high-visibility projects to leadership

• Enthusiastically seek opportunities to improve our customers' experiences

What We're looking for

• 1+ years of development experience

• Bachelor's / Master's in Computer Science or related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience

• Strong experience developing and delivering highly available enterprise web applications using Java, Kotlin, and Spring

• Experience in front-end web technologies including JavaScript, Node, or React

• A deep understanding of web platform technologies using REST and SOAP web service protocols

• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure, deployment pipeline, and multiple database/data store technologies

• Ability to understand highly complex systems and explain technology choices to technical and non-technical observers

• Experience leading complex, well-defined projects and guiding integrations across teams within the business unit

• Excellent problem-solving and strong communication skills

• Communicate with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format.

Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• And much more

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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What if I don't meet every requirement? If you're passionate about our mission and believe you'd be a phenomenal addition to our team, don't worry about "checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we're looking for