Software Engineer II

International Card Services (ICS) brings together our International Consumer, Small Business Services (SBS), and Middle and Large-Market Corporate segments. ICS issues products in 27 countries and is responsible for two Joint Ventures – AMEX (Middle East) B.S.C. (c) and American Express Saudi Arabia. The leaders in these countries are empowered to make decisions at a local level, whilst being supported by two central cross-market teams – the Centre of Excellence, and Governance & Control.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.

Software Engineer II designs, develops, tests, and debugs software applications, contributes to software builds, completes code reviews and automated testing to maintain high-quality standards with guidance, supports and monitors software across environments, and adheres to security and regulatory best practices. Designs, develops, tests, and debugs software applications and systems

Completes software builds through consistent development practices, including the use of tools, common components, and documentation with guidance from peers and leaders

Completes code reviews and automated testing to maintain high-quality code standards with guidance from peers and leaders

Supports and monitors software across test, integration, and production environments

Adheres to security and regulatory best practices to ensure software compliance

Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and/or comparable experience

Knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, NoSQL and relational databases

Knowledge of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Hands on experience with Java 8 and above, Micro Services, Spring boot, Message Queue, RDBMS and NoSQL, GCP.

Software engineering and development experience or a related job

Experience in application design, software development, and automated testing

Experience in object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages

Experience in distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases

Experience in Agile software development methodologies and practices such as Scrum/Kanban, iterations, user stories

Experience in automation testing and documentation (i.e. automated, functional, and performance)