Technical Lead

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 

• Lead and mentor a team of backend/Boomi Integration engineers in delivering high-quality software solutions and define technical architecture and design patterns for the Amex GBT mid, back office and Boomi Integration systems 

  
  
  

• Drive technical decision-making and establish development guidelines and conduct code reviews and ensure consistency to coding standards and quality guidelines 

  
  
  

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and customers on technical roadmap planning and design and develop complex Dell Boomi Integrations, backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot 

  
  
  

• Architect and implement scalable microservices solutions for travel booking and operational workflows and optimize PostgreSQL database performance and design efficient data models

  
  
  

• Deploy and handle applications on AWS ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) platform and manage EC2 instances and implement cloud-native solutions

  
  
  

• Provide expert-level application support and resolve complex production issues, lead sprint planning, technical grooming and delivery estimation and develop a collaborative team environment and promote knowledge sharing 

  
  
  

• Coordinate with multi-functional teams and manage technical dependencies , drive continuous improvement initiatives and technology adoption and participate in hiring and onboarding of new team members

  
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s in Technology with minimum 10 years of professional Java development and Dell Boomi Integration experience with 3+ years in technical leadership roles 

  
  
  

• Expert-level proficiency in Java 8+ and advanced programming concepts and deep expertise in Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and enterprise Java patterns

  
  
  

• Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL including performance tuning, query optimization, and database design and extensive experience with AWS cloud services, particularly ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) and EC2 

  
  
  

• Proven experience in designing and implementing microservices architecture at scale and strong background in application support, production solving, and incident management 

  
  
  

• Experience leading development teams and mentoring junior developers and excellent communication and customer management skills 

  
  
  

• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies and experience in travel industry, TMC operations, or expense management systems 

  
  
  

• Knowledge of additional AWS services (EKS, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation) and experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) 

  
  
  

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) and understanding of security frameworks, compliance requirements (PCI DSS, GDPR)

  
  
  

• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code and knowledge of performance testing and capacity planning and certification in AWS or Red Hat OpenShift

  
  
  

• Dell Boomi Integration, Java 11+, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA and PostgreSQL, Redis, RESTful APIs, GraphQL , AWS ROSA, EC2, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift , Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Maven/Gradle and Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

  
  
  

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!