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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 diverse 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 meaningful 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, striving 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.
Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.
As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers' digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment, where you voice is valued and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.
How will you make an impact in this role?
The successful candidate will join an existing agile development scrum team contributing to the enhancement of a world-class product. The product is growing quickly so this position suits someone who can hit the ground running, form good working relationships quickly, and add value by introducing best practice design and development. While Java is the core technology, we are looking for someone who understands a range of associated technologies and has a proven ability to get to grips with new ideas quickly
Minimum Qualifications
Hands-on expertise with Java/Kotlin application design, software development and automated testing
Core Java (Java 17 minimum) with vertx (desired)
Experience working in an Agile Team
Experience in building secure REST APIs
Experience in CI/CD tools.
Has a drive to learn industry leading/innovative technologies and solutions
Is open to innovation and experimentation
Is team-oriented, and a core contributor, enabling the team to be more effective and productive
Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns and opinions directly to team
Attention to detail and accuracy are essential
Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven
Have excellent written and verbal communications skills
Degree level education or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Docker, Kafka, Postgres, ReactJS experience would be advantageous
Comfortable following a BDD/TDD approach using technologies such as Junit, Mockio and Cucumber
Experience in NoSQL DBs like Couchbase and Redis is a plus.
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Job: Technology
Primary Location: United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
Other Locations: United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24011680