Software Engineer III

Job Description

hackajob is collaborating with American Express to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role. 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. As part of Team Amex, you'll 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. The U.S. Consumer Services and Enterprise Digital & Data Technology Team brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), AI/ML, marketing technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and automation, grounded in our data technology model that prioritizes data governance. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments. Description We are looking for an Engineer - Web Full Stack that has a solid understanding of Javascript, NodeJS, React, and emerging Javascript frameworks, to work on an agile cross-functional team that values collaboration, automation, and innovation. If you're a JavaScript enthusiast looking to build highly scalable, performant and fault-tolerant applications, come grow your skills as a software engineer at Amex. You will be part of the Card Shop group, which focuses on and strives to provide best in class user experiences to our customers when they shop for American Express products. Your work will be at the frontline of American Express? commitment to excellence to our customers, and thus highly visible, impactful, and rewarding. What To Expect Deliver features for end-to-end web application development on a multi-functional team Learn how to build applications using our in-house frameworks Collaborate with product owners to understand business needs and participate in refining stories Embrace code review, pair programming, and process innovation to better yourself and the team Optimize code for accessibility, performance, availability Increase the confidence in our deployments by writing tests, contributing to reliability frameworks, and finding automation opportunities Investigate and resolve production issues with the help of our site reliability team Innovate and implement new technologies to improve our team and applications Join Us If You Have at least 5+ years of experience in Web Development Have solid experience with front end frameworks and state management with or like React.js / Redux Have a strong understanding of NodeJS, Jest, Mocha, Rest, GraphQL, Express Have experience with modern JavaScript coding, open-source ecosystem, development practices and page performance Have a passion for providing the best customer experience, and is comfortable optimizing for accessibility and performance Are comfortable working in an environment based on Agile development methodologies and DevOps principles Take initiative to collaborate with others to find solutions to the team's problems Are excited about innovation and automation Want to join a team that is always trying to improve and grow! Benefits 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: 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 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. Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.