Full Stack Web Developer, Web | New York

American Express is looking for an entrepreneurial and creative Full Stack Web Developer to join our energetic team of high performers in this fast-paced Fortune 100 company that delivers world-class card member experiences. You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers.

The Fullstack engineer, American Express Web Engineering will be an individual contributor who may ensure optimal design/architecture of the web components that power our digital experiences which are crucial for our customers as we strive to be essential to their everyday lives. Continuing to drive innovation and delivery in digital channels is a key part of the strategy for continuing to delight customers.

Our Software Engineers not only understand how technology works, but how that technology intersects with the people who count on it every day. Today, innovative ideas, insight and new perspectives are at the core of how we create a more powerful, personal and fulfilling experience for all our customers. So if you’re interested in a career creating breakthrough software and making an impact on an audience of millions, look no further.

Responsibilities

• Serving as a core member of an agile team that leads user story analysis and elaboration, designs and
• develops software applications.
• Responsible for the applications architecture, work/coordinate with other team’s architect, engineers
• and vendors as necessary.
• Writing code and unit tests, automation, and conducting code reviews and testing.
• Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting
• future challenges.
• Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast track
• concepts, and delivering continuous improvement.
• Working with product managers to prioritize features in the product backlog and managing a list of
• technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues.
• Manage your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Quickly generate and updating proof of concepts for testing and team feedback.
• Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices.

Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering (preferred).
• Java, Web development work experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and
• testing.
• 5+ year working experience with Java and java based frameworks like Spring.
• 5+ year working experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as REACT/Redux, HTML5, CSS3.
• 5+ years of experience with building RESTful APIs.
• 3+ years of experience with reactive programming using frameworks like spring reactive, vert.x etc
• are a plus.
• Expertise to create and manage high volume, scalable and distributed omni-channel customer centric
• applications.
• Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms.
• Thorough understanding of JSON, Web Service technologies, and data structure fundamentals.
• Experience with adaptive and responsive development techniques.
• Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts.
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
• Experience with Kotlin programming language is a plus.
• Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus.