Sr Software Engineer I
American Express1 day ago
Atlanta, GA, USASenior
Base Salary
$123k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver scalable full-stack software solutions using Java and Python.
- Lead the architecture and implementation of distributed systems focused on performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Own features end to end from design and development through deployment, monitoring, and production support.
- Build RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and service-to-service integrations.
- Improve coding standards, testing, documentation, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and developer productivity.
- Design monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, containerization, infrastructure-as-code, and auto-scaling solutions.
- Debug complex issues, identify bottlenecks, perform root-cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership through reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate with architects, product managers, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Influence technical direction and deliver high-impact outcomes aligned with organizational goals.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong Java expertise and working knowledge of Python for backend or data-driven applications.
- Deep experience with Java ecosystems and frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot.
- Full-stack development experience with backend services and modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular.
- Experience building RESTful APIs, microservices architectures, distributed systems, and service integrations.
- Understanding of concurrency, scalability, performance optimization, and resilient system design.
- Hands-on experience with relational or NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, DynamoDB, or MongoDB.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, messaging or streaming platforms, and cloud platforms.
- Experience generating test data and developing and executing unit tests.
- Experience with API design standards, OpenAPI or Swagger, versioning, and contract-driven development.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Proficiency with Agile/Scrum and modern software development lifecycle practices.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent practical experience; an advanced degree is a plus.
- Basic understanding of AI/ML, generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries and bonus incentives.
- 6% company match on the retirement savings plan.
- Free financial coaching and financial well-being support.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits.
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite, or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need.
- 20+ weeks of paid parental leave for all parents.
- Access to global onsite wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors, depending on location.
- Free confidential counseling through the Healthy Minds program.
- Career development and training opportunities.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBAngularApache CassandraApache KafkaAWSAzureDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJenkinsKubernetesMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLPythonRabbitMQReactSpring BootTerraform
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About American Express
American Express builds a global payments network and issues consumer, small-business, and corporate cards, plus merchant acquiring and travel services. Revenue comes from card fees, interest and lending, discount/merchant fees, and network services. Founded in 1850 and headquartered in New York City, it operates the Amex acceptance network worldwide and offers co-branded cards and membership rewards across millions of cardmembers and merchants; ticker NYSE: AXP.