Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. American Express is a well-established company with a long history of innovation, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to enhance their Global Commercial Services team. The role focuses on leading the development of a next-generation expense management platform while mentoring engineering teams and collaborating with various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Play a critical role in the design, development, and deployment of our next-generation expense management solution
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to refine and shape product requirements, ensuring clarity and readiness for engineering
- Mentor and guide feature teams, fostering effective collaboration within the team, across guild teams, and with other cross-functional project teams
- Develop robust platform services utilizing domain-driven design and hexagonal architecture
- Identify, evaluate, recommend, and integrate SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions to efficiently achieve both functional and non-functional objectives
- Participate in and facilitate Request-for-Comment (RFC) processes and proof-of-concept (POC) activities
- Integrate analytics and instrumentation toolchains into application development workflows
- Measure, monitor, and enhance application performance, scalability, and resilience
- Actively contribute to establishing and maintaining team coding standards and system design conventions
- Employ the Linear method to effectively guide the Software Development Lifecycle of the team
- Plan, estimate, delegate, and oversee task execution to ensure milestone goals are met on time, proactively addressing risks and resolving blockers
- Regularly demonstrate both individual and team milestone achievements and progress to the product team and stakeholders
- Gather, analyze, and incorporate stakeholder feedback to continuously improve the product and refine software engineering practices
Skills
- Overall experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering and product development, in individual contributor as well as leadership roles
- Education: Bachelor of Science or Engineering, specializing in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Software Engineering disciplines
- Experience in full-stack development including mobile apps, web UI, middleware, platform services, and infrastructure as code
- Professional certifications in software engineering, architecture, or product management
- At least 5 years of experience building, mentoring, and managing high-performance distributed engineering teams
- At least 5 years of experience in Frontend technologies for web, including Typescript and frameworks such as React, Angular, or Ruby on Rails
- At least 5 years of experience in Backend and general-purpose programming languages and run-times such as Node.js, Python, Ruby, and Go
- At least 2 years of experience with Mobile app development either with cross-platform technologies such as React Native, Cordova, Ionic, or native app development
- At least 2 years of experience showcasing deep engagement with product management and UX design teams
- Hands-on experience with cloud services for application development such as AWS Lambdas, S3, API Gateway, SQS, ECS, RDS, etc
- Hands-on experience with multiple storage technologies including RDBMS, Graph databases, document stores, search indices, and OLAP databases
- Hands-on experience integrating Postgres-compatible distributed databases such as CockroachDB
- Hands-on experience integrating with workflow engines, orchestration engines, or durable-execution technologies
Benefits
- Comprehensive support for your holistic well-being
- Many opportunities to learn new skills
- Develop as a leader
- Grow your career
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