Senior Software Engineer - Java, Web Engineering Digital Acquisitions

American Express

(New York, New York)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About American Express

American Express is a global service company, providing customers with exceptional access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.

Responsibilities

-        Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications Performs hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems
-        Functions as Senior member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices – tools, common components, and documentation
-        Mentors engineers, and may have management responsibilities over 2-3 engineers
-        Typically spends 50% of time writing code and testing, and remainder of time collaborating with stakeholders through ongoing product/platform releases
-        Develops deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
-        Writes code and unit tests, works on API specs, automation, and conducts code reviews and testing
-        Performs ongoing refactoring of code, utilizes visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and deliver continuous improvement Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
-        Provides continuous support for ongoing application availability
-        Works closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products
-        Works with product owners to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues

Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications Performs hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems
Functions as Senior member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices – tools, common components, and documentation
Mentors engineers, and may have management responsibilities over 2-3 engineers
Typically spends 50% of time writing code and testing, and remainder of time collaborating with stakeholders through ongoing product/platform releases
Develops deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains
Writes code and unit tests, works on API specs, automation, and conducts code reviews and testing
Performs ongoing refactoring of code, utilizes visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and deliver continuous improvement Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
Provides continuous support for ongoing application availability
Works closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products
Works with product owners to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues

Ideal Candidate

-        6+ years of software development experience
-        prefer a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline  
-        Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
-        Thorough understanding of XML, JSON , Web Services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming
-        Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, Spring, SQL DBMS
-        Strong HTML, HTML5 and JavaScript (AJAX, DOM, JSON, XML) and Java skills
-        CSS experience
-        SVN or source management experience
-        Java, Servlets, Struts, Spring and JSP/JSTL experience
-        jQuery, Prototype and Scriptaculous experience
-        experience leading/mentoring other engineers
-        Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus
-        Expertise in Objected Oriented Analysis and Design across a variety of platforms
-        A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software
-        Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design
-        Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts

6+ years of software development experience
prefer a BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline
Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
Thorough understanding of XML, JSON , Web Services technologies, and data structure fundamentals, with experience in multi-threaded programming
Experience with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting using J2EE, Spring, SQL DBMS
Strong HTML, HTML5 and JavaScript (AJAX, DOM, JSON, XML) and Java skills
CSS experience
SVN or source management experience
Java, Servlets, Struts, Spring and JSP/JSTL experience
jQuery, Prototype and Scriptaculous experience
experience leading/mentoring other engineers
Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a plus
Expertise in Objected Oriented Analysis and Design across a variety of platforms
A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software
Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design
Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts