Software Engineer III

Job Description

The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) team is responsible for managing and supporting the organization's core IT infrastructure, including servers and virtual machines. The team focuses on infrastructure provisioning, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting to ensure high availability, reliability, security, and performance.

The IaaS team also supports infrastructure automation, capacity planning, incident resolution, and infrastructure optimization. Its primary goal is to provide a stable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure platform that enables applications and business services to run smoothly.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer III to design, develop, test, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance software solutions within IAAS Team. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise, excellent problem-solving abilities, and experience working in Agile development environments.

The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, contributing to technical design decisions, ensuring engineering best practices, and delivering reliable solutions that support business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure software applications.
• Develop high-quality, reusable, and maintainable code following established engineering standards.
• Participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and solution development.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed applications.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, QA Engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and security best practices.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues, performance bottlenecks, and production defects.
• Implement automated unit, integration, and functional testing to ensure software quality.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and DevOps practices.
• Monitor application performance, reliability, and operational health.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Take ownership of assigned features and deliverables from development through production deployment.
• Required Technical Skills
• Strong programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript, or other object-oriented programming languages.
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and design patterns.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with Git, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent development and deployment tools.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, or similar tools.
• Understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and messaging technologies such as Kafka.
• Familiarity with application security, authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Typically 5–8 years of relevant software development experience, depending on organizational leveling.
• Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical deliverables.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience developing applications in the banking, payments, or financial services domain.
• Knowledge of high-volume transaction processing systems.
• Experience with cloud-native application development.
• Understanding of system scalability, resilience, observability, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and distributed messaging.
• Experience mentoring junior developers and contributing to engineering excellence.

About Us

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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.

About The Team

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.