Senior Software Engineer II

American Express


Date: 1 day ago
City: Toronto, ON
Contract type: Full time

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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The Travel & Lifestyle (TLS) team is one of the core teams at Amex which works on providing the world’s best Travel and Lifestyle experience to our cardmembers across the world.


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.


You won’t just keep up; you’ll break new ground. There are hundreds of opportunities to make your mark on technology and life at American Express. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing:
  • As a part of our team, you will be developing innovative, high quality, and robust capabilities for the Travel councilors.

  • Develop software in our technology stack which is constantly evolving but currently includes Amex internal Hydra Cloud platform, Java/React and Spring boot.

  • Work with Business partners and stakeholders to understand functional requirements, architecture dependencies, and business capability roadmaps.

  • Create technical solution designs to meet business requirements.

  • Define best practices to be followed by team.

  • Taking your place as a core member of an Agile team driving the latest development practices.

  • Identify and drive reengineering opportunities, and opportunities for adopting new technologies and methods.

  • Suggest and recommend solution architecture to resolve business problems.

  • Perform peer code review and participate in technical discussions with the team on the best solutions possible.
Education and Experience:


10+ years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
  • Demonstrable software development experience in Java with Spring Boot.

  • Demonstrable software development experience in React/Angular/HTML/CSS.

  • Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or other rapid application development teams to deliver technology solutions on time, on budget o spec and with quality.

  • Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages.

  • Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational and document databases.

  • Experience with REST API Design and development.

  • Experience with cloud technologies.

  • Excellent troubleshooting skills.

  • Excellent oral and written communication and documentation abilities.

  • Comfortable in a small, intense, and high-growth environment.


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 committed to providing an inclusive and accessible work environment in which all people who apply for positions or who work for or on behalf of Amex are treated with dignity and respect and are provided with equal treatment with respect to employment, regardless of that person's age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, colour, ancestry, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, family status, pregnancy, disability, record of offences, social condition or origin, political beliefs, association or activity or other factors prohibited under applicable Human Rights legislation (the “Prohibited Grounds”). If you have a disability and need accommodation, please speak with the Recruiter for more information.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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