Software Engineer III

American Express; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the API domain team. This role involves developing and optimizing backend capabilities while working in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate will have 4-5 years of experience, strong proficiency in Golang, and familiarity with technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. The company offers competitive salaries, bonus incentives, and a flexible working model including hybrid options.

Benefits

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits

Flexible working model

Generous parental leave policies

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of professional experience in backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Golang.
• Experience in application design, software development, and testing, in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop new system capabilities at scale and optimize existing capabilities.
• Build and launch new exciting benefits for card members.
• Build reusable capabilities using core components of our microservice platform.

Skills

Backend development

Golang

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka)

Agile environment

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

Google Spanner

Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)

Job description

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.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible - and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.

Key Responsibilities

Global Loyalty & Benefits is in the middle of an exciting transformation journey, and we need talented engineers who are willing to learn, collaborate, innovate, and adapt to emerging trends and customer demands. Our Loyalty platforms enable many of Amex’s most critical customer differentiators including the flagship Membership Rewards program, and we are constantly seeking new ways to offer value to our customers and drive growth for the company. We are looking for an innovative, experienced, and talented senior software engineer to join our API domain team. You will work closely with our product and development teams to develop new system capabilities at scale and optimize existing capabilities. As part of the Benefit Experience team, you will be responsible for building and launching new exciting benefits for card members. You will also be responsible for building the reusable capabilities using the core components that make up our modern microservice platform, driving performance and resiliency, as we scale to take over our classic applications.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4–5 years of professional experience in backend development
• Strong proficiency in Golang.
• Experience in application design, software development, and testing, in an Agile environment.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, Cassandra, Google Spanner, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients and gRPC services.
• Experience with continuous integration tools & container orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes).
• Experience with version control systems like Git.
• Experience working with asynchronous messaging systems like Kafka.
• Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
• Knowledge of system observability, monitoring, and logging tools
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Additional

• Knowledge of financial industry
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)
• Good understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus – especially maintaining or contributing to open-source projects.
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Benefits

• 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

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