Senior Engineer I

American Express Global Business Travel; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) in Bangalore seeks a Lead Engineer to design, build, and scale core billing, invoicing, and reconciliation systems for a global travel business. You will lead a team of engineers, drive technical direction, and deliver cloud-native solutions using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes.

The role requires strong hands-on engineering combined with leadership, agile delivery, and collaboration with product teams, while exploring AI for automation

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years in Java and OOP concepts.
• 7+ years in architecture and design of distributed applications.
• Experience leading engineers, contractors, and offshore teams.
• Proficiency with ReactJS and modern frontend tooling.
• Experience with agile delivery and production support.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, setting technical direction.
• Design, code, and deliver backend solutions with Java and Spring Boot for billing workflows.
• Build frontend interfaces using React JS and internal tools.
• Architect and deploy cloud-native services on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Guide roadmap planning, risk assessment, and cross-team coordination.
• Resolve complex production issues across the platform.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Code review

Technical direction

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

ReactJS

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenAPI

REST API

SQL/PLSQL

Job description

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued. As a Lead Engineer, you'll lead a team of engineers while designing, building, and scaling the core travel mid and back‑office systems that power billing, invoicing, and reconciliation for a global travel business. We're looking for someone innovative, who combines strong hands‑on engineering with the ability to lead a team and see the bigger picture.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, setting technical direction and reviewing code and design
• Design, code, and implement backend solutions from concept to final hand‑off, using Java and Spring Boot for high-volume billing and reconciliation workflows
• Build and maintain front‑end interfaces and internal tools using React JS
• Architect and deploy cloud‑native services on AWS and Kubernetes
• Estimate technical effort, work breakdown structure, risks, and dependencies for your team's roadmap
• Analyze and resolve complex technical and production issues across the platform
• Establish and promote engineering design guidelines, coding standards, and best practices
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other partners, including code and design reviews
• Experiment with new and emerging technologies, including applying AI to improve automation, data processing, and engineering productivity

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum 10 years of professional IT experience with 5+ years of relevant experience in Java - OOPs, Design patterns, Collections, Streams, and Multithreading.
• Must have 7+ years of hands‑on experience in architecture and design of distributed applications.
• Must be willing and able to work in 2nd shifts (3:00 PM IST to 12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends as required.
• Must be willing to work from Bangalore office location minimum 3 days in a week.
• Should have solid experience in delivering projects using agile methodology, be a strong believer in adding incremental value to business in short sprints.
• Should have strong experience in leading a team of contractors, offshore teams, and employees to deliver the technical solutions collaborating with business partners.
• Should have strong experience in managing and leading product or platform production support teams ensuring quality and adherence to technical, security, and compliance standards.
• Proficient in ReactJS – including hooks, components, and state management libraries like Redux.
• Experience with React libraries and frameworks such as React Router, React Bootstrap.
• Proficiency in working with any Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) – Writing complex queries, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, Functions.
• Experience in creating REST API specification documents using OpenAPI.
• Proficient in Rest API, Spring boot.
• Good knowledge of Microservice Architecture.

Location Bangalore, India

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family. Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals. Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first. We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action. And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process.

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What if I don’t meet every requirement?

If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box”; please apply anyway.

You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!