Cloud Engineer (Java/Python, GCP, NoSQL)

American Express; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express is seeking a Software Engineer II to join GMST. You will design, develop, test, and debug software across a cloud-based distributed platform, contributing to secure, scalable card transaction systems and collaborating with agile teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding in Java and Python, unit tests, code reviews, and automated testing, with guidance to maintain high quality and adherence to security and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Computer Science degree or equivalent degree or industry experience.
• Minimum 2 years of software development experience with Google Cloud technologies.
• Hands-on experience with design, development and automated testing.
• Experience with distributed systems and both SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to interpret business objectives and craft solutions.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and domains; strong debugging skills.
• Experience in Agile or fast-paced development environments.
• Proficient verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Build core features and functions of card transaction systems on a cloud-based distributed platform.
• Actively participate in agile teams and modern development practices.
• Write code and unit tests, work with API specs and automation, perform code reviews.

Skills

Software development

Agile methods

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Google Cloud

Java

Python

RESTful microservices

Kafka

Airflow

BigQuery

BigTable

Spark

Vert.x

Couchbase

Job description

American Express is seeking a Software Engineer II to join GMST. You will design, develop, test, and debug software across a cloud-based distributed platform, contributing to secure, scalable card transaction systems and collaborating with agile teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding in Java and Python, unit tests, code reviews, and automated testing, with guidance to maintain high quality and adherence to security and regulatory standards.