Senior Staff Software Engineer

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Atlanta (GA)

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USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

American Express in Atlanta seeks a senior technologist to shape the BLOC platform's technical direction. You will design and modernize critical software, lead engineering teams, and establish reusable patterns across cloud-native architectures.

You will push for reliability, performance, and observability, while championing AI-enabled development and rapid Proofs of Concept with emerging tech. Mentorship and cross-team collaboration are key to success.

Qualifications

Significant hands-on software engineering experience with large-scale apps.
Strong programming and design skills and willingness to contribute code.
Deep knowledge of modern software practices, APIs, microservices, and HA architectures.
Strong cloud fundamentals; experience with cloud-native apps.
Experience modernizing legacy apps and managing complexity.
CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and production ops.
Experience applying AI-enabled tools across the SDLC.
Ability to diagnose complex problems across app and platform layers.
Quick learner of new technologies and enterprise tooling.
Ability to influence decisions and mentor across teams.

Responsibilities

Shape technical direction of BLOC platform within Global Commercial Services.
Design, build, and modernize critical BLOC software and architecture.
Provide technical leadership and establish reusable engineering patterns.
Modernize legacy apps using cloud-native tech and APIs.
Improve reliability, performance, and observability through automation.
Lead AI-enabled software development practices to boost velocity and quality.
Conduct technical experiments and PoCs with emerging tech.
Collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Product, and enterprise teams.
Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.

Skills

Cloud-Native Development

Distributed Systems

CI/CD

AI-Enabled Dev

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering

Tools

AmEx Tech Platforms

Enterprise Capabilities

Job description

Shape the technical direction of the Business Line of Credit (BLOC) platform within Global Commercial Services
Design, build, and modernize critical BLOC software, contributing directly to architecture, design, code, and implementation
Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and establish modern, reusable engineering patterns
Modernize legacy applications and architectures using cloud-native technologies, distributed systems, APIs, automation, and modern software development practices
Help teams adopt American Express technology platforms and enterprise capabilities while simplifying unnecessary complexity
Improve reliability, availability, performance, and observability through automation and resilient design
Champion AI-enabled software development practices to improve productivity, quality, testing, and delivery velocity
Lead technical experiments and proofs of concept using emerging technologies
Partner with Engineering, Architecture, Product, and enterprise technology teams to influence technical direction and translate business needs into software solutions
Mentor engineers, share technical expertise, and raise engineering standards

Requirements

Significant hands-on software engineering experience building and operating large-scale, business-critical applications
Strong programming and software design skills with the ability and desire to contribute directly to production software
Deep knowledge of modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and highly available architectures
Strong public cloud fundamentals and experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications
Experience modernizing legacy applications, architectures, and engineering patterns while managing complexity and technical risk
Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, observability, infrastructure automation, and production operations
Experience applying AI-enabled tools and capabilities across the software development lifecycle
Ability to diagnose and solve complex technical and production problems across application and platform layers
Ability to quickly learn new technologies, platforms, and enterprise tooling
Ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers, and work effectively across engineering teams
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S.; visa sponsorship will not be pursued

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building and modernizing large-scale, cloud-native applications while applying modern software engineering practices. Capable of providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and influencing technical direction across teams.

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