American Express

Engineer II


PayCompetitive
LocationToronto/Ontario
Employment typeOther

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 24005961

      You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

      With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

      At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

      Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

      As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex

      How will you make an impact in this role?

      Contributes to design, development, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, modifying, deployment, documentation, reliability, and availability of software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user tools and applications.

      Entry-level hire. In most cases a member of Product Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering, reporting to a Senior Engineering Manager, Engineering Director, or in some cases a leader from another Tech Role Family.

      Key Responsibilities:

      Software Development

      • Entry level ability in software development
      • Function as member of a software engineering team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
      • Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals
      • Participate in code reviews and automated testing
      • Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
      • Enable the development, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
      • Automate deployments in test or production environments
      • Automatically scale applications based on demand projections
      • Adhere to security and regulatory best practices

      Scope of Impact/Influence:

      • Accountable to team for completing work you’re leading and deliverables as agreed upon
      • Accountable to team for delivery of quality work

      Education & Experience

      • Up to 4 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
      • Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods
      • Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and as appropriate
      • Hands-on experience with application design, software development, and automated testing
      • Exposure to distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
      • Experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages
      • Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related experience required

      High Performing Behaviors

      • Recognizes opportunities to adopt innovative technologies to enable business capabilities
      • Keeps up-to-date on current research and technology in the industry
      • Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives
      • Clearly communicates ideas and concepts to others
      • Leads work effectively and acts on own initiative without being prompted
      • Provides feedback to team members in code reviews
      • Influences team members with creative changes and continuous improvements
      • Explores new automation techniques to refine the agility, speed and quality of engineering initiatives and efforts

      Knowledge/Skills

      • Able to understand and use advanced data structures and associated components
      • Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents application components
      • Takes part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work
      • Defines test conditions based on the functional and non-functional requirements provided
      • Has understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
      • Monitors system performance and availability and improves software quality through root cause analysis
      • Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure technologies and components

      Technology Core Competencies:

      • Adaptive Communication
      • Agile Practices
      • Industry and Company Knowledge
      • Organizational Change Management
      • Technical Acumen
      • Technology Industry Trends

      Game Changers:

      • Adaptability
      • Collaboration & Teamwork
      • Continuous Improvement
      • Courage
      • Curiosity
      • Ingenuity
      • Servant Leadership
      • Tenacity

      Role Core Competencies

      Technical

      • Emerging Technologies
      • Programming/Software Development
      • System Design
      • Testing

      Functional

      • Data Analysis
      • Data Management
      • Governance and Reporting
      • Release and Deployment
      • User Experience Evaluation and Analysis

      Leadership

      • Executive Presence
      • Analytical Thinking
      • Relationship Management

      Business

      • Business Product Knowledge
      • Problem Solving

      We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

      • 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.

  • About the company

      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 striving to uphold our powerful backing promise to our customers and each other every day.