Neo1 API Engineer

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The Neo1 team at American Express GBT is a full-stack innovation hub. We maintain the dynamic atmosphere of a startup while leveraging the resources of a larger organization. We are a remote-first, multicultural team building a B2B technical platform to address the needs of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) in managing their business spend. The platform is an API-first, SaaS solution, utilizing new technologies with a sleek, modern UI, and is designed to be distributed via large strategic partners, primarily in the financial services sector.

We seek individuals who work smarter and faster, continually improving quality and service. They use technology to automate routine tasks and remain focused on delivering an exceptional customer experience while driving commercial outcomes for the business and partner channel. Experience in business travel, corporate payments, and finance practices is desirable.

What You’ll Do on a Typical Day:

• Work with development teams and product managers to build or enhance neo1 features

• Design scalable and distributed server-side architecture in a cloud environment

• Work closely with the DevSecOps team to ensure database security, integrity, and optimization

• Identify and resolve performance and capacity issues

• Adopt a security first mindset

• Write effective APIs

• Ensure all functionalities are correctly tested and immune to regressions

• Write technical documentation

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Backend Developer or similar role (>4 years)

• Solid JVM skills (including performance analysis) and familiarity with frameworks like Spring

• Strong Experience with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Redis databases

• Cloud development experience and/or certification: Amazon Web Services

• Experience with API and software design

• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done

• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both French and English

• Exposure working in Agile development

• Experience or knowledge of the banking industry, especially credit card data

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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 more.

• 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 global tuition assistance, 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 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at 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.

• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

• And much more!

This role is for Klee Data Systems (“KDS” or the “Company”), a member of the American Express Global Business Travel family of companies.

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.

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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!