Senior Software Development Engineer

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.

We’re looking for a senior level engineer to be part of our growing team of technologists. In this role, you’ll write software alongside a team of global engineers on projects that matter to our customers and business travelers, and have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers. If you’re passionate about directly contributing to technical challenges, working independently and collaboratively across business units, and bringing thought leadership to improve our products, we look forward to meeting you.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement next-generation highly scalable, and reliable SaaS applications
• Translate functional specifications into logical, component-based technical designs
• Own delivery of application features end-to-end by working with product and engineering teams
• Innovate and implement new ideas to solve software problems and improve customer experience
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Work closely with geographically distributed team members
• Mentor, support and develop junior engineers
• Seek and share domain and industry knowledge with the team to improve engineering practices

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• 6+ years of experience in software development
• Core skills and knowledge areas:
• Front-end web technologies (JavaScript, Node, or React)
• Enterprise web applications (Java, Kotlin, or Spring)
• Object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
• SDLC and agile methodologies, and agile tools and programming practices
• CI-CD principles and technologies
• AWS services and building deployment pipelines
• Strong understanding of distributed systems
• Building and delivering multi-tenant cloud-native SaaS software
• Passionate about collaboration and incorporating feedback from partners
• Passion for maintaining high-quality standards in software development
• Communicates complex information in a concise and clear way to technical and non-technical partners

The US national annual base salary range for this position is from $120,000 to $240,000. The national range provided includes the base salary that GBT expects to pay for the role. Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location.

For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.

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. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult the Amex GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.

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!