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Staff Software Engineer, Global Commercial Services Technology

American Express
New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Jan 2026
💰 $256,250/yr($144,250/yr$256,250/yr)

About the role

Staff Software Engineer, Global Commercial Services Technology-26000304

Description

 

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues

How will you make an impact in this role?

Large & Global Enterprises is a vast portfolio with clients including some of biggest, marquee companies, industry leaders around the world. L&G is focused on providing solutions to our clients’ complex needs while providing seamless, best of class services across the globe.


Staff Software Engineer provides thought leadership, technical mentorship, leads the design and implementation of scalable software solutions across entire commercial card ecosystems. Staff Software Engineer oversees platform integration and maintenance, conducts design reviews, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and optimizes development processes to ensure high-quality, reliable, and efficient software systems.

•    50% of time spent on Hands-on technical projects; Apply analysis based on research and introspection to recommend solutions.
•    Guide the team to design and architect data solutions that are robust, scalable, and capable of generating advanced analytics and intelligent insights. Collaborate with data scientists, machine learning engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into innovative solutions
•    Implement new, highly scalable platform components, assist teams with the adoption of the patterns, practices, tooling leveraging Enterprise offering when appropriate, identify barriers and behavioral changes needed to accelerate innovation & software delivery
•    Provides technical mentorship to Software Engineers at various levels. Leads, mentors, and coaches Senior Software Engineers and teams, fostering a culture of excellence, continuous professional growth, and setting high standards and expectations for the team.
•    Engage with developers in day-to-day activities and helping in review of design, coding, the SDLC tasks, functional testing, and integrating with continuous integration/continuous deployment tools.
•     Collaborate with peer technology and product teams across different locations. Build strong relationships externally and consensus across the department. Communicate technical strategy, direction, and changes to senior leaders. 
•    You will constantly pursue and learn industry leading/innovative solutions. Evaluate, prototype, and implement the latest technologies in data engineering, analytics, and AI to keep the organization on the cutting edge. Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems. 
Role dimension:
•    Manages highly complex tasks with significant interdependencies, guiding others in problem-solving.
•    Impact is significant across the job function, driving efficiency and success.
•    Leads decision-making in specialized areas, influencing strategic outcomes across disciplines.
•    Supervises teams across multi-functional projects, providing guidance and expertise.

  • Extensive expertise

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Company

American Express

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