Campus Undergraduate Summer Internship Program - 2027 Software Engineer I, Enterprise Technology Services- Phoenix, AZ

Business Unit/Role Specific Information 

The Enterprise Technology Services organization partners with every part of the American Express business to power the company’s growth and innovation with trust and efficiency, and drive competitive differentiation with speed. We support the delivery and operations of technology, digital, and data capabilities, platforms, and services globally. Specifically, our team is responsible for the company’s technology engineering, architecture, and infrastructure, providing 24x7 support to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality experience for customers and colleagues. We also provide product management for core enterprise platforms, and lead technology risk and information security, enterprise data governance and platforms, digital product and design, and enterprise AI platforms on behalf of the company.

At American Express, we empower future technologists to learn, innovate, and make an impact from day one. As a Software Engineer Intern, you’ll join a 10-week Summer Internship Program and contribute to real-world technology projects that support seamless customer and colleague experiences. You’ll build software, collaborate with Agile teams, and learn how products are designed, developed, tested, and delivered in a global enterprise environment. These skills will give you the tools to accelerate in your studies and future career! 

Enterprise Technology Services teams build and operate technology that helps American Express deliver trusted, secure, and customer first products and services. Interns may be aligned to scrum teams across backend engineering, frontend engineering, cloud engineering, mobile, AI/machine learning, data oriented engineering, or full-stack product development. The role family is Software Engineering which means designing, coding, testing, and improving applications and services that help customers, colleagues, and partners get work done reliably and securely.

Responsibilities & What Type of Work to Expect? 

• Discover and apply new technologies to solve real-world business challenges. 

• Contribute to an Agile scrum team by developing, testing, and improving software applications. 

• Write clean, maintainable code; participate in code reviews; and create unit tests with coaching from experienced engineers. 

• Explore and experiment with emerging AI-powered developer tools, automation capabilities, and machine learning concepts while learning how to build software responsibly, securely, and at enterprise scale. 

• Partner with Product Managers, Senior Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Architects to understand requirements, prioritize features, and deliver value. 

• Build confidence working across different parts of the technology stack, such as APIs, services, microservices, user interfaces, mobile experiences, cloud platforms, or data driven solutions. 

• Participate in social events, community service opportunities, learning sessions, and collaborative initiatives with fellow interns.
 

What You’ll Learn 

• How software is built and delivered “the Amex Way,” including structured onboarding, developer bootcamp concepts, code quality, testing, and secure engineering practices. 

• How Product, Engineering, Quality, Security, and business partners collaborate from idea to production. 

• How to translate customer or business needs into technical solutions while balancing quality, resilience, usability, and risk. 

• How to communicate progress, ask effective questions, and share technical work with both technical and non-technical partners. 

• How to grow your career through mentorship, feedback, community, and continuous learning. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Currently enrolled in a full-time bachelor’s degree program 

• Bachelor’s degree candidates with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028. 

• Demonstrated experience through coursework, projects, research, or extracurricular activities using one or more programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, Go, Kotlin, or similar technologies. 

• Foundational understanding of computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, debugging, and problem solving. 

• Interest in building software applications across web, mobile, backend, cloud, API, or full-stack environments. 

• Familiarity with modern software development practices such as version control, testing, code reviews, Agile meth