Senior Cybersecurity Engineer/ Full Stack Engineer

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.

We are seeking a Full Stack Engineer in the Incident Response Tooling team to design, develop and implement application to support Insider Threat program. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, ownership of technical delivery by coordinating backend and front-end enhancements, willingness learn new technologies, and collaborative nature to work in a team setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical architecture and roadmaps for scalable, high-performant, and secure applications.
• Design and implement microservices-based architectures, modernizing legacy systems for better scalability, fault tolerance, and agility.
• Stay hands-on with coding in core technologies such as Python, React, Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, and modern databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to translate complex needs into actionable technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, guiding design patterns, best practices, and code quality.
• Lead proof of concepts (POCs), evaluate emerging technologies, and recommend adoption to improve product capabilities.
• Drive end-to-end product initiatives — from ideation and architecture through development, deployment, and scaling.
• Partner with DevOps and QA teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines, automation, and quality practices are embedded into the delivery process.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, with hands-on coding in Python or Java, plus frontend exposure (React/Angular).
• Proven expertise in microservices, distributed systems, and API-driven architectures.
• Strong knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Solr).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and domains such as UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics) is highly desirable.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance innovation, risk management, and delivery timelines.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders and lead technical discussions.

Salary Range: $120,000.00 to $210,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
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