Sr Software Engineer II

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you'll be part of the core foundational team within the Amex Enterprise Cloud Organisation, responsible to lead, drive, build and scale AWS accounts for all of American Express. Core Foundations is a fundamental layer to ensure AWS accounts adhere to risk, regulations and compliance in accordance with the financial guidelines and also enable AWS as an alternate Cloud Provider of choice for application teams in parallel to the Private Cloud.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Identify and implement foundational building blocks needed to manage AWS (Amazon Web Services) infrastructure for enterprise-scale software applications;
• Streamline the procurement and provisioning of AWS accounts to support scalable cloud adoption;
• Utilise and apply foundational networking and security components to support hosting of American Express applications and platforms on AWS;
• Build automation pipelines to scale account orchestration workflows and improve operational efficiency;
• Identify gaps in existing cloud processes and propose solutions to enhance customer and platform experience when using AWS alongside private cloud solutions;
• Apply the “secure-from-start” principles in software development to ensure robust and compliant cloud solutions;
• Analyse complex application and platform design patterns and build cloud native solutions that accommodate diverse architectures;
• Design, develop, test, and debug software applications and systems;
• Complete software builds through consistent development practices, including the use of tools, common components, and documentation with guidance from peers and leaders;
• Complete code reviews and automated testing to maintain high-quality code standards with guidance from peers and leaders;
• Support and monitor software across test, integration, and production environments;
• Adhere to security and regulatory best practices to ensure software compliance;
• Collaborate and co-create effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives;
• Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance; and
• Determine system performance standards and ensure software operates in conformance with specifications.

Requirements

• This will be an individual contributor role who will be a solid hands-on developer who knows what it takes to build Cloud Platforms at scale.
• Serve as one of the key members within the Core Foundations Team representing location, geography, knowledge and competence in AWS with an equal grit towards technical delivery focused towards business continuance.
• Is proactive towards business problems and has the knack to challenge these into solutions, keeping scale, stability and security in scope.
• Is familiar with one external Cloud Provider of choice in depth - E.g., AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, with a deep desire towards working in AWS.
• Can work smoothly in an Agile Team and is well versed with the Agile Software practices.
• Has a passion to drive industry leading technologies and bringing them into production-grade scale into the f