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.

 

You will work on a tight-knit team, including software engineers, designers, and product owners to build features that simplify business travel and travel management for people on the go.

*This is a hybrid role located in Chicago, IL. Candidate must be located in Illinois*

What You'll Do:

• You will investigate and research potential software solutions for corporate travel-related features
• You will code in a variety of languages including Java (and Kotlin), JavaScript (React preferred), HTML and CSS
• You will identify, recommend, and build solutions that address business and customer needs
• You will craft resilient and highly scalable software solutions within the Egencia platform, optimized for speed and with low memory requirements
• You will contribute to our test automation and overall infrastructure to verify new and existing features function as designed, and to minimize downtime
• You will monitor applications and service performance to ensure quick time to detect and time to resolution of any customer impacting issues
• You will review code and mentor other engineers on standard methodologies and processes
• You will collaborate with team members throughout Egencia in maintaining a healthy code base, adopting new tools, and managing efficient CI/CD Pipelines

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science
• 6+ years’ experience in software development with competencies in OO programming, data structures, algorithms, and software design
• 2 years or more of experience in React
• Understanding of full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and test automation, and DevOps
• Experience communicating with customers, technical teams, and other partners to collect requirements, understand software product features, and technical designs
• Experience integrating 3rd party front-end libraries
• Experience developing/consuming RESTful services
• Experience in CSS, JS, React and other front-end technologies
• Experience implementing A/B testing
• Experience with git or similar software version control system
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work with minimal guidance and to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively
• Currently permitted to work in the US

The Company has good cause to conduct a review of criminal history for this specific position based on the job duties (see listed job duties above) and because the role will involve access to credit card data and confidential client information or data, as well as highly sensitive proprietary corporate information.

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Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

     

     

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 Egencia 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.

Benefits at a glance

     

     

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