Senior Engineering Manager - Digital Banking

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We are building a banking platform that enables teams to create products at scale and powers digital channels to deliver compelling experiences in a dramatically faster fashion. As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for building this innovative technology framework that facilitates developer productivity without compromising on quality at an enterprise scale. 

We look primarily for people who are passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. You willbe required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders daily to stay focused on common goals. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning. We welcome diverse perspectives and people who are not afraid to challenge assumptions.

Our mission is to accelerate the pace of financial innovation and build new financial products for American Express. Our platform streamlines the process of launching and iterating financial products.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product, design, compliance, and business stakeholders to create unique, best in class banking experiences.
• Build, mentor, and grow a team of talented engineers who are empathetic to both our customers as well as to their internal stakeholders whilebeing aggressive in always doing the right thing.
• Act as a technical resource for engineers, designers, and product managers.
• Leverage expertise in internal systems and internet scale solutions to help otherssolve problems and deliver top notch experiences.
• Build a culture of accountability, respect, and excellence. Own all the quality aspects and metrics for banking products, including system performance, platform availability, operational efficiency, information security, data management.
• Actively leads long-range strategy planning to address complex business issues.
• Push to constantly be shipping working, secure, well-tested code to production.

Qualifications:

• Must have minimum of6+ years technical leadership role leading engineering teams.
• Must Have 10+ years of technical experience in building Banking Core (Financial Accounting, General Ledger, Product Configurations)
• Demonstrated experience of designing and building developing large scale, low latency, high resiliency solution primarily using backend technologies in a fast paced, complex dynamic environment.
• Must have demonstratedproficiency and experience in the following tools and technologies:
  • Java 8+ (Lambdas, Streams, Completable Future, optional, generics)
  • Spring boot (Webflux , Reactor 3), Spring-data, REST
  • Java functional and reactive programming
  • Test Driven Development
  • Asynchronous Reactive Micro services utilizingVert.x
  • REST APIs using Spring Boot 2.0 (reactive) and skilled in Open API (swagger) specification
  • Designing database schemas, index design, optimizations for query tuning  
  • Working knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g.,Docker, Kubernetes, Jaeger, Prometheus)
  • Modern software engineering tools: git workflows, gradle, load testing tools, mock frameworks
• Proven record of accomplishment of instilling culture of technical excellence, engineering best practices, and striving for execution efficiencies.
• Strategic thinker with analytical and problem-solving skills
• Technical fluency - ability to clearly describe tradeoffs to technical and non- technical audiences alike to help support product decisions.
• Highly organizedwith strong prioritization skills and outstanding written and verbal communication - you are great at research and documenting your learnings.
• The ability to set a high bar for your team and empower them to achieve remarkable results
• A “driver” personality - constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery while balancing the need for great collaboration and reusability where possible
• Solid foundation in design, data structures and algorithms, and strong analytical and debugging skills with customer-facing products experience.
• A bachelor's degree in engineering or related field  

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 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 our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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