About the role

  • Senior Engineer for Amex GBT designing and implementing infrastructure solutions in big data environments for global clients. Collaborating on innovative projects and troubleshooting technical issues.

Responsibilities

  • Design, code, and implement solutions from concept to final hand-off to customers
  • Estimate technical effort, work breakdown structure, risks, and dependencies
  • Analyze and resolve technical and application problems
  • Establish and promote design guidelines and standards
  • Collaborate with engineers, designers, and other partners, including code and design reviews
  • Experiment with new and emerging technologies

Requirements

  • Performing hands-on software design, development, and testing of APIs for GTR (Global Trip Record), utilizing Java, J2EE, and microservice in a service-oriented architecture (“SOA”) based environment using Spring Boot and Apache Kafka.
  • Exploring in-depth technical and functional knowledge on data flows, data structures, data taxonomies, functional and technical dependencies of complex GTR service APIs, and their implementation, ongoing maintenance, and enhancements in the GTR platform.
  • Working closely with all the stakeholders and other technical teams such as GBT Mobile™ and PTC (Proactive Traveler Care™), suppliers, and vendor teams to define middleware service contracts, such as defining service request payload, HTTP method type, HTTP response code, exception handling, service time-outs, and other integration-related parameters.
  • Serving as a core member of an agile team, driving user story analysis and elaboration, design, and development of software applications, testing, and building automation tools for the GTR platform.
  • Performing ongoing refactoring of code and driving continuous improvement in code structure and quality.
  • Writing code and API specs, conducting code reviews, testing in ongoing sprints, and creating proof of concepts/automation tools.
  • Identifying opportunities to adopt and leverage innovative technologies to enhance software development processes and drive continuous improvement within the organization.
  • Providing advanced technical troubleshooting support and collaborating with support teams for accelerated responses to major incidents/production issues within stipulated SLA and ensuring timely resolution and customer satisfaction.
  • Analyzing and optimizing the performance of GTR and its related APIs and Java applications, identifying bottlenecks, improving algorithms, and optimizing database queries to enhance overall service performance.

Benefits

  • 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 at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

Job title

Java Technical Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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