Software Engineer III - Enterprise Architecture
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 20, 2026. American Express scores A on the Alion truth index.
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About Enterprise Architecture:
Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company’s technology strategy. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture include:
Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.
Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support.
Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards and developing innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.
Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition, training, and enterprise outreach.
Mid-level ability in software development, such as coding assignments.
Function as member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation).
Participate in code reviews and automated testing.
Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation.
Enable the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments.
Automate deployments in test or production environments.
Automatically scale applications based on demand projections Leadership.
Demonstrate increased self-reliance to achieve team goals.
Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging status quo and demonstrating risk taking.
Up to 6 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:
Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods.
Experience with design and coding in Java and across one or more platforms and additional languages as appropriate.
Experience with streaming technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink and Scala as a programming language preferred.
UI experience using React, Node a plus.
Backend experience including Apache Cassandra, and relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL a plus.
Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing.
Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
Confirmed experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred.