Senior Staff Architect

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At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skill fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex. 

Let’s share success.

The Finance Technology group at American Express is entering into a new phase of technology transformation driven by opportunities to modernize platforms, streamline data management and analytics, and utilize Cloud computing. If you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative products and services at a rapid pace, with hands on experience and strategic thinking, join our leadership team to be part of our transformation journey.

Here’s just some of what you’ll do as Sr. Staff Architect:

• Establish Finance technology and platform strategy and roadmaps

• Drive the right architectural decisions for owned and integrated platforms

• Guide the application solutions architecture for Finance platforms deployed on Google Cloud

• Guide the solutions architecture for Finance data domains and data products

• Guide adoption of unified roadmaps, architecture oversight and design, adoption of enterprise architecture standards and frameworks

• Guide global engineering teams that utilize modern software engineering practices and Agile development methodologies

• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members, fostering their professional development and contributing to the overall success of the team

• Develop and maintain strong business partner relationships

Qualifications

Are you up for the challenge? Here’s what you should have:

• 10+ years of large-scale technology engineering and team management in a complex environment

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or a related field a plus

• Software engineering expertise with ability to architect and engineer solutions leveraging modern tech stacks, APIs, and design patterns

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g.: AWS, Azure, GCP) and Big Data technologies (e.g.: Hadoop, Spark) is a plus

• Knowledge of data architecture patterns and data management best practices.

• Proficiency in cross-platform integration and security between multi-SaaS cloud and internal heterogeneous environments

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and strategic thinking ability, with a demonstrated aptitude for driving innovation and delivering impactful results in a dynamic environment

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders across different functions and levels of the organization

Salary Range: $170,000.00 to $255,000.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + 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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American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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