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Job
Responsibilities:
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•Serving
as a core member of an agile team that drives user story analysis and
elaboration, designs and develops software applications, and builds
automation tools for testing.
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•Owning
all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications;
Performing hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems
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•Performing
hands-on software and strategy development, typically spending about 50% of
time actually writing code, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing
sprints, doing proof of concepts
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•Driving
consistent development practices - tools and common components; Developing
deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the
supported domains
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•Working
with technical product managers contributing to blueprints, and assisting
with annual planning of feature sets
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•Identifying
exciting opportunities for adopting new technology to solve existing needs
and predicting future challenges
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•Mentoring
other Software Engineers, may have management responsibilities over 2-3
Software Engineers
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•Manage
your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team. Work
closely with product managers, back-end and other front-end engineers to
implement versatile solutions to tricky web development problems
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•Quickly
generate and updating HTML prototypes from UI concepts for testing and team
feedback
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•Finalizing
HTML prototypes into Web Applications by integrating with back-end services
and functionality
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•Embrace
emerging standards while promoting best practices in order to push the limits
of what a browser can do.
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Offer of
employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful
completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws
and regulations.
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Qualifications
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•6+
years of software development experience
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•Demonstrated
experience in Agile development, application design, software development,
and testing
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•Thorough
understanding of XML, JSON, Web Service technologies, and data structure
fundamentals
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•Experience
with Java applications design and development in an Enterprise setting
using J2EE, Spring, SQL DBMS’s desired
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•Expertise
in Objected Oriented Analysis and Design across a variety of platforms
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•A
proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working
software
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•Ability
to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on
solution design
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•Experience
with HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Software Version Control Systems
(such as svn, git) required
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•Experience
with JavaScript Libraries (such as jQuery, GWT, Dojo, AngularJS), API’s,
Search Engine Optimization, Web Page Optimization strategies desired
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•Experience
with adaptive and responsive techniques
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Educational
requirement: Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science,
computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work
experience
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Preferred
Additional:
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•Internationalization
(I18N) and Localization (L10N) experience is a plus
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•Experience
with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies is a
plus
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•Experience
with design and coding using ETL tools is a plus
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•Experience
with test automation, DevOps and Test Driven Development is a plus
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