Software Engineer III – Global Dining

American Express

. Engineer technology supporting American Express advertising, offers, and dining platforms .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $103,750 - $174,750 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS and GCP, along with proficiency in containerization and orchestration tools like Helm and ArgoCD. Capable of developing CLI scripts, maintaining documentation, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver compliant solutions at scale.

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Cloud Infrastructure ExpertiseContainerization And OrchestrationCI/CD Tools ExperienceInfrastructure As Code ProficiencyStrong Linux Fundamentals

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Hard Skills

Cloud InfrastructureContainerizationOrchestrationCI/CDInfrastructure As CodeConfiguration ManagementCLI ScriptingLinux FundamentalsMicroservice ArchitecturesBasic NoSQL Knowledge

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationExcellent Verbal CommunicationCollaboration Across Time ZonesAbility To Multitask

Tools & Technologies

AWSGCPDataDogPrometheusGrafanaJenkinsGitHub ActionsTerraformAnsibleDocker

Industry Keywords

ComplianceInformation SecurityAgile PracticesKanban TimeboxingTechnical DocumentationUML DiagramsApplication SupportSREEngineering TeamsRemote Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudDNSDockerDynamoDBGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsKafkaLinuxMongoDBNGINXNoSQLPackerPrometheusPythonRedisSplunkTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engineer technology supporting American Express advertising, offers, and dining platforms
Build and maintain systems using cloud infrastructure, containerization, orchestration, monitoring, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and build tools
Develop CLI scripts to enhance engineering tools and workflows
Coordinate with Application Support, SRE, and Engineering teams to minimize MTTD and MTTR
Collaborate with Compliance, Information Security, Product, Sales, and Account Management stakeholders
Collaborate with remote peers across time zones while multitasking ticket completion
Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and postmortems if applicable
Document projects and maintain documentation, including technical documentation and UML diagrams
Build compliant solutions for international markets and maintain systems at large scale if applicable

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience working as an engineer
Strong expertise with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS and GCP
Experience with containerization and orchestration, notably Helm, ArgoCD, Istio, KEDA, on EKS/GKE
Experience with monitoring and logging utilities, preferably DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, or Splunk
Experience with CI/CD tools, preferably Jenkins and GitHub Actions
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
Experience with configuration management, preferably Ansible
Experience with build tools, notably Packer and Docker
CLI scripting experience
Strong Linux fundamentals and scripting experience, preferably BASH and/or Python
Solid understanding of DNS, TLS, and networking architecture
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and UML diagramming
Ability to collaborate with remote peers across time zones
Ability to work with Compliance, Information Security, Product, Sales, and Account Management stakeholders
Ability to coordinate with Application Support, SRE, and Engineering teams
Agile Practices and/or Kanban Timeboxing
Programming languages and frameworks
Microservice architectures
Jira or another project management tool
Confluence, Markdown, and/or other documentation tools
Basic NoSQL knowledge, including MongoDB and DynamoDB
Knowledge of some of NGINX, Redis, Kafka, ELK, and Snowflake
Bachelor's degree is listed in the posting metadata; a computer-related BS or MS degree is described as a big plus, not a requirement
Visa sponsorship may be provided for certain positions depending on business requirements, cost, applicable laws, and other factors

Benefits

Comp & perks

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