Senior Java Engineer
- Recruiter
- American Express
- Location
- Burgess Hill
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 12 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 26 Jul 2017
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
American Express is a global service company, providing customers with exceptional access to products and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.
Each day, we make it easier, safer and more rewarding for consumers and businesses to purchase the things they need and for merchants to sell their goods and services, enabling them to do and achieve more.
We're committed to becoming the world's most respected service brand and daily deliver extraordinary service to our customers, constantly reinventing our ways of working to ensure we offer rich rewards that redefine expectations for our clients and ourselves.
A vacancy exists for a strong Java developer within the FXIP team in American Express Burgess Hill.
The successful candidate will join an existing agile development team building an exciting transformation financial platform involving both green field and brownfield development.
The team is relatively new and the codebase growing quickly so this position suits someone who can hit the ground running, form good working relationships quickly and also add value by introducing best practice design and techniques learned elsewhere.
The successful candidate will join an agile team of approx. 10 people, and contribute as a senior member of the development team. The team is led by an experienced technical leadership group.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
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 across one or more platforms and languages Java programmer (minimum Java 7). Knowledge of J2EE, Junit, Mocking, JSP, Oracle DB SQL, REST, XML, Cucumber, JPA. Spring including MVC, AOP, SOA, Spring Boot a plus. Desirable to have Front end web development - HTML, Javascript, AJAX, JQuery, CSS. Application server deployment and configuration experience Microservice knowledge a plus. Knowledge of automated build / continuous delivery, experience of Groovy and other JVM languages a plus. Knowledge of automated build / continuous integration platforms, especially Maven and Jenkins (Gradle useful) Must have proven experience with Agile/extreme programming (XP) methodology Experience of continuous delivery & continuous improvement methods required Hands-on experience with application design, software development and automated testing Exposure to distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases Experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages required Current and extensive knowledge of payments industry required Manages seamlessly across time zones, cultures, and band levels Communicates effectively with Technical, Operational, and Business stakeholders Applies judgment and discretion on when to raise issues versus work through issues with the team Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns and opinions directly to wider team in team meetings via teleconference Attention to detail and accuracy are essential Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven Experience in working with colleagues in other locations, especially offshore development colleagues in India & US Good knowledge of microservice style architecture design, non blocking RESTful APIs and reactive programming Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field required Service style architecture design, non-blocking RESTful APIs and reactive programming
We place great importance on doing what is right, what is best and what is innovative. And we continue seeking people to champion these values and beliefs as we grow. The world's a big place, filled with big ideas and amazing people. And we want the best of them here at American Express. We're interested in where you came from, but we're even more excited about where you will go with American Express.
To complete your application please click on the links below. However, if you require any assistance with the completion of this process - or need any reasonable adjustments to be made - then please contact the Recruitment Team on or (for Russia based candidates ).
Salary: . Date posted: 12/07/2017
Each day, we make it easier, safer and more rewarding for consumers and businesses to purchase the things they need and for merchants to sell their goods and services, enabling them to do and achieve more.
We're committed to becoming the world's most respected service brand and daily deliver extraordinary service to our customers, constantly reinventing our ways of working to ensure we offer rich rewards that redefine expectations for our clients and ourselves.
A vacancy exists for a strong Java developer within the FXIP team in American Express Burgess Hill.
The successful candidate will join an existing agile development team building an exciting transformation financial platform involving both green field and brownfield development.
The team is relatively new and the codebase growing quickly so this position suits someone who can hit the ground running, form good working relationships quickly and also add value by introducing best practice design and techniques learned elsewhere.
The successful candidate will join an agile team of approx. 10 people, and contribute as a senior member of the development team. The team is led by an experienced technical leadership group.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
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 across one or more platforms and languages Java programmer (minimum Java 7). Knowledge of J2EE, Junit, Mocking, JSP, Oracle DB SQL, REST, XML, Cucumber, JPA. Spring including MVC, AOP, SOA, Spring Boot a plus. Desirable to have Front end web development - HTML, Javascript, AJAX, JQuery, CSS. Application server deployment and configuration experience Microservice knowledge a plus. Knowledge of automated build / continuous delivery, experience of Groovy and other JVM languages a plus. Knowledge of automated build / continuous integration platforms, especially Maven and Jenkins (Gradle useful) Must have proven experience with Agile/extreme programming (XP) methodology Experience of continuous delivery & continuous improvement methods required Hands-on experience with application design, software development and automated testing Exposure to distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases Experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages required Current and extensive knowledge of payments industry required Manages seamlessly across time zones, cultures, and band levels Communicates effectively with Technical, Operational, and Business stakeholders Applies judgment and discretion on when to raise issues versus work through issues with the team Must be willing and able to express new ideas, concerns and opinions directly to wider team in team meetings via teleconference Attention to detail and accuracy are essential Must be proactive, enthusiastic, flexible, and results driven Experience in working with colleagues in other locations, especially offshore development colleagues in India & US Good knowledge of microservice style architecture design, non blocking RESTful APIs and reactive programming Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field required Service style architecture design, non-blocking RESTful APIs and reactive programming
We place great importance on doing what is right, what is best and what is innovative. And we continue seeking people to champion these values and beliefs as we grow. The world's a big place, filled with big ideas and amazing people. And we want the best of them here at American Express. We're interested in where you came from, but we're even more excited about where you will go with American Express.
To complete your application please click on the links below. However, if you require any assistance with the completion of this process - or need any reasonable adjustments to be made - then please contact the Recruitment Team on or (for Russia based candidates ).
Salary: . Date posted: 12/07/2017