Software Engineer II

• This role is part of the Commercial Card Management engineering team, responsible for building and optimizing the customer-facing web experiences that power acquisition and onboarding for Commercial customers globally.

• As a Software Engineer II, you will be a frontend-focused individual contributor who designs, builds, and maintains performant, accessible, and resilient web applications that directly impact customer conversion and experience.

• You will work closely with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and analytics partners to deliver high-quality user experiences while continuing to deepen your technical expertise and expand your mentorship impact within the team.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain modern frontend applications with a focus on performance, accessibility, scalability, and reliability.

• Build intuitive, responsive user interfaces that meet business requirements while delivering an exceptional customer experience across devices and browsers.

• Collaborate with UX/design partners to translate wireframes and prototypes into high-quality production code.

• Integrate frontend applications with backend services and APIs, ensuring robust data handling, error management, and resilience.

• Contribute to architectural discussions around frontend patterns, state management, performance optimization, and API design tradeoffs.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that adheres to established standards and frontend best practices.

• Contribute to and improve automated testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

• Review code for accuracy, quality, accessibility, and maintainability, providing constructive feedback and helping elevate overall engineering excellence.

• Monitor and improve application performance using observability tools, analytics, and real-user metrics.

• Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

• Participate in Agile development practices such as sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.

Education and Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or comparable practical experience.

• Strong understanding of modern frontend architecture and design patterns.

• Knowledge of web fundamentals including HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, browser rendering, and performance optimization.

• Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and responsive design principles.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and modern DevOps practices for frontend applications.

Work Experience and Qualifications

• Professional experience in frontend software engineering, building customer-facing web applications.

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React or similar component-based frameworks).

• Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and backend services.

• Experience implementing automated testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end).

• Experience applying code quality, performance optimization, and maintainability standards in a team environment.

• Experience working in Agile software development environments (Scrum and/or Kanban).

• Experience working in high-traffic or conversion-focused environments is a plus.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.