Golang Engineer | HYBRID - Phoenix, AZ

Job Title Work Location: HYBRID - Phoenix, AZResponsibilities Responsible for designing system solutions developing custom applications and modifying existing applications to meet distinct and changing business requirements Handle coding debugging and documentation as well working closely with SRE team Provide post implementation and ongoing production supportDevelop and design software applications translating user needs into system architecture Assess and validate application performance and integration of component systems and provide process flow diagrams Test the engineering resilience of software and automation toolsYou will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers Software Engineers who join our Loyalty Technology team will be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing a new nimble and modern loyalty platform which will support the key element of connecting with our customers where they are and how they choose to interact with American ExpressBe part of an enthusiastic high performing technology team developing solutions to drive engagement and loyalty within our existing cardmember base and attract new customers to the Amex brandThe position will also play a critical role partnering with other development teams testing and quality and production support to meet implementation dates and allow smooth transition throughout the development lifecycleThe successful candidate will be focused on building and executing against a strategy and roadmap focused on moving from monolithic tightly coupled batchbased legacy platforms to a loosely coupled eventdriven microservicesbased architecture to meet our longterm business goalsRequired Position requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field followed by 4 years of experience in a modern development stack Golang Kafka REST APIExperience in application design software development and testing in an Agile environmentExperience with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL Couchbase or CassandraExperience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clientsExperience with continuous integration tools Jenkins Gitlab CIExperience with automated build and test frameworks a plusA proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working softwareExperience with container and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and KubernetesExperience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools JIRA Confluence etcStrong ability to develop unique outside the box ideasStrong analytical problemsolvingquantitative skillsWilling to take risks experiment and share fresh perspectivesAptitude for learning and applying programming conceptsAbility to effectively communicate with internal and external business partnersRequired Skills GolangBasic Qualification Additional Skills: Test EngineerThis is a high PRIORITY requisition.