Senior Software Engineer American Express
Itasca, IL

Job Description

Accertify Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express, is a leader in providing software, tools and strategies for preventing online fraud and mitigating enterprise-wide risks. Accertify is committed to providing e-commerce companies with comprehensive and cost-effective solutions to fraud.

Accertify's development team is looking for a skilled senior software engineer. This individual will use their software development background and strong analytical skills to help build and enhance Accertify's industry-leading tools. This individual's day-to-day work will involve using Java, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, SQL, Linux, git and gradle to design and build software solutions that are fast, scalable and flexible.

As a part of the team, you will:

* Work with business representatives, Lead Developers, and the Director of Software Development to design, build and test new products and features


* Use the IDE/OS of your choice to write code in Java, JavaScript, HTML and css


* Work independently or on small team projects
* Participate in requirement gathering and design sessions
* Participate in peer code reviews
* Troubleshoot and optimize code for usability, performance, and scalability

We seek individuals with strong fundamental programming experience, great communication skills, and a love for working on challenging problems.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
* Very strong and demonstrable analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills
* Professional programming experience in an enterprise setting
* High volume transactional environment experience


* 4 years software development experience as a Java developer
* A solid understanding of "how things work" in the world of computers, the Internet, databases, and the Java programming language
* Familiarity with basic programming constructs (conditionals, loops, data structures)
* Relational database skills (SQL, JDBC - Oracle and PostgreSQL preferred)

Desired Skills:

* Linux, MacOS, JSP, jQuery, HTML5, SpringMVC
* Exposure to modern front-end technologies - CSS, less, Bootstrap, AngularJS



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