Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful BackingTM of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.
Make an Impact
Our tech teams power large scale platforms and products, enabling over 100 million global consumers and businesses.
Grow Your Career
Progress as either a people leader or technical expert, while increasing your domain expertise within a high-performing team.
Expand Your Skills
Use the latest languages, technologies, and delivery practices, and demonstrate your skills at internal hackathons, open-source days, and developer events.
Tech Career Opportunities
Engineering & Architecture
Team Responsibilities: Design, build and implement tech systems and structures. Develop the technical infrastructure, ensure system stability and security, and create software architecture that support American Express’ services.
Explore Careers In: AI Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, Mobile Engineering, Quality Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, and Solutions Architecture.
Skills: AI & machine learning, API design, automation, backup & disaster recovery, big data engineering & modeling, cloud, code review, data security, ETL, programming & software development, programming languages & frameworks, scripting, system analysis, system design, system reliability & scalability, and unit testing.
Cybersecurity
Team Responsibilities: Protect American Express’ information systems, customer data, and financial assets from threats. Identify vulnerabilities, respond to security breaches, mitigate cyber risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Explore Careers In: Cybersecurity Architecture, Cybersecurity Engineering, and Cybersecurity Operations & Assurance.
Skills: Business continuity planning & disaster recovery, capacity planning & availability management, control analysis, DevSecOps, escalation management, incident management, programming & engineering, security governance & assurance, threat & risk modeling, threat intelligence, and vulnerability assessment & management.
Tech Risk & Control
Team Responsibilities: Identify and mitigate risks associated with American Express’ tech infrastructure and operations. Develop risk management strategies, implement controls, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements to protect the company's’ assets and data.
Explore Careers In: Risk & Control.
Skills: Analytics & reporting, audit management, control analysis, cybersecurity & risk integration, escalation management, risk assessment & management, risk quantification & modeling, security governance & assurance, and third-party risk management.
Tech Operations
Team Responsibilities: Provide tech services for computer hardware or networked systems to colleagues. Identify, prioritize and resolve reported problems.
Explore Careers In: Technology Operations Engineering and Tech Operations Support.
Skills: Application monitoring & health assessment, automation, customer centricity, escalation management, incident management, infrastructure management & security, scripting, system monitoring, technical troubleshooting, and technology service management.
Tech Delivery
Team Responsibilities: Oversee tech projects – ensure timely completions within budget and meet strategic objectives. Use resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communication to streamline processes and establish best practices.
Explore Careers In: Delivery Management and Technical Project Management.
Skills: Business case development, cross functional partnering & planning, dependency management, escalation management, program governance & management, project management, release management, and resource allocation & management.
Tech Business Management
Team Responsibilities: Align tech investments with business objectives to maximize value and ensure efficient use of resources. Use strategic planning, financial management, and performance measurement to support decision-making and drive business outcomes.
Explore Careers In: Portfolio Management, Program Management, Tech Strategy, and Tech Vendor Management.
Skills: Analytics & reporting, budgeting & financial planning, business analysis, escalation management, program management, project management, resource allocation & management, RFP/RFI management, sourcing & procurement process management, third-party risk management, and vendor & contract management.
Digital Product & Design
Team Responsibilities: Define and prioritize new products, features and customer needs to build the best user experience. Enable development of solutions in a variety of settings including product engineering, policies and standards, and program management.
Explore Careers In: Digital Product Management, Digital Product Operations, Data Management & Analytics, Design Operations, Digital Portfolio Management, Digital Solution Design, Product Design, UX Research, and UX Writing.
Skills: Product road mapping, stakeholder management, Salesforce, and programming languages.
Tech Student Opportunities
Tech Internships
During your internship, you will have the chance to work on meaningful projects that positively impact our teams’ success, develop your technical skills, build your network through global learning sessions and interact with our senior leaders.
Program Duration: 10 weeks to 6 months (dependent on location)
When to Apply: July to November (application timelines vary by location)
Hiring In: US, UK, India*
Tech Graduate Programs
Upon joining Amex as a full-time colleague, you will be enrolled into our 1-year Graduate Full-Time Program. Over the course of the program, you will receive the tools you need to develop your career in Tech – from technical skills training and networking to global learning sessions, including bespoke educational talks from senior leaders across the enterprise. With opportunities in cybersecurity to software engineering and every role and language in between, our Tech teams are backed by American Express with the resources and support needed to make a tangible impact and grow their career.
When to Apply: July to November (application timelines vary by location)
Hiring In: US, UK, India*
Tech Apprentice Program
During your 18-month Software Engineering Apprenticeship, you will gain hands-on coding experience with additional opportunities such as networking with external start-ups, competing in hackathons, and supporting local community work. We'll provide each apprentice with continuous training and development, 20% virtual classroom-based training with 80% on-the-job learning.
Program Offered: September
When to Apply: October – February
Hiring In: UK
*The student recruitment process in India is done through universities.
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