Joining ETS Governance & Control means helping protect American Express customers and company through integrated, intelligence-driven technology risk and control management. Operating at the intersection of technology, governance, and risk, the team partners across the enterprise to modernize the foundation, advance risk intelligence, demonstrate trust at scale, and reduce material risk—enabling innovation with the right controls in place. By building simplified, consistent frameworks and embedding continuous assurance, ETS Governance & Control enhances transparency, accountability, and sustainable risk reduction. The work is about empowering confident decisions, accelerating responsible delivery, and ensuring controls evolve with the business to strengthen trust and reduce enterprise risk at scale.
About Enterprise Architecture:
• Enterprise Architecture is an organization at American Express. The four pillars of
Enterprise Architecture include:
• Architecture as Code: this pillar owns and operates foundational technologies that are
leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise.
• Architecture as Design: this pillar includes the solution and technical design for
transformation programs and business critical projects which need architectural
guidance and support.
• Governance: this pillar is responsible for defining technical standards and developing
innovative tools that automate controls to ensure compliance.
• Colleague Enablement: this pillar is focused on colleague development, recognition,
training, and enterprise outreach.
Minimum Qualifications::
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of progressive software experience demonstrating strong architecture, programming, and engineering skills
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with React
• Expertise in core frontend technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Experience building well-architected RESTful APIs
• Demonstrated ability to lead, partner, and collaborate cross functionally across many engineering teams
Desired Skills & Experience
We’re looking for an engineer with a broad skillset, who has a passion for learning new technologies and building rapid proof of concepts. The ideal candidate would have experience with many of these technologies:
• 7+ years of proven Software development in one or more of the programming languages
- Java, Go, Python. • Experience building backend APIs with JavaScript/Typescript
• Experience working in Agile tools like JIRA, Confluence, Git, GitHub Actions, CI/CD.
• Experience in leveraging AI/ML/Gen-AI based components in architectural solutions, with hands-on experience.
• Preferred experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI), LLMs, Gen-AI and Agentic AI usage
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, Data Analytics/Big Data platform development using BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc .
• Enthusiasm for building secure, scalable, performant, and reliable enterprise applications
• Hands on experience with a relational database, with comfort with large schema design
• Knowledge of large scale distributed NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry / OpenTracing
• Experience building and deploying on a major cloud provided (AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge of API Gateways and/or Service Mesh integration patterns
• Knowledge and/or experience with containerized environments, Kubernetes, Docker
• Open-source community involvement
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
