Engineer - Enterprise Cloud Platform

Job description

Ever wondered what it takes to build a highly available, global scale enterprise wide private Paas/Iaas cloud platform with an Open Source technology stack and to achieve up-times SLA of Amazon, Google and Force.com ?

Then you should consider this innovative and disruptive opportunity where you can be a key transformative contributor to a rock star engineering team which will deliver the next generation enterprise application platform (PaaS/IaaS) for American Express.

In this role, you will gain experience in building a scalable, secure, Highly available infrastructure and platform-as-a-service (PaaS/IaaS) by using a variety of technologies such as OpenStack and OpenShift and get exposure to open source projects such as Google Kubernetes, Google Go, Docker and Vagrant, Hadoop 2.0, Spark, Storm.

You will work with a variety of programming languages such as Java, Node.js and Fuse to enable mobile payment, web application and analytic developments. You will work with best Continuous Integration and Continuous Deploy tools to automate integration of Continuous delivery with IaaS/PaaS

Furthermore, you will contribute to build developer and DevOps friendly tools that allow monitoring, diagnosing and debugging of the platform services and its hosted applications and you will design and implement a continuous platform delivery release model which enables high availability of services during platform releases and upgrades.

· Owns technical aspects of software development
· Performs hands-on architecture, design and development of systems
· Develops deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms
· Writes code and unit tests, works on API specs, automation, and conducts code reviews and testing
· Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
· Provides continuous support for ongoing application availability
· Works closely with product owners on feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products
· Works with product owners to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues

Desired profile

·  2+ years of software development in anyone :Java, Python node.js
·  2+ years of Linux experience, ideally contributed to open source projects
·  Experience with design and implementation of distributed applications
·  Familiar with agile or other rapid application development methods (Continuous Delivery)
·  Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and to articulate solutions
·  Ability to think abstractly and deal with problems
·  Ability to enable business capabilities through innovation
·  Looks proactively beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities
·  Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies, and takes pride in how fast they develop working software
·  Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience, is preferred

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