119 Software Engineers jobs in London
Principal Software Engineer, Architecture
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Remote UKnAffirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.nIn this role, you will be a senior member of Affirm’s Architecture Group, reporting directly to the Head of Architecture with a dotted line to Affirm’s EU leadership. You will own the architecture, technical roadmap, and delivery outcomes that enable Affirm’s international expansion, with particular focus on compliance and localization, cross-border trade, and country-specific payments and KYC requirements. You will also play a critical role in building Affirm’s technical leadership bench in Europe, mentoring senior ICs and formally establishing a strong EU-based tech leads group.nYou will serve as the accountable technical leader for Affirm’s European expansion, ensuring that our platform and systems are built to operate reliably, securely, and compliantly across diverse markets.nWhat We Look Forn12+ years of software engineering experience, with prior technical leadership roles.nProven success driving technical architecture for large-scale consumer or fintech systems, ideally in international or multi-market contexts.nDeep experience guiding engineering strategy and delivery in complex, regulated environments.nExpertise in the European payments landscape, cross-border trade, KYC/AML compliance, and localization at scale.nAbility to distill complex technical trade-offs into clear decisions that shape product and platform evolution.nStrong communication skills, capable of engaging both engineers and executives to drive alignment and clarity.nTrack record of mentoring senior engineers and building technical leadership communities.nExtensive experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and scalable distributed systems.nExperience in fintech or consumer-facing retail systems is strongly preferred.nFamiliarity with international compliance regimes and European regulatory frameworks is a plus.nJVM experience at scale is a plus.nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Pay Grade - TnEquity Grade - 12
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).
GBR base pay range per year: £186,000 - £236,000
Location - Remote UKnAffirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.nWe’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:nHealth care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependentsnFlexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expensesnTime off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and rechargenESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discountnWe believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.n(For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco) Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.nBy clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm'sGlobal Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.nCreate a Job AlertnInterested in building your career at Affirm? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.nApply for this job
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Director of Architecture and Software Engineering
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Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. A world where everyone has a healthier heart, for longer.
British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the leading independent funder of research into heart and circulatory diseases, and the largest charity retailer in the UK. Our lifesaving work is advanced by investment in medical research - we have over £400 million of BHF-funded research underway, with an aspiration to invest £1 billion in research over the next ten years.
The BHF has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional leader to join as our new Director of Architecture and Software Engineering, who will play an instrumental part in leading and driving impact across both the Architecture and Software Engineering technical functions.
You'll be leading and collaborating to deliver the overarching technical vision for BHF's Architecture, enabling the team to effectively govern the architecture within their respective domains, as well as Software Engineering and enabling the team to effectively build, test and deploy updates across technical environments.
Ensuring the wider technology portfolios have the right capabilities and that there is strong community for the capabilities to support, develop skills and collaborate, you'll lead teams to deliver against BHF's priorities in a structured, cohesive and supported manner through effective control across technical design authority forums.
You'll ensure knowledge management is protected and stored securely as well as act as an ambassador for technology, communicating the art of the possible and value of technology to a wide audience, sharing insights and market trends to enhance the knowledge and empower BHF.
Working arrangements
This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our London Office. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
About you
With a deep understanding of enterprise and solution architecture frameworks, you'll have expertise in modern engineering practices as well as a strong understanding of cloud platforms.
You'll have knowledge of data architecture, integration patterns, and API management, as well as knowledge of big data technologies (Microsoft Service Bus, Lakehouse, Databricks) and awareness of cybersecurity principles and regulatory compliance
With extensive experience working in a senior engineering and/or architecture (EA or SA) role, you'll have the following skills and experience:
- Broad experience in team leadership and competency development.
- Broad experience in all aspects of architecture covering data, security, applications and infrastructure.
- Experience in designing, developing, and supporting technology solutions.
- Experience in managing and working with virtual, international and matrixed teams, as well as 3rd parties.
- A Strategic thinker, able to align architecture with organisational goals
- Deep understanding and knowledge of emerging technologies
- Leadership and team development experience across architecture and engineering disciplines
- Previous stakeholder engagement and communication at all levels, including non-technical audience
- Previous vendor and partner management, including contract negotiation and performance oversight
With a collaborative and inclusive leadership style, comfortable working across large hybrid teams, you'll have a strong sense of accountability and integrity and will be resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
About us
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research for over six decades, we've helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We're investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview process
First stage interviews will be held, via MS Teams on 3rd and 4th November. Successful candidates will then be invited to attend an in-person interview, at our London offices, on 11th November. This in person interview will include a Q&A session, a presentation element and a wider stakeholder panel session.
How to apply
It's quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click through to our careers site to apply. All you'll need is an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role's criteria.
As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
Lead Software Engineer - Cloud Architecture
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-based solutions.
- Architect and develop microservices, APIs, and backend systems using modern programming languages and frameworks.
- Drive the adoption of cloud-native technologies and best practices across engineering teams.
- Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
- Mentor and guide junior software engineers, fostering technical growth and high-quality code.
- Collaborate with product management, DevOps, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and roadmaps.
- Ensure the performance, security, and cost-effectiveness of cloud deployments.
- Conduct code reviews, system design discussions, and contribute to technical strategy.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production environments.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on cloud architecture.
- Proven experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
- Expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, or Node.js.
- Strong understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to thrive in a hybrid work environment in **London, England, UK**.
Development Lead, Software Engineering
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We are seeking a skilled Development Lead to join our dynamic software engineering team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise, leadership abilities and a passion for driving innovation.
As a Development Lead, you will be responsible for guiding and mentoring a team of Software Engineers, overseeing project delivery and contributing to the design of high quality software solutions for our industry leading platform. If this sounds like you, we look forward to reviewing your application.
Responsibilities:
Lead a team of highly skilled and motivated Software Engineers, providing guidance, mentorship and support to foster their growth and career development.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to:
- Design and deliver high quality software solutions.
- Refine and provide estimations of the workload.
- Allocate resources effectively and monitor progress to ensure smooth sprint and release delivery.
- Escalate any technical issues, roadblocks or project risks.
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback and enforce coding standards and software development best practices.
- Engage in sprint ceremonies while enabling productive discourse.
- Develop and refine technology choices, processes and standards as a key member of the Software Engineering management team.
- Recruit and onboard new Software Engineers.
- Spend time on hands-on software development as and when necessary, based on availability to do so.
Requirements
Essential skills:
- Strong management, mentoring, and coaching skills.
- Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and delegate work.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task and handle competing deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
- Extensive relevant software development experience broadly ranging from front-end and back-end with depth as an accomplished engineer in C# .NET.
Experience and strong knowledge of:
o C# .NET
o ASP .NET MVC
o LINQ and Entity Framework
o SQL Server
o Web APIs
o Source control management
o Unit tests
o Web-based languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
o Azure DevOps
o Octopus
o Issue tracking tools
o Strong knowledge of OOP, SOLID, OWASP and Secure Coding principles.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
Desirable skills:
- Experience working for a tech business
- Insurance industry experience
- Knowledge of large-scale multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
Benefits
- We offer a generous 28 days’ annual leave allowance, in addition to Bank Holidays. For every year of service you complete, we'll give you an additional day of holiday (maximum 5 days).
- You also have the option of buying up to 5 additional holiday days per year.
- Hybrid working, we let you choose the days you work from the office.
- Participation in the company pension scheme.
- All employees are included in the company bonus scheme.
- Annual Learning & Development allowance of £1,250.
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning & Microsoft ESI Learning platforms.
- Monthly benefit allowance of £100 for you to put towards wellness activities.
- Group Income Protection.
- Life Cover.
- We are a member of the Employee Assistance Program, that supports our staff 24/7.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Active social committee who arrange events throughout the year.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
You must be eligible to work in the UK for this role. We are unable to provide sponsorship.
We are not partnering with external agencies for this role, so please apply directly.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance:
Software Engineer III - Enterprise Architecture
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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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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.
**About Enterprise Architecture:**
Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company's technology strategy. 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.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
+ Develop new API frameworks in technologies such as REST and gRPC
+ Build API solutions using rapidly evolving technologies such as Istio and Envoy
+ Help pivot toward serverless, FaaS based architectures
+ Build platforms to help teams across the company quickly deploy B2B and A2A services
+ Evangelize the API engineering transformation at an accelerated pace
+ Collaborate with technology peers and leaders to gain strategic alignment
+ Foster innovation and experimentation
+ Develop new API frameworks, which empower our developer base, and allow us to increase of development velocity.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ University degree in computer science or equivalent
+ Proven years of engineering experience, with emphasis on building high volume, highly scalable systems
+ Experience with the following technologies: Linux, Python, JavaScript, REST, Open API, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, gRPC, and other Cloud Native technologies.
+ A firm understanding of networking principles: DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP
+ Experience developing architecture and E2E solutions that conform to requirements for privacy, security and compliance
+ The ability to look at code and derive time and space complexity
+ Deep experience with multiple open-source solutions
+ The ability to learn new technologies quickly and teach them to others.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United Kingdom is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-London-London, United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton, United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
**Schedule** Full-time
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Software Engineer II - Enterprise Architecture
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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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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.
**About Enterprise Architecture:**
Enterprise Architecture is an organization within the Chief Technology Office at American Express and it is a key enabler of the company's technology strategy. 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.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
+ Develop new API frameworks in technologies such as REST and gRPC
+ Build API solutions using rapidly evolving technologies such as Istio and Envoy
+ Help pivot toward serverless, FaaS based architectures
+ Build platforms to help teams across the company quickly deploy B2B and A2A services
+ Evangelize the API engineering transformation at an accelerated pace
+ Collaborate with technology peers and leaders to gain strategic alignment
+ Foster innovation and experimentation
+ Develop new API frameworks, which empower our developer base, and allow us to increase of development velocity
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ University or master's degree in computer science or equivalent
+ Proven years of engineering experience, with emphasis on building high volume, highly scalable systems
+ Experience with the following technologies: Linux, Python, JavaScript, REST, Open API, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, gRPC, and other Cloud Native technologies
+ A firm understanding of networking principles: DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP
+ Experience developing architecture and E2E solutions that conform to requirements for privacy, security and compliance
+ The ability to look at code and derive time and space complexity
+ Deep experience with multiple open-source solutions
+ The ability to learn new technologies quickly and teach them to others
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United Kingdom is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-London-London, United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton, United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
**Schedule** Full-time
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Manager, Software Engineering
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At Expedia Group, we power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Our cutting-edge technology is designed to make travel smoother and more memorable, while our groundbreaking solutions support our partners. Join our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community that drives our success!
Why Join Us?We believe that to shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated, and we know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Exciting travel perks
- Generous time-off
- Parental leave
- A flexible work model with amazing office spaces
- Career development resources to fuel your passion for travel
Join us in building a more open world!
Position: Software Engineering Manager Introduction to the TeamPrivate Label Solutions (PLS) is the B2B arm of Expedia Group, bringing our innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners worldwide. Our clients include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, and major airlines.
We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on building the foundational technology behind Expedia Partner Solutions’ Credit and Billing platforms. Your work will enable millions of travelers to access the right travel products at the right time!
Your RoleAs part of the Core Technology organization, you will:
- Lead an agile engineering team delivering high-scale, high-availability services for partner credit and billing use cases.
- Own the technical execution and delivery plan across a core strategic project, collaborating with TPM and Product peers.
- Drive operational excellence, including testing strategies, SLAs, observability, and production readiness.
- Influence architecture and system design decisions, advocating for clean code, reusability, and long-term maintainability.
- Build strong partnerships across engineering, finance, and product teams to align technical investments with business outcomes.
- Ensure cross-team collaboration and unblock dependencies in a multi-team, multi-domain environment.
- Provide regular coaching, mentoring, and career development for engineers and managers.
- Grow and scale your team with a focus on diversity, autonomy, and long-term success.
- Champion change and continuous improvement in system design and retrospectives.
- Bring empathy, clarity, and context to both technical and non-technical conversations.
To thrive in this role, you should have:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
- A proven track record of building and leading high-performing, distributed teams across multiple technologies or domains.
- Deep experience in backend or full-stack development, with a solid grasp of service-oriented and event-driven architecture.
- The ability to coach engineers through system design and performance trade-offs.
- Experience collaborating with TPMs and product managers on roadmap planning and prioritization.
- A strong grasp of cloud-native practices and modern development tools (we use AWS, Kotlin, Kafka, Terraform, etc.).
- Experience in hiring, developing, and retaining talent in a fast-paced environment.
- An inclusive leadership style that fosters trust, ownership, and team health.
As part of our team, you will:
- Work on impactful, large-scale systems used by Expedia’s global B2B partners.
- Be part of a thoughtful, collaborative culture that values autonomy and accountability.
- Access top-tier technical challenges and the freedom to solve them the right way.
- Share knowledge and learn from an experienced, diverse group of engineers and leaders.
- Enjoy great benefits, competitive compensation, and, of course, travel perks!
We believe in embracing new perspectives, ideas, and ways of working. Inclusion, curiosity, and experimentation are just as important to us as technical expertise.
If you’re excited to build products that move money at scale, enable partners to grow, and support travelers around the world — we’d love to hear from you!
Accommodation RequestsIf you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability or other health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team.
We are proud to be recognized as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and for our award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, and Disability:IN.
Join the Expedia Group family and be part of something extraordinary!
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Title : Software Engineering Manager
Client : Software house
Location : London (Hybrid)
Salary : Up to 85,000
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is an opportunity for a Software Engineering Manager with at least 1 year's experience as a Scrum Master to join a growing and highly technical team of software engineers in the graphics/scientific/engineering computing space.
You will have overall responsibility for overseeing the development roadmap and overall development activities, with scope to grow further within the business. There are currently 10 developers in your team.
Requirements:
- 2 years+ as an Engineering Manager
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- 1 year+ as Scrum Master
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Software Engineering Manager - 85,000
Title : Software Engineering Manager
Client : Software house
Location : London (Hybrid)
Salary : Up to 85,000
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is an opportunity for a Software Engineering Manager with at least 1 year's experience as a Scrum Master to join a growing and highly technical team of software engineers in the graphics/scientific/engineering computing space.
You will have overall responsibility for overseeing the development roadmap and overall development activities, with scope to grow further within the business. There are currently 10 developers in your team.
Requirements:
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- C++ is your strongest language
- 1 year+ as Scrum Master
If you are interested learning more, please contact Max at Platform for more information or a confidential chat.
Director Software Engineering
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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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this 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.
American Express Global Card Network Platform authorizes and processes all of the company's customer card transactions. The Card Network platform is the critical back bone for all of American Express card transactions, and is a near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year. American Express is making strategic investments in new card network products and platforms to allow the company to meet its ambitious global growth agenda.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
As our Director of Engineering, you will join our global technology team that has embarked on building a highly available and scalable distributed systems on the cloud to support the company's long-term strategy and vision. You will lead a team of engineers across new/emerging concepts in a way that inspires them to do their best work and continue to grow and develop within the company. Our leaders work with distributed teams in a highly dynamic environment collaborating with product and technology leaders, and engineers who are passionate about our journey to build and deliver technology-powered solutions that our customers love and that works for our business.
Your primary responsibility is to lead the development of our next generation distributed platform, aligning resources and delivery with business growth and diversification, while significantly improving service quality and cost-effectiveness. We expect the individual to be innovative and energetic with strong communications and collaboration skills.
**Key Initiatives:**
+ Migrate partners to process real-time transaction through the Payment Network using Single Message rails
+ Develop best-in-class delivery engine with optimal throughput and quality releases
+ Maximize productivity of engineering teams with automation and increase predictability
+ High Availability, Resiliency and Performance Engineering on Cloud
**Roles and Responsibilities:**
+ You will be responsible for building capabilities of a distributed transaction processing infrastructure and payment processing business logic by leveraging that platform. Leading and engaging teams that build/deploy high throughput systems within a fast paced, agile environment while understanding and handling competing priorities.
+ Hands-on collaboration with business and technology leaders, stakeholders, product owners, Architects, and Engineers to define, develop, test and validate technical solutions to help drive customer-first product roadmap enabling business outcomes. Contribute to code review and analysis/design of business needs and user stories
+ Attract, retain, and grow diverse top engineering talent, providing guidance, career development and mentorship to team members maintaining a culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, retention of key colleagues, development, and high performance.
+ You will constantly pursue and learn industry leading/innovative solutions. Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems.
+ Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, support full software development lifecycle that incorporates the best of technology approaches and delivery methodologies.
+ Engage with developers in day-to-day design and coding activities to execute product and strategy roadmaps. Stepping into code where and if needed and be a hands-on leader
+ Ensure on time product releases that are of high quality, enabling the core vision of next generation card processing systems.
+ Promote a fun and high engagement culture, with a results orientated focus. Hire, mentor, motivate and retain the best talent.
+ Collaborate with peer technology and product teams across different locations
**Qualifications**
+ You have Computer Science degree, or equivalent with at-least 10 years of relevant work experience.
+ Have built and delivered large scale enterprise systems/products and have extensive hands-on experience. Preferably delivered and supported products as Cloud hosted services.
+ Experience building highly available and low latency distributed systems. Experience building systems as service-oriented architecture and/or micro-services architecture.
+ Keen awareness of concerns in a massively distributed systems and effective solutions.
+ Experience in Linux cloud (Kubernetes) environment supporting applications built using language like Java, Go, Node.js and NoSQL databases like Couchbase, Cassandra, Redis.
+ Experience attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse high-performing engineering talent.
+ Have experience leading engineering teams and in agile methodologies, have enabled DevOps mindset, processes and tools
+ Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
+ Excellent judgment and constant pursuit of higher standards, a passion to build and nurture high efficiency teams.
+ Have excellent written and verbal communications skills. Create and deliver effective presentations to Senior Leadership.
+ Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
+ Knowledge of Payment Network Authorization, Acquiring & Issuing platforms and business processes is a plus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**