Software Engineer I

We're looking for an enthusiastic, diligent Java Software Engineer to work on the global Loyalty and Benefits platform in American Express - 'R42'. The candidate should have excellent soft skills, strong technical ability with an extensive passion to learn.R42 is a modern microservice-based Loyalty and Benefits platform, designed to be able to handle all aspects of the Loyalty and Benefits customer experience, globally. Built using modern tools such as Golang, Kafka and Docker, there is ample opportunity to drive innovation and grow knowledge and skills as an Engineer.As a Software Engineer on an R42 Scrum team, you will be building and enhancing features in the Rewards domain. You will also coordinate and work with other Engineers across the platform to share knowledge and principals.ResponsibilitiesDemonstrable experience in at least one back-end type safe programming language (Java or Golang preferred)Comfortable/experienced with back-end micro-service architecture and communication