Senior Software Engineer I at American Express in Chennai, TN, India
- Company: American Express
- Location: Chennai, TN, India
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 12+ years
- Visa sponsorship available
Overview
Develops and tests software, including ongoing refactoring of code & drives continuous improvement in code structure & quality. Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience,
Responsibilities
- Develops and tests software, including ongoing refactoring of code & drives continuous improvement in code structure & quality.
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience,
- Primary focus is spent writing code, API specs, conducting code reviews & testing in ongoing sprints or doing proof of concepts/automation tools.
- Functions as a core member of an Agile team driving User story analysis & elaboration, design and development of software applications, testing & builds automation tools.
- Works on a specific platform/product or as part of a dynamic resource pool assigned to projects based on demand and business priority.
- Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies.
- Working knowledge of UNIX, Linux, Postman will be advantageous.
- Working knowledge of CICD Tools
- Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
- Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
- Embodies growth mentality by looking beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities.
- Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications.
- Takes part in reviews of own work and reviews of colleagues' work.
- Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided.
- Has deep understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
- Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure technologies and component.
- Provides advanced knowledge of technical and functional principles.
- Effectively leverages General knowledge of the relationships that exist between all relevant functional groups within American Express.
- Should have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of system applications.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and document technical and functional specifications and analyze software and system processing flows.
- Creative problem solving (Innovative)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer Science or equivalent OR master’s in computer applications or equivalent
- 8 to 12 years of experience is required. Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods.
- Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate.
- Tech Stack / Programming language for this role – Java, Kotlin
- Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing
- Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
- Confirmed experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages.
- Participate in code reviews and automated testing
Skills
Required
- Java
- Kotlin
- Object-oriented design and coding
- Application design
- Software development
- Automated testing
- Distributed (multi-tiered) systems
- Algorithms
- Relational databases
- Code reviews
- Agile development methods
Preferred
- UNIX
- Linux
- Postman
- CICD Tools
About American Express
At Loyalty Partner Solutions GmbH we are pioneers and technology leaders in high-performance loyalty management software for the airline, retail, travel, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Munich, with teams around the world, we develop comprehensive software solutions for the operation of complex customer loyalty programs, which we implement for our clients worldwide. We develop long-term partnerships with our clients, advise them on their digitalization journey, work on innovative ideas together, and put them into practice. Among the companies that count on our know-how are Lufthansa, for its frequent flyer program Miles & More, Deutsche Bahn AG for its BahnCard and BahnBonus programs, PAYBACK, and international air carriers such as China Southern Airlines and United Airlines.