Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
We’re looking for a senior level engineer to be part of our growing team of technologists. In this role, you’ll write software alongside a team of global engineers on projects that matter to our customers and business travelers, and have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers. If you’re passionate about directly contributing to technical challenges, working independently and collaboratively across business units, and bringing thought leadership to improve our products, we look forward to meeting you.
What You'll Do:
- You will maintain and build new features for our native iOS app using the latest technologies
- You will work in and contribute to a supportive team environment while building a great user experience, quality code base, and adopting new tools
- You will research and build mobile software solutions for one of the leading corporate travel companies
- You will write and review code while working with other engineers to learn and teach good programming methodologies
- You will collaborate with teams across the company to deliver exciting features for a large user base
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 5+ years experience in software development
- 2+ years experience working with Apple's platforms and Swift
- An understanding of the full software development lifecycle including coding standards, code reviews, git, build processes, and testing
- Solid software engineering skills with an understanding of mobile UI/UX principles
- Familiarity with common mobile software engineering practices and design patterns such as MVC, MVVM, SDUI, Automated Testing, Performance, and Networking
- Proficiency in Swift with an understanding of memory management, data structures, dependency management, protocols, and generic programming
- Knowledge of iOS frameworks such as SwiftUI, UIKit, and Combine
- Experience developing and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
- Plus: Experience with Server Driven UI Architecture
- Experience communicating with customers, technical teams, and other partners to collect requirements, understand software product features, and develop technical designs
- An eager collaborator who takes ownership of their work and communicates technical concepts clearly and effectively
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The US national base salary range for this position is from
$130,600.00 - $242,500.00The national range provided includes the base salary that GBT expects to pay for the role. Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location.
For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.
Benefits at a glance
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
And much more!
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.
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Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult the Amex GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.
What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!
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