Senior Software Development Engineer

Company: American Express Global Business Travel
Location: Washington
Posted on: September 21, 2023

Job Description:

Senior Software Development Engineer page is loaded Senior Software Development Engineer Apply locations Washington - MidStation Bellevue time type Full time posted on Posted 26 Days Ago job requisition id J-50967 Egencia (an Amex GBT company) 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.Ready to explore a career path? Start your journey. Senior Software Development Engineer Egencia Lodging Team is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our team of experienced software developers. The Lodging Team's responsibilities span front-end web development to back-end travel services. We are looking for someone who can leverage their deep technical knowledge, passion for solving real-world business problems and dedication to innovative thinking to ensure Egencia continues to be the technology leader in the corporate travel space. Launched in 2002, Egencia has become the world's leading digital corporate travel platform because of our commitment to delivering a higher standard of corporate travel service and innovative technology. Our success is directly attributed to our customers' ability to move businesses ahead, through their valued relationships with our company and more importantly, with our people. Lead by an experienced, forward-thinking management team, Egencia has continued to expand its offering of intuitive on-line tools and comprehensive agency services while maintaining its reputation for superior customer service What you'll do: Extend outside of direct organization and collaborate with peers across a senior level organization. Partner with the business to have a clear understanding of how your own technology stack is tied to business outcomes and our bottom line. Successfully conduct day-to-day work and solve complex issues in your own specific technical engineering area. Share domain and industry knowledge between cross-functional teams. Possess knowledge of features and facilities for integration, and communication among applications, databases, and technology platforms to bring together different components and form a fully functional solution to a business problem. Creatively test and maintain software applications and related programs and procedures by using a variety of software development tools following design requirements of customer. Research and recommend frameworks and architectural/code design patterns. Advocate for operational excellence (such as unit testing, establishing SLAs, programming for resiliency and scalability) Advise on technical limitations of software design for products and provide alternative solutions, Take a whole systems approach to analyze issues and implement holistic solutions by ensuring that linkages between structure, people, process, and technology are made. Spot outmoded methods of operation with current systems and design plans for disrupting them in a non-disruptive manner. Will report on status of difficult or high-level projects to local tech leadership via written or oral means. Ensure documentation is complete. Who you are: Hey 6+ years development experience Bachelor's / Master's in Computer Science, or related technical field or equivalent related professional experience. Technical excellence in developing high-performance, scalable web applications using JAVA, Kotlin, JavaScript, React, and Spring. A deep understanding of web platform technologies utilizing SOAP and REST web service protocols. Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure and multiple database/data store technologies. Ability to identify business problems at the project level and team level and design solutions that are easily testable and observable. Strong understanding of how team goals fit a business need. Able to justify technology choices to technical and non-technical observers making well defined technology choices. Guiding integrations across teams within business unit. Able to understand highly complex systems and design moderately complex systems. Ability to identify and advocate for project quality via testing, monitoring, and alerting at the project level. Ability to establish operational excellence metrics at the team level. Identifies and advocates for project quality via testing, monitoring, and alerting at the project level. Establishes operational excellence metrics at the team level. Guides others in design of software that is easily testable and observable. Location Washington - MidStation BellevueThe base salary range for this position in this location zone is from $159,000 to $222,500. The range provided includes the base salary that Egencia 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.In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to be nominated for awards under our Equity Incentive Plan. For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.2023 Benefits-at-a-Glance - Egencia The #TeamEgencia ExperienceWork and life: Find your happy medium at Egencia.

• 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 more.
• 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 global tuition assistance, 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 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at 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.
• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.
• And much more!All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, gender identity (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, veteran status, citizenship or marital status. It is our policy to maintain an equal-opportunity environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias for our candidates, colleagues, clients and suppliers.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please, let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For more details, please consult 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! About Us Egencia started out by disrupting the business travel technology industry and we haven't stopped since. We are purpose-built to provide the industry's best travel management experience - and we're continually investing to make it even better, faster, and easier for people to connect with confidence. Come help us shape what's next in the world of business travel technology.
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