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The U.S. Consumer Services and Enterprise Digital & Data Technology Team brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), AI/ML, marketing technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and automation, grounded in our data technology model that prioritizes data governance. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Mobile to drive the delivery of new mobile features (iOS and Android), capabilities and advancement of mobile platform via innovative mobile technology tools and practices for the American Express global membership mobile app.

We are looking for someone with strong technical skills for mobile app development (iOS and Android), sense for creativity and passion for building beautiful mobile apps. You should enjoy solving complex technical problems and working with newer technologies. Also, you should be a huge advocate for building amazing user experiences, beautiful code and craftsmanship.

You will be part of the Mobile Engineering team whose mission is to be essential in our Customers' digital lives by providing value, convenience, and delight wherever they are. Your primary responsibilities will be to lead a team of engineers developing mobile applications that will be used by tens of millions of American Express Customers around the world. You should have expertise building mobile apps using modern software development methodologies and be able to dive deep and rapidly iterate on ideas despite ambiguity. You will be working in a fast-paced environment with the stability of working for a Fortune 100 company. This leader will encompass a unique blend of strong leadership and an in-depth engineering skillset especially with modern application development technologies for building high quality and delightful mobile experiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of highly talented mobile engineers to build and deliver the mobile roadmap in the areas pertaining to - redesign of enterprise mobile app, new information architecture, native design language, consistent mobile UI patterns, building scalable mobile search and many other features to bring the customer experiences to life via the mobile app
• Responsible to build the mobile features using the right iOS and Android architectural patterns to ensure scalability and robustness
• Work with mobile product development closely to understand the product and customer needs; and enable the product and customer vision for the company
• Contribute to advance the mobile platform to improve developer efficiency
• Responsible for the people management of a co-located and remote engineering teams
• Cultivate an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Recruit best in class and diverse mobile talent from the industry
• Drive innovation within a fast-paced agile environment
• Engage in hands-on design and ensure alignment of strategy, architecture, tools/methods with software engineers and architects to execute product roadmaps
• Collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders within business and technology teams to drive change required to execute product roadmaps
• Coach, guide and promote creation of high quality, clearly documented, and compliant deliverables across engineering teams
• Collaborate within and across business units to prioritize, plan, and execute the development schedule for major product releases

Please note, salary increases in case of a lateral move are provided only on an exception basis and in line with compensation guidelines. This position is approved for applicants across all Business Units.

This role may be subject to additional background verification checks.

Minimum Qualifications

• Solid experience building and leading native Mobile App development (iOS / Android)
• Mobile UI/UX experience using Apple's Human Interface Design and Google Material Design
• Experience building out consumer-facing products and platforms for mobile apps with high performance, availability and high scalability
• Experience managing software engineering teams designing and building software products in a fast-paced, complex and dynamic software development environment
• Extensive hands-on experience building and managing the development of complex, large scale applications and products that require a deep understanding of application logic and dependencies
• Experience being a people leader, coaching, mentoring and guiding for highly talented technical teams
• Experience attracting, hiring retaining and leading top engineering talent
• Experience with Agile, Scrum or other rapid application development methodologies is required
• University Degree in computer science, or engineering-related field required

Qualifications

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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