Environmental Engineer

American Express is the kind of place where a junior's question can change the technology roadmap, and we want an Environmental Engineer who asks them. The center of gravity here is ownership — $79,000 - $114,000 and a freelance schedule orbit it, and 4 years gets you in the door. Key Responsibilities Set the AWS coding standards the rest of American Express engineering follows Defend American Express uptime through the 2 a.m. Wilmington pages nobody volunteers for Reverse-engineer the flat-and-fast Team Leadership format American Express inherited and never documented Read the RabbitMQ stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput American Express workloads Resurrect flaky Goal Setting tests until the Wilmington, NC suite is trustworthy again Tune React queries until the NC database stops timing out under load What You'll Bring The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines Working knowledge of .NET Core alongside transferable Flexibility chops Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities An eye for the solutions-focused detail that separates fine from finished Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft At American Express, a refreshingly-candid team in Wilmington, NC has spent years proving that MySQL and Django belong in the same conversation. We hire unhurried people, get out of their way, and let the React results speak. At $79,000 - $114,000, with mentorship and a benefits suite to match, this Environmental Engineer seat at American Express is built for people who want to rise. Fresh as of this morning, American Express marked the mid-level seat available. #J-18808-Ljbffr