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.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers in delivering high-quality software solutions

• Define technical architecture and design patterns for the GBT mid and back office systems

• Drive technical decision-making and establish development best practices

• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and quality guidelines

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and stakeholders on technical roadmap planning

Hands-on Development:

• Design and develop complex backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot

• Architect and implement scalable microservices solutions for travel booking and operational workflows

• Optimize PostgreSQL database performance and design efficient data models   

• Deploy and manage applications on AWS ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) platform

• Manage EC2 instances and implement cloud-native solutions

• Provide expert-level application support and resolve complex production issues

Team & Process Management:

• Lead sprint planning, technical grooming, and delivery estimation

• Must be willing and able to work in 2nd shifts (3:00 PM IST to 12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends as required.

• Must be willing to work from Bangalore office location minimum 3 days in a week.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 10 years of professional Java development experience with 3+ years in technical leadership roles

• Expert-level proficiency in Java 8+ and advanced programming concepts

• Deep expertise in Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and enterprise Java patterns

• Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL including performance tuning, query optimization, and database design

• Extensive experience with AWS cloud services, particularly ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) and EC2

• Proven experience in designing and implementing microservices architecture at scale

• Experience leading development teams and mentoring junior developers

• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code

Technical Environment:

• Java 11+, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA

• PostgreSQL, Redis, RESTful APIs, GraphQL

• AWS ROSA, EC2, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift

• Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Maven/Gradle

     

Location

Bangalore, India

     

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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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!