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

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex travel domain platforms across scope, timelines, quality, and risk
• Drive predictable execution with strong governance across SIT, UAT, and production readiness
• Provide technical direction on microservices, event-driven, and cloud-native architectures
• Lead cross-functional execution across Engineering, Operations, Product, and external partners
• Drive modernization of legacy platforms into AWS or equivalent cloud-native solutions
• Ensure production stability, SLA adherence, and incident reduction through operational excellence
• Partner with UX/UI teams to align intuitive user experiences with backend capabilities
• Promote AI adoption to improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams across onsite/offshore delivery models
• Establish governance for release management, change control, and production readiness

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, delivery, or platform leadership
• Proven expertise leading large-scale distributed systems and transformation programs
• Strong hands-on knowledge of microservices, event-driven systems, and cloud-native architectures
• Backend proficiency with Java/Spring Boot or equivalent service frameworks
• Frontend understanding with React.js and modern UI frameworks
• Experience with REST APIs, Kafka/AWS EventBridge, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Solid grasp of AWS/cloud platforms, databases, observability, monitoring, and operational dashboards
• Demonstrated involvement in architecture and technical decision-making with credible technical depth
• Experience managing cross-functional global teams and complex stakeholder ecosystems
• Preferred: Background in travel or transaction-intensive platforms with strong operational mindset

     

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!