Staff Software Engineer - One Data Platform Engineering

Enterprise Architecture / Architecture-as-Code One Data Platform Engineering

Team is seeking a self-driven Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in

platform engineering, developer platforms, and framework design. This role

focuses on envisioning and building foundational platform capabilities,

frameworks, and developer tooling that enable engineering teams to deliver

highly performant, scalable, secure, cloud-native, and AI-enabled applications.

You will play a key role in shaping the evolution of our One Data Platform by

building reusable platform services, advancing developer experience, and driving

engineering excellence across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* 60% of the time spent on hands-on engineering activities across platform

services, frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling.

* Envision, design, develop, and release foundational platform and framework

capabilities that enable developers to build highly performant, scalable,

secure applications.

* Drive both high-level architecture and detailed technical designs, conducting

design reviews and influencing engineering standards across teams.

* Design and implement reusable platform components, shared libraries, SDKs,

APIs, and cloud services that improve developer productivity and accelerate

application delivery.

* Evolve platform capabilities to support modern application architectures,

including cloud-native, event-driven, and AI-enabled applications.

* Optimize platform services and framework components for performance,

scalability, reliability, observability, and serverless/FaaS environments.

* Improve and maintain core platform services, frameworks, CI/CD pipelines,

developer tooling, and Infrastructure as Code.

* Collaborate across engineering organizations to establish platform standards,

best practices, and architectural guidance.

* Actively participate in architecture and engineering discussions, helping

define the technical direction of the One Data Platform.

* Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding engineers through

complex architectural and implementation challenges.

* Collaborate effectively across teams and with stakeholders to deliver

impactful platform capabilities.

* Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, resolving complex and ambiguous

technical challenges.

* Take ownership and accountability for outcomes, driving initiatives from

concept through delivery.

* Influence technical direction and drive alignment across teams.

* Advocate for customer-focused solutions, ensuring exceptional developer

experience and business value.

* Analyze, design, develop, debug, and evolve software platforms supporting

enterprise-scale applications.

* Serve as a passionate advocate for our developer platform, frameworks, and

engineering ecosystem.

QUALIFICATIONS

* Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related

field required; advanced degree preferred.

* 8+ years of software engineering experience in complex enterprise

environments, including designing and building platforms, frameworks, or

foundational services.

* Deep expertise building highly scalable, high-performance distributed

systems and developer platforms.

* Experience designing platform capabilities, reusable frameworks, SDKs,

APIs, or shared engineering services.

* Strong experience with Microservices Architecture, data-centric application

design, event-driven systems, distributed systems, data pipelines, and

stream processing.

* Hands-on experience with backend technologies (Node.js, Java, or similar),

distributed systems, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud infrastructure.

* Experience designing and deploying applications on Function as a Service

(FaaS) platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud

Functions).

* Strong understanding of serverless architecture patterns, cloud-native

application design, observability, resiliency, and platform scalability.

* Working knowledge of modern AI application architectures and concepts,

including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation

(RAG), agentic applications, tool calling, and AI orchestration patterns.

* Familiarity with emerging AI interoperability standards and protocols,

including Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent-to-Agent (A2A), and related

technologies for building enterprise AI applications.

* Proven track record of contributing to enterprise platforms, core

frameworks, SDKs, libraries, or open source projects, with demonstrated

expertise in their architecture and internals.

* Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship within engineering

organizations.

* Strategic thinker with the ability to align technical solutions with

business goals.

* Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve complex

technical challenges.

* Strong sense of ownership and accountability for deliverables.

* Ability to influence technical direction and build consensus across teams.

* Customer-focused mindset, designing solutions with developer experience,

end-user experience, and business value in mind.

* Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and solve complex, partially

defined problems.

* Passion for learning emerging technologies and staying current with

advances in platform engineering, cloud computing, AI, and modern software

engineering.

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

* Preferred Qualifications

* Experience building internal developer platforms (IDPs), shared engineering

platforms, or enterprise frameworks.

* Experience building or integrating AI-powered applications, developer

platforms, or AI platform services.

* Experience with AI application frameworks and orchestration libraries such

as LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, or similar technologies.

* Experience with Python for platform engineering, automation, AI, or backend

development.

* Experience with WebAssembly (Wasm), the WebAssembly Component Model, and

related runtimes or ecosystems (e.g., Wasmtime, WASI, Spin, Fermyon,

WasmCloud or Bytecode Alliance projects).

* Experience with cloud-native architectures and deployment on AWS, Azure, or

GCP.

* Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines,

GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

* Knowledge of GraphQL platforms.

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position, cost and appilcable laws, American Express may provide visa

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thrive personally and professionally:

* Competitive base salaries

* Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with

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* Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and

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* Free and confidential counselling support through our Healthy Minds program

* Career development and training opportunities

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