Role & responsibilities
Drive user story analysis and elaboration, design and develop software applications, and test and build automation tools.
Own all technical aspects of software development (architecture, design and development of systems) for assigned applications.
Perform hands-on software development, writing code, API specs, doing proof of concepts, conducting code reviews and testing in ongoing sprints.
Drive consistent development practices - tools and common components.
Develop deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains.
Work with technical product managers contributing to blueprints, and assisting with annual planning of feature sets.
Identify opportunities for adopting current technology to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges.
Effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design.

Preferred candidate profile

Functional Skills
Strong analytical & strategic thinking skills
Ability to interpret technical /business objectives and challenges




Porting/Software Configuration
Agile Methodologies
Software development/ testing
Object oriented analysis and design across multiple platform
Designing High Availability applications

Preferred: • Product Engineering Knowledge

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of skilled software development experience in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
Solid proficiency in distributed and multi-tier application development, with excellent programming skills in Python (or equivalent object-oriented programming languages).
Hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying Generative AI applications using LLM frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or Semantic Kernel, along with embeddings and vector databa

📌 Software Engineer 2 Chennai
🏢 American Express
📍 Chennai