Staff Software Engineer - SaaS integrations,API Designs - Travel & Lifestyle Services

About this role

The U.S. Consumer Services and Membership Digital Experiences Technology team (USCDT) brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), marketing and advertising technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and dining technology. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

American Express Travel & Lifestyle Technology builds platforms that power premium travel experiences for millions of Card Members. We partner with industry-leading third parties to deliver booking, inventory, and fulfillment capabilities at scale, with high expectations for reliability, performance, and customer experience.

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical ownership and leadership for these critical third-party travel platforms.

About the Role

This role owns the technical health and evolution of Amex’s most important external travel integrations. Sitting at the intersection of architecture, vendor engineering, and internal platform development, you will define integration strategy, reduce systemic risk, and drive technical leverage across teams and partners.

This role is not focused on day-to-day incident response or feature delivery. It is focused on architecture, standards, influence, and long-term outcomes .

• 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale, distributed systems in production.
• Demonstrated ownership of **mission-critical third-party or SaaS integrations** , including architecture, reliability, and lifecycle management.
• Deep expertise in **API design and integration patterns** , including synchronous and asynchronous workflows, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Strong understanding of **distributed systems fundamentals** ,...