Manager - Software Engineering at American Express Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Chennai, tamil nadu, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

31 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Servant-Leadership, Risk Identification, Delivery Management, AWS, SaaS, Loyalty Platform, Agile, Coaching, Mentoring, System Design, Hiring, Planning, QA Engineering, Software Development, Product Owners

Industry

Financial Services

Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back. With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally. At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong. Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together. How will you make an impact in this role? We are seeking a highly structured and forward-thinking Senior Engineering Manager with 15 - 25 years of experience to lead a cross-functional engineering group consisting of Product Owners, Software Developers and QA Engineers. The ideal candidate brings a strong hands-on engineering background, excels at anticipating risks and removing impediments, and operates as an empathetic, servant-style leader. This role requires experience working in outsourced or distributed development models, particularly with European stakeholders, and includes responsibility as Delivery Manager for a customer-facing implementation of our AWS-hosted SaaS Loyalty Platform Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team (Software Development + QA Engineering) with a servant-leadership mindset. Establish highly structured planning processes, ensuring predictable delivery and forward-looking risk identification. Act as a respected technical discussion partner for engineers based on a solid hands-on engineering history. Serve as Delivery Manager for customer projects built on an AWS SaaS loyalty platform, ensuring contractual and SLA adherence. Strengthen collaboration between teams around the world, acting as an effective cultural bridgehead. Promote continuous learning, coaching, and career development for team members. Foster a positive, empathetic, and collaborative team environment with strong focus on trust and psychological safety. Whiteboard and socialize changes and system designs in collaboration with architects, tech leads and team members Provide support to operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve production issues Recognize and solve for inefficiencies in our development process Meet regularly with team members to provide feedback on employee performance and coaching for difficult situations Help engineers develop and execute a personal career development plan Mentor engineers in skills development Design and execute a hiring plan, including sourcing, screening, and interviewing Drive innovation within a fast-paced agile environment. Join us if you have: Solid experience leading and building applications in cloud environment. Experience being a people leader, coaching, mentoring and guiding for highly talented technical teams. The ability to participate in, and contribute simultaneously to, multiple work streams including planning, logistics, communication, and follow up across a diverse and virtual team Adaptability to changes in product requirements, organizational structures and business conditions A strong belief in your personal responsibility for ensuring quality craftsmanship Experience working in a distributed team model and the ability to collaborate with remote team members. Solid understanding of agile software development methodologies Project management and planning skills. We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally: Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives Support for financial-well-being and retirement Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunities American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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Responsibilities

This role involves leading a multidisciplinary engineering team (Software Development + QA Engineering) using a servant-leadership mindset, establishing structured planning processes for predictable delivery, and acting as a technical discussion partner. The manager will also serve as Delivery Manager for customer projects on an AWS SaaS loyalty platform, ensuring adherence to contracts and SLAs.