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Business Unit/Role Specific Info

We are looking for Software Engineering Interns to join our 10-week Summer Internship Program, which will provide you with real, on-the-job work experience whilst allowing you to choose from several potential roles within our scrum teams; giving you the skills and experience to help you accelerate in your studies and future career!

Ever wondered what it’s like to work on J.D. Power’s #1 ranked Mobile App and Website?

Do you know what it takes to setup a near real-time transaction anomaly alerting system?

As an American Express Software Engineer Intern, you will work on building global scale software with a host of tools and frameworks! Internship project areas range from machine learning, using big data, native mobile applications, backend services, full stack web applications, or UX/UI focused development. You’ll work across our software products, like Spring Cloud and Webflux for reactive Java services, or Node.js driving React web applications and various microservice architectures.

How can you make an impact in this role?

• Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predict future challenges.
• Developapplications as part of a scrum team.
• Learn technical skills, write code, conduct code reviews and write unit tests.
• Partner with Product Managers, Senior Engineers and Application Architects on your team to conceptualize, build new products and prioritize features.
• Take part in social activities, community service events and projects with other Interns.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical field
• Students must have a graduation date between December 2025 and June 2026

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing products or projects either in an academic, professional, or personal setting.
• Some entry level software development experience, design, or creative experience.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate work to team members and partners.
• Familiarity in any of the following languages or applications, Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, Rust, Go, Kotlin, Node.js.

Our team will review completed applications on a rolling basis. We appreciate your patience while we consider your application and will be in contact with you.

Salary Range: $24.05 to $63.00 hourly + sign-on bonus

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life.

Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counselling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

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.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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