Software development jobs in the United States

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Counted Nov 3, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 52,021
Employers: 9,818

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $140,854Across 11,072 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $57.06Across 2,276 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $13,248Across 54 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $135,566Across 45 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $2,136Across 10 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 9%4,438 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,608 listings
On-site: 15%7,829 listings

Not specified: 69% (36,146 listings)

Employers hiring include Akamai Technologies, Inc. (779), Lockheed Martin (692), Salesforce.com (608).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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American Express

Software Engineer III - Java/ Go - GNST

Phoenix, AZ, United States

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Apply by: Nov 9, 2026
Experience: 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment.
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 3, 2026

Original job description

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues. The Technology organization enables and accelerates the company’s growth strategies, delivering global capabilities and services in support of Amex’s customers and colleagues, while maintaining 24/7 servicing and availability to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality customer experience. Technology provides the foundation for everything we do in the company while driving differentiation through building and leveraging innovative technology and data insights. The Global Merchant and Network Services Technology (GMNST) organization at American Express is responsible for modernizing the payments network to enable next-generation payments products. The team creates flexible merchant platforms to acquire, bill, pay, service and foster innovation, while enabling a payments ecosystem to connect and authenticate parties seamlessly and securely American Express is making strategic investments in new card network products and platforms to allow the company to meet its ambitious global growth agenda. Card Network platform is a distributed near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year. American Express Global Card Network Platform authorizes and processes all of the company’s customer card transactions.

As an Engineer, you will be a responsible to build core features and functions of card transaction systems on distributed platform deployed in hybrid cloud.

You will be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation.
You will be using Java Technologies – Vertx, Spring MVC, Spring Data and Spring Boot and RESTful micro services.
Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, engage in fun and outcome-oriented culture, and always be ready to try new concepts without fear of failure.
Collaborate with peer technology and development teams across different locations.
Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies
Work along with stakeholders to understand and analyze the requirements.
Computer Science, or equivalent degree or industry experience.
5 years of software development experience in a professional environment.
Strong OOPs concepts, concurrency, exception handling etc.
Data structures and Algorithms, Strong OS fundamentals, Advanced Java concepts
Strong development experience using languages Java/ Go. Keen understanding of how to build highly performant systems with such languages.
Hands on experience in building distributed micro-service systems, experience with Service Mesh products/frameworks like such as Envoy, Linkerd, Istio, gRPC/ProtoBuf; Distributed System Management/tracing and monitoring such as Zipkin/Jaeger, ELK Stack, Prometheus
Have experience in designing and building Cloud native applications. Experience in cloud platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift are a plus.
Experience in using NoSQL databases and distributed messaging systems such as Redis, Kafka, Couchbase, Cassandra in the context of low latency and high transaction volume systems.
Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools such as Jenkins, GitHub
Experience working in DevOps teams and Scrums.
Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
Proficient oral and written communication skills.

Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws, American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions.

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
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
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

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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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The below 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.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

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Skills

Oracle Java
Go
Customer experience
Spring Boot
Computer science
Software development
Prometheus
Docker
Kubernetes
Red Hat OpenShift
NoSQL
Redis
Apache Kafka
CI/CD
Jenkins
GitHub
DevOps
Communication skills
Coaching
Hybrid model

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