We don't need a Performance Engineer who knows everything about Tailwind CSS; we need one curious enough to find out what they don't. Count it up: 3 years, $84,000 - $114,000, a technology charter, and the kind of American Express growth that compounds.
Key Responsibilities
- Backfill Python test coverage on the riskiest corners of American Express's codebase
- Profile Python memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Houston nodes
- Lead AWS design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Houston, TX builds them
- Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
- Stitch AWS events into the Leadership pipeline feeding American Express's technology reports
- Spot the agile Leadership anti-pattern in review before it spreads through American Express
- Negotiate Google Cloud tradeoffs with product when American Express timelines and reality collide
What You'll Bring
- The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
- Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
- A TX sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
- A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
- Real Google Cloud chops, plus the Spring Boot curiosity to keep growing
Here at American Express, we combine purpose-soaked engineering with a relentless focus on the customers we serve in Houston, TX. As a mid-level Performance Engineer, you'll have a real voice in shaping how the technology team operates.
Your 4 of experience earn you $84,000 - $114,000 here, alongside mentorship and a fast track into senior technology roles.
Updated on the spot, the American Express hiring team is reviewing in real time.
Don't let this Performance Engineer opening pass you by; apply today.