Software Engineering Intern
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Job Description
About American Express
American Express is a global company with a diverse community of colleagues dedicated to backing their customers, communities, and each other. They offer a unique and meaningful career journey with benefits, programs, and flexibility to support their colleagues 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. They strive to uphold their company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. They do this with integrity, and in an environment where everyone feels like they belong.
Software Engineering Internship Program
American Express offers a 10-week Summer Internship Program for Software Engineering students. This program provides real, on-the-job work experience while allowing you to choose from several potential roles within their scrum teams. You’ll gain valuable skills and experience to help you accelerate your studies and future career.
Ever wondered what it’s like to work on J.D. Power’s #1 ranked Mobile App and Website? 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
• Big data
• Native mobile applications
• Backend services
• Full stack web applications
• UX/UI focused development
You’ll work across their software products, such as:
• Spring Cloud and Webflux for reactive Java services
• Node.js driving React web applications
• Various microservice architectures
How will you make an impact in this role?
• Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predict future challenges.
• Develop applications 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 Master’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
Note: The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, your pay will be determined based on your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required. The company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
American Express is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made 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.
Amex Flex: American Express offers Amex Flex, an enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring they preserve the important aspects of their 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.
