About the Role
As a Senior AI Engineer II – Agentic AI, you will be a core builder responsible for turning complex, ambiguous problems into production-grade agentic systems that operate on real financial data, serve real customers, and meet real regulatory requirements. You will work end to end: shaping solutions with product and design, building and shipping production code, and owning what you deliver after launch. The scope of this role spans customer-facing LLM-powered features, agentic systems that automate financial workflows, and internal AI capabilities that enable other engineers to build with AI safely and efficiently. This is not a research-only role. We are looking for engineers who are comfortable operating with autonomy, exercising sound judgment, and pushing the technical envelope within the realities of a regulated financial environment.
Responsibilities
- Shaping solutions with product and design
- Building and shipping production code
- Owning delivered solutions after launch
- Developing customer-facing LLM-powered features
- Creating agentic systems that automate financial workflows
- Building internal AI capabilities to enable other engineers
Requirements
- Comfortable operating with autonomy
- Exercising sound judgment
- Pushing the technical envelope within a regulated financial environment
Skills
- Agentic AI development
- AI systems
- LLM-powered features
- Financial workflows automation
- Web application development
- Modern scalable customer-facing web applications
Location
- Virtual
- Hybrid
- Onsite
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Virtual
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
Benefits
- 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
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
- At American Express, AI is reshaping the future of commerce and redefining the experiences our commercial customers and card members expect.
- Within Amex Technology, we are building platforms, products, and governance that enable agentic AI systems to operate responsibly and at scale across the enterprise.
- The U.S. Consumer Services and Membership Digital Experiences Technology team (USCDT) brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), marketing and advertising technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and dining technology.
- AmericanExpress.com is a critical digital channel for customers to enroll in American Express products, take advantage of the benefits of membership, stay in touch with the company and self-service through a multitude of products and applications.
- The experiences we provide through the MYCA Web application play a key differentiating role for increasing the customer satisfaction, deepening the customer engagement and grow the revenue for the company.
- Our mission is to be essential in our customers’ digital lives by providing value, convenience, and delight.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
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