American Express Software Developer reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(468 total reviews)
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Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated American Express with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 468 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. American Express is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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468 reviews
4.0
Jan 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice culture. Not huge perks but comfortable

Cons

Company and culture little bit lacking in perks

2.0
Jan 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, lenient schedule , pto days

Cons

- tech stack (very very boring) - speed of development (lots of red tape, harping in PR reviews) - lots of micromanagement, like let us cook ffs - tech is trash. Like no scale or latency or interesting problems to worry about

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