Is American Express a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at American Express have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 468 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of American Express employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at American Express now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at American Express .

Does American Express pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at American Express with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 468 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 13.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at American Express.

What are the top reviewed jobs at American Express?

Analyst (565) , Manager (541) , Software Engineer (504) , Director (491) , Business Analyst (438) , Customer Care Professional (437) , Customer Service Representative (415) , Senior Manager (390) , Senior Analyst (293) , Travel Consultant (288) , Assistant Manager (221) , Project Manager (219) , Team Leader (189) , Product Manager (180) , Financial Analyst (155)

What are the pros of working at American Express according to real employee reviews?

"There are always people and teams you can get along with and have a good work/life balance." ((in 2636 reviews)); "Employees have autonomy to achieve in a results driven culture and great flexibility provided to staff in my area;" ((in 1600 reviews)); "Amex offers great benefits as well and you can tell they care about their employees." ((in 1591 reviews)); "Most of the people are great; I built great friendships with a lot of the people there." ((in 1003 reviews)); "Good pay and very free" ((in 758 reviews))

What are the cons of working at American Express according to real employee reviews?

"Base salary was low but once commission kicked in it was well worth the wait." ((in 480 reviews)); "Poor management team leads will overlook blatant collection law violations to achieve their teams numbers even to the point of lying to their card members" ((in 438 reviews)); "So if your team manager is good then you are good and if you get a bad manager then life is hell." ((in 216 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities and learning" ((in 120 reviews)); "too much office politics leads to too many incompetent employees that bypass company policies." ((in 93 reviews))

American Express Software Developer reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(468 total reviews)

Stephen J Squeri

89% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

468 reviews

4.0

Sep 29, 2024

Good Company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice work environment Good Growth Nice learning opportunities

Cons

Growth limitation Less salary No on-site opportunities

1.0

Sep 17, 2024

AMEX More like AMESS

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- You get a lot of free time while waiting on the approval from higher-ups, it typically takes 4-5 days for a response from a C-Suite or VP. - You don't need to keep up with the Isreal v. Palestine conflict because if anything negative happens to Israel, Mr. Squeri will send out a company-wide email condemning the actions against them or if like Henry Kissinger or a past AMEX C-Suite dies. - If you're a Staff Engineer or Director you can dip for two months & make the lower-level engineers deal with the summer intern.

Cons

- Multiple years worked here & he has yet to acknowledge anyone but the C-Suite's hard work. - Directors & Staff Engineers who have been at the company for 10+ years just coast. Routinely miss meetings, and lack the fundamental knowledge about the applications they've been managing. - Staff Engineers dip during summer for 40+ day vacations, perfectly timed with when summer interns show up so they don't have to deal with them. - 99% of your interactions as an engineer are with individuals in India who are sleep-deprived from working 7pm-7am as they're 12 hours ahead and yet, the CEO still pushes for a return to office. - Red tape around AI is a mess and should be reviewed/updated. It shouldn't take 2 months and 3 separate intake processes to run a single line of code that uses AI/ML. - Poor documentation on key processes like decommissioning an application or RFCs. 50/50 chance the Slack help chat person gaslights you or tells you you're in the wrong channel. - Very caste-like in that Staff Engineers consistently hand down their work to lower-level engineers & then take all the credit.

4.0

Sep 10, 2024

Great culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome please, great culture, employees friendly, more than 100% variable pay

Cons

Low pay at lower level and low increment

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