American Express
AI Engineer III
Sunrise, FL · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Visa sponsorship
- American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions, depending on factors including business unit requirements, position nature, cost, and applicable laws.
About the job
Build and operate production LLM-powered and agentic AI features and infrastructure for financial data and customer-facing applications.
What you'll do
- Develop agentic workflows and RAG pipelines, contributing to shared AI infrastructure and evaluation tools.
- Monitor, debug, and improve production AI systems for reliability and performance.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to turn customer needs into technical solutions.
What they ask for
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience building or contributing to AI-powered features, LLM applications, or applied ML systems (professional or project-based).
- Solid fundamentals in a backend language (Python, Go, or TypeScript), plus familiarity with APIs and basic cloud concepts.
- Bachelor’s degree; interest in agentic AI and AI-assisted development workflows.
Nice to have
- Exposure to LLM tooling, prompt engineering, RAG, or agent frameworks.
- Experience in fintech or other regulated environments; AI or developer-tooling projects are also noted.
Pay
$103750 - $174750 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, TypeScript, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, REST, gRPC
AI focus
Develop production agentic AI systems, LLM-powered features, and RAG pipelines; contribute to orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI-assisted development.
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