American Express
Senior Software Engineer I
Phoenix, AZ +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
Palo Alto, CA - Experience
- 7+ years in infrastructure engineering and 7+ years of hands-on multi-cloud infrastructure experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required; the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
About the job
Designs and automates secure, reusable infrastructure and networking across multiple cloud platforms, including infrastructure that supports AI and agentic workloads.
What you'll do
- Build reusable IaC modules and standardized multi-cloud patterns, and automate infrastructure through CI/CD and policy-as-code.
- Implement network, security, identity, and API controls, including secure connectivity for Kubernetes and containerized workloads.
- Enable self-service infrastructure and secure connectivity, identity, and API/tool access for AI and agentic workloads.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with IaC using Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar frameworks.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience designing and automating infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, and/or Azure.
- Strong expertise in cloud networking, network security, API infrastructure, Kubernetes connectivity, IAM, and cloud security architecture.
- Experience building reusable Terraform modules, CI/CD integrations, automated testing, and infrastructure governance.
Nice to have
- Experience with API management platforms such as Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, or Kong.
- Relevant cloud or Terraform certifications, such as HashiCorp Terraform Associate or listed GCP, AWS, and Azure certifications.
Pay
$123000 - $215250 annually (base salary)
Tools
Terraform, OpenTofu, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Apigee, OPA
AI focus
Enables AI and agentic workloads through secure agent-to-API/tool connectivity, identity and authorization, controlled network access, API gateway integration, secrets handling, and infrastructure automation.
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