American Express
Software Engineer III - Financial Crimes Technology
Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of software engineering or enterprise application development, including hands-on experience with NICE Actimize SAM.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 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
Develops, enhances, and supports NICE Actimize SAM solutions and data integrations for AML transaction monitoring and regulatory compliance.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain Actimize SAM detection scenarios, rules, workflows, and integrations.
- Develop and troubleshoot SQL, data processing pipelines, and application components; support platform upgrades and production operations.
- Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Engineering teams through design, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
What they ask for
- Hands-on NICE Actimize SAM experience in software engineering or enterprise application development.
- Practical experience developing, configuring, customizing, testing, or supporting Actimize SAM, including detection scenarios and transaction-processing workflows.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases and data integration or ETL.
- Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Java or Python.
Nice to have
- Experience with AML transaction monitoring in financial services and knowledge of AML regulations such as BSA/AML, KYC, CDD, and SAR.
- Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), CI/CD, DevOps, or automated testing.
Pay
$103750 - $174750 annually (base salary)
Tools
NICE Actimize SAM, Actimize Intelligence Server (AIS), SQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Java, Python
AI focus
Contributes to the evolution of AI/ML-enabled AML transaction monitoring capabilities; the role also supports platform modernization and automation.
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