American Express · 1 month ago
Senior AI Engineer I - Agentic AI
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$123K/yr - $215K/yr
5+ years expAmerican Express is a leading financial services company that is reshaping the future of commerce through AI. The Senior AI Engineer I will be responsible for designing and building agentic AI systems that enhance customer financial management and automate workflows while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and ship LLM-powered and agentic product features that change how customers manage their finances
Build agentic AI systems that reason over context, invoke tools, take real actions, and recover gracefully from failure
Architect and implement production-grade RAG pipelines over sensitive financial data, with strict requirements for correctness, auditability, and safety
Contribute to shared AI infrastructure, including LLM services, agent orchestration frameworks, and evaluation and monitoring tooling, that scales agentic development across Amex Technology
Own the systems you build in production, including reliability, latency, cost, and failure modes
Work closely with product and design partners; engineers in this role are expected to think in terms of customer outcomes, not just technical execution
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful production experience with LLMs or applied ML systems
A track record of shipping AI-powered or agentic systems that real users depend on
Strong engineering fundamentals across backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure
Hands-on experience with modern LLM tooling and agentic patterns and architectures
Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic development workflows
Strong sense of ownership and sound technical judgment
Comfort operating with ambiguity and turning it into shipped reliable product
A strong product mindset and customer orientation
Preferred
Experience building agentic systems in fintech or other regulated industries
Experience as a founding engineer or early technical contributor in high-growth environments
Demonstrated ability to ship technically complex systems in regulated contexts that customers actively rely on
Meaningful open-source contributions, particularly in AI or developer tooling
Benefits
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities
Company
American Express
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10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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29%
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Engineering and Development
Accounting and Finance
Product Management
Management and Executive
Marketing
Sales
Customer Service and Support
Legal and Compliance
Creatives and Design
Human Resources
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (20)
2025 (136)
2024 (95)
2023 (95)
2022 (131)
2021 (111)
2020 (114)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Anré Williams
CEO, American Express National Bank (AENB) & Group President, Enterprise Services
Borden Burr
Chairman/CEO
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