Campus - Internship Programme - Undergraduate Software Engineer

Job Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

At American Express, we empower future technologists to learn, innovate, and make an impact from day one. As a Software Engineer Intern, you’ll join a 10‑week Summer Internship Program and contribute to real‑world technology projects that support seamless customer and colleague experiences. You’ll build software, collaborate with Agile teams, and learn how products are designed, developed, tested, and delivered in a global enterprise environment.

These skills will give you the tools to accelerate in your studies and future career!

Enterprise Technology Services teams build and operate technology that helps American Express deliver trusted, secure, and customer first products and services. Interns may be aligned to scrum teams across backend engineering, frontend engineering, cloud engineering, mobile, AI/machine learning, data oriented engineering, or full‑stack product development. The role family is Software Engineering which means designing, coding, testing, and improving applications and services that help customers, colleagues, and partners get work done reliably and securely.

• Discover and apply new technologies to solve real‑world business challenges.
• Contribute to an Agile scrum team by developing, testing, and improving software applications.
• Write clean, maintainable code; participate in code reviews; and create unit tests with coaching from experienced engineers.
• Explore and experiment with emerging AI‑powered developer tools, automation capabilities, and machine learning concepts while learning how to build software responsibly, securely, and at enterprise scale.
• Partner with Product Managers, Senior Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Architects to understand requirements, prioritize features, and deliver value.
• Build confidence working across different parts of the technology stack, such as APIs, services, microservices, user interfaces, mobile experiences, cloud platforms, or data‑driven solutions.
• Participate in social events, community service opportunities, learning sessions, and collaborative initiatives with fellow interns.

• How software is built and delivered “the Amex Way,” including structured onboarding, developer bootcamp concepts, code quality, testing, and secure engineering practices.
• How Product, Engineering, Quality, Security, and business partners collaborate from idea to production.
• How to translate customer or business needs into technical solutions while balancing quality, resilience, usability, and risk.
• How to communicate progress, ask effective questions, and share technical work with both technical and non-technical partners.
• How to grow your career through mentorship, feedback, community, and continuous learning.