American Express Off Campus Drive 2026 : Software Engineer 1 – Freshers

 American Express, a name synonymous with trust, innovation, and customer service, is opening its doors for talented individuals through its Off Campus Drive 2026 hiring freshers early careers grad for Software Engineer 1 role..

American Express Off Campus Drive 2026

Job Description ::

• Develop, test, debug, and maintain software applications and services under the guidance of senior engineers. 
• Participate in user story analysis, sprint planning, and design discussions to understand business and technical requirements. 
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following established engineering standards and best practices. 
• Assist in developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and application components using modern development frameworks and tools. 
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, and defect resolution to ensure high-quality software delivery. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, QA, and Engineering, to deliver features and enhancements in an Agile environment. 
• Support the automation of testing, deployment, and operational processes to improve development efficiency. 
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues under the guidance of senior team members. 
• Learn and adopt new technologies, development frameworks, and engineering best practices to continuously improve technical skills. 
• Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing, and team collaboration to support ongoing development activities.

Qualifications

Functional Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to understand and interpret business and technical requirements. 
• Basic understanding of Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle (SDLC). 
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts and software design principles. 
• Hands-on experience in software development, unit testing, and debugging through academic projects, internships, or professional experience. 
• Familiarity with application configuration, deployment, and version control tools (e.g., Git). 
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and distributed application concepts. 
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to changing business and technical requirements. 
• Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills. 
• Exposure to cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure). 
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices. 
• Basic knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases. 
• Experience working on academic, internship, or personal software development projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree is preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree is preferred.
• 0.5+ years of software development experience 
• Basic knowledge of cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, or Azure, with exposure to services such as Google Cloud Storage and BigQuery. 
• Familiarity with Big Data technologies such as Spark, Scala, Hive, or SQL 
• Basic understanding of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) concepts, data modeling, and data processing techniques. 
• Exposure to relational and/or NoSQL databases and SQL programming. 
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). 
• Basic understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) concepts and tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, or similar technologies. 
• Working knowledge of version control systems (Git) and build automation tools. 
• Basic understanding of web technologies (HTTP, REST APIs) and familiarity with Linux/Unix environments. 
• Strong understanding of programming fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming concepts. 

How to Apply

The interested and eligible candidates can apply for the hiring on the following application link.