Role Overview
American Express is seeking a Software Engineer III (NICE Actimize SAM) to join the Financial Crime and Risk Management (FCRM) engineering team within Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) in a hybrid model at DLF Downtown, Taramani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. In this specialized financial crime technology role, you will design, develop, configure, and optimize NICE Actimize Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) solutions, detection scenarios, and high-throughput data pipelines supporting global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and regulatory compliance initiatives.
Core Responsibilities
- Actimize SAM Solution Development: Design, develop, configure, test, and deploy NICE Actimize SAM solutions, detection scenarios, monitoring rules, and threshold configurations to fulfill AML compliance mandates.
- Data Ingestion & Pipeline Engineering: Build and maintain ETL data ingestion, transformation, and validation pipelines integrating Actimize Intelligence Server (AIS) with enterprise databases and downstream systems.
- Database & Performance Optimization: Write complex SQL queries and stored procedures, perform query tuning, and troubleshoot batch processing, data quality, and scenario execution issues.
- Platform Modernization & Automation: Support Actimize SAM platform upgrades and drive automation across deployment pipelines, automated testing, and operational monitoring.
- Cross-Functional Agile Collaboration: Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Architecture teams within an Agile squad to translate regulatory requirements into scalable, well-documented technical solutions.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Educational Background: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
- Professional Experience: 4+ years of software engineering or enterprise application development experience, including hands-on NICE Actimize SAM implementation, customization, and production support.
- Actimize & AML Expertise: Working knowledge of Actimize Intelligence Server (AIS), SAM application architecture, detection scenarios, and AML transaction monitoring workflows.
- Database, ETL & Programming: Strong SQL skills across Oracle, MS SQL Server, or PostgreSQL; proven experience with ETL/data integration; and coding proficiency in Java or Python.
- Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with BSA/AML, KYC, CDD, and SAR compliance frameworks, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), CI/CD pipelines, enterprise APIs, and AI/ML-enabled AML modernization.
- Work Schedule: Full-time hybrid role based in Chennai (Day shift).
About American Express
American Express is a globally integrated payments company backed by a 175-year history of innovation, trust, and world-class customer service. At Team Amex, technologists build resilient, high-scale financial and risk management platforms while enjoying comprehensive holistic well-being benefits, flexible hybrid work arrangements, and continuous career growth opportunities.