Campus – Internship Programme

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and leadership behaviours, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code, ship and support software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex. 

Business Unit/Specifc Info:

American Express is on a mission to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. Rooted in this vision is the work of the Technology Risk & Information Security organization, empowering the company to deliver superior service through trust, security, and safety. Our culture is centered around passion, curiosity, and courage, enabling you to innovate and evolve a Fortune 100 company. You can help us achieve our mission! 

As a participant of our Summer Intern Program, you will spend 10 weeks working in a dynamic, hard-working Technology Risk & Information Security team! 

• Security Incident Response/Threat Intelligence 

• Act as the front line of defence at American Express protecting the brand, employees, assets and card members across the globe against threats 24/7/365 

• Minimize risk of cyber-attacks and focus on detection and response of threats  

• Infrastructure, Application, Network, Cloud, & AI/ML Security 

• Drive risk reduction through the rapid identification and remediation of vulnerabilities across the company 

• Deliver secure network solutions that enable secure operations and highly available products and services for our customers  

• Data Loss Prevention  

• Protect our customers, partners, and colleagues from the loss of sensitive information through normal business processes and/or malicious actors  

• Monitor and block sensitive data loss where legally permissible  

• Identity and Access Management/Authentication 

• Deliver centralized Enterprise Identity and Access Management products  

• Cryptography/Encryption Services 

Protect all forms of sensitive information, on all platforms, resulting in protection of the Brand and information assets, and regulatory compliance  

Preferred Qualifications:

We are looking for ambitious & talented individuals that share our company’s value to always do the right thing for our customers, to win as a diverse and inclusive team that respects each other and our differences. Successful candidates will have:  

• An element of Cyber security education 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Knowledge or awareness in information security, compliance, assurance, and/or other security standard processes and principles  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters degree program in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or other related field with a graduation year of 2027

Students must have a graduation date between June - September 2027

In order for your application to be considered, please complete the below steps:

1.   Click on ‘Apply Now’     

2.   Create a new username and password     

3.   Complete and submit your application

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions. 

Our team will review completed applications on a rolling basis. We would encourage you submit your applications early as applications may close before the deadline. The deadline for applications is 26 October 2025. We appreciate your patience while we consider your application and will be in contact with you by November 2025. If you require any assistance with the completion of this process – or need any reasonable adjustments to be made – then please contact the Campus Recruitment Team on [email protected]

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) 
• 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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.