American Express

American Express runs a UK Technology Apprenticeship Programme, an 18-month placement starting each September that functions as a non-degree entry route into its engineering teams. Eligibility requires GCSE Maths and English at grade 5 or above and some prior coding experience, but explicitly excludes candidates who have already studied computer science to Java Level 4 or above. The eligibility cap makes this a genuine alternative to a computer science degree rather than a supplement to one: a school leaver choosing it trades the shorter, better-known university-then-internship route for an 18-month paid placement, and forecloses arriving with advanced coding coursework already completed.

American Express holds the No. 4 spot on Fortune's 2026 "100 Best Companies to Work For" list, behind only Synchrony, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, and Cisco Systems. The ranking is built from a survey of the company's own workforce rather than the employer's self-description, so it functions as an outside check on the picture a careers page presents. For a candidate weighing several offers in the same season, a placement this high is one concrete data point to set against role, pay, and location rather than take on its own.

Yes. American Express has 119 student and graduate roles open right now, in summer internships, off-cycle internships, graduate jobs and apprenticeships.

American Express opened its summer internships on 25 Jun 2026, its off-cycle internships on 13 Jul 2026, its graduate jobs on 5 Jun 2026, its industrial placements on 25 Jun 2026 and its apprenticeships on 1 Sept 2026. Dates are when the firm posted each programme, or when we first saw it on the firm's careers site.

American Express has student and graduate roles open in New York, London, Madrid, Tokyo, Toronto, Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney, and 4 more cities.

Applications to American Express go through the firm's own careers site, one application per posting, each expecting a CV and cover letter written for that role.