After American Express
- 4%Founded something3
- 10%Joined a startup8
- 24%Joined a big company19
- 62%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave American Express most often go to Amazon. 4% found something next. 10% go small. Median stay 1y 10m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not American Express's headcount: 102 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 93 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 1020.4% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2222% of the people here
- Moved on
- 8078% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 10mmiddle half 1y to 3y 2m
Put American Express side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Meta. Most leave for Amazon (15% of recorded departures).
3 of 80 recorded arrivals shown, 77 more from 76 other companies13 of 84 recorded departures shown, 71 more to 70 other companies
How long people stay
19%<1y
32%1-2y
30%2-4y
13%4-7y
5%7y+
77 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
1112
1013
5414
4215
3416
3417
11318
221919
15820
182021
81122
8123
6524
4725
1126
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 110 joined, 90 left.
Caliber
77mediantop 10%84
0Eng Scorer caliber, 102 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer Intern25
- Software Engineer21
- Senior Software Engineer8
- Software Engineer II8
- Senior Engineering Manager7
- Software Engineer III4
- Engineering Director3
- Engineering Manager3
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 20% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 3%Exceptional3 people
- 4%Strong4 people
- 28%Solid28 people
- 59%Emerging59 people
- 6%Unproven6 people
100 of the 102 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 7 of the 100 people here with a read sit in them, 7%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
35%Titles that rose28 of 80 classified people
- 35%Rose28 people
- 57%Stayed level46 people
- 8%Fell6 people
80 of the 102 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first; for someone who recorded one title here and then left, it is measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 80 of the 102 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley9.3%
- Arizona State5.2%
- Cornell5.2%
- NYU5.2%
- Georgia Tech4.1%
- Rutgers4.1%
- Stanford4.1%
- UC San Diego4.1%
The 8 most listed schools among the 97 people here with a school on file.
Of the 97 people here with a school on file, 9 list UC Berkeley, 5 list Arizona State and 5 list Cornell. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
20%have a public GitHub account on their profile
20 of the 100 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.
Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.
Where they are now
55% of the people who have worked at American Express and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
American Express
Everyone on the map
- 55%New York55 · map 33%
- 36%SF Bay Area36 · map 47%
- 5%Los Angeles5 · map 6%
- 4%Washington DC4 · map 7%
100 of the 102 people who worked at American Express list a location, and every share here is over those 100.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at American Express: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside American Express, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 102 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at American Express: 22 are there now and 80 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after American Express is Amazon (13 people, 15% of recorded departures).
- The most common previous employer before American Express is Meta (3 people).
- The median tenure at American Express is 1y 10m (middle half 1y to 3y 2m).
- Of those who moved on from American Express, 4% went on to a founder title, 10% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 24% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at American Express is 77 on the 0 to 99 scale (102 scored).
- The most common title held at American Express is Software Engineer Intern, then Software Engineer.
- Of the 97 people here with a school on file, 9 list UC Berkeley (9.3%), then Arizona State (5). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 55% of the 100 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 20% of the 100 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
- Of the 80 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 28 rose, 46 stayed level and 6 fell.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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