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American Express

Senior Data Engineer

American Express, New York, New York, us, 10261


Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship 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 skill fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

Let’s share success.

Global Infrastructure Product Services aims to establish and reinforce a culture of effective metrics, data-driven business processes, architecture simplification, and cost transparency.

A successful data engineer knows that delivering on that promise takes foresight, planning and agility. We are seeking engineers who are not only technically adept, but also understand the importance of harnessing the power of data to streamline financial operations, enhance decision-making and improve business outcomes.

Let’s build on what you know.

If you are a pioneer in building data pipelines and data-based storytelling, you'll find a fit within our Global Infrastructure Business Intelligence team, responsible for transforming platform data into actionable insights by utilizing data engineering and data visualization best practices.

Here’s just some of what you’ll do:

Create and maintain robust data pipelines to ingest data from a wide variety of structured and unstructured data sources

Design and build a database architecture to support data visualization, data science, and machine learning workloads

Generate insightful data visualizations and reports to help product teams understand how data can enhance their decision making process

Implement automated data quality frameworks to ensure the accuracy and reliability of our incoming data sources

Work closely with stakeholders across Technology, Finance and business unit portfolio leaders to define data and analytics requirements and incorporate cost drivers, allocation methods, and infrastructure nuances

Function as an active member of an agile team through consistent development practices (tools, components, and documentation)

Find opportunities to adopt innovative technologies

Take part in peer code reviews and help mentor and develop members of the team

Communicate and work reciprocally with business and product teams to support changes and implementation

Are you up for the challenge? Here’s what you should have:

5 years of experience writing accurate and effective code in SQL and Python

Deep knowledge of data warehousing design and data modeling concepts

Experience building scalable data pipelines working with high volumes of both structured and unstructured data

Demonstrated experience in data visualization and storytelling using PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker, or similar

Experience working with modern data storage, processing, and orchestration technologies

Proficiency with KPI and metric design

Thorough understanding of enterprise infrastructure technologies such as Compute, Storage, Network, Mainframe to inform model development and adjustments

Strong analytical, problem-solving and project management skills, coupled with a continuous improvement mindset

Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex data issues in simple terms to a diverse audience

A self-starter mindset, and the ability to thrive in ambiguous environments where the problems are not well-defined and work with stakeholders to find areas of opportunity

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline

Qualifications

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually bonus benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job:

Technologies

Primary Location:

US-New York-New York

Schedule

Full-time

Req ID:

24021269