Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, 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.

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. seeks Senior Data Engineers to work with product teams to understand business data requirements, identify data needs and data sources to create data architecture, and support changes and implementation. Document data requirements and data stories, and maintain data models to ensure seamless integration into existing data architectures. Create and maintain information about stored data and understand database requirements and translate those requirements into physical database design. Build and enhance database design and infrastructure that supports the business portfolio. Perform database design review, support database testing, and provide production environment support for database systems and processes. Design database features for ongoing sprints and monitor database requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues.

Position requires a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related STEM field, and 2 years of big data engineering experience. Experience must include 2 years of experience with each of the following: designing and building large-scale distributed data applications using Apache Spark; developing databases and schemas on Cassandra, including data modeling for high-throughput and low-latency use cases; implementing distributed storage and retrieval using HDFS; orchestrating and scheduling workflows using Oozie; automating deployments and managing configurations using Ansible; tuning the performance of Spark jobs, Cassandra queries, and SQL workloads; conducting code reviews and managing source control using GitHub; applying Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, iterative development, and continuous delivery; using containerization and CI/CD tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins; applying data modeling and governance practices; developing and optimizing SQL; using Splunk for log management; applying the Spock Framework for unit testing; working with data streaming platforms, including Apache Kafka; monitoring Spark applications and infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana; and writing shell scripts for test automation. Telecommuting is available up to 2 days per week.

Job Location: Phoenix, AZ

Qualifications

Salary Range: $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 annually

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

• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

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

• 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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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

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Job: Technologies

Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 26001982