Data Engineer I (PySpark, Hadoop, GCP, SQL)

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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. 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 skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Build NextGen Data Strategy, Data Virtualization, Data Lakes Warehousing
• Transform and improve performance of existing reporting & analytics use cases with more efficient and state of the art data engineering solutions.
• Analytics Development to realize advanced analytics vision and strategy in a scalable, iterative manner.
• Deliver software that provides superior user experiences, linking customer needs and business drivers together through innovative product engineering.
• Cultivate an environment of Engineering excellence and continuous improvement, leading changes that drive efficiencies into existing Engineering and delivery processes.
• Own accountability for all quality aspects and metrics of product portfolio, including system performance, platform availability, operational efficiency, risk management, information security, data management and cost effectiveness.
• Work with key stakeholders to drive Software solutions that align to strategic roadmaps, prioritized initiatives and strategic Technology directions.
• Work with peers, staff engineers and staff architects to assimilate new technology and delivery methods into scalable software solutions.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; Advanced Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in implementing large data-warehousing projects, strong knowledge of latest NextGen BI & Data Strategy & BI Tools
• Proven experience in Business Intelligence, Reporting on large datasets, Data Virtualization Tools, Big Data, GCP, JAVA, Microservices
• Strong systems integration architecture skills and a high degree of technical expertise, ranging across a number of technologies with a proven track record of turning new technologies into business solutions.
• Should be good in one programming language python/Java.
• Should have good understanding of data structures.
• GCP /cloud knowledge has added advantage.
• PowerBI, Tableau and looker good knowledge and understanding.
• Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.
• Experience managing in a fast paced, complex, and dynamic global environment.
• Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; Advanced Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in implementing large data-warehousing projects, strong knowledge of latest NextGen BI & Data Strategy & BI Tools
• Proven experience in Business Intelligence, Reporting on large datasets, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE), Tableau, MicroStrategy, Data Virtualization Tools, Oracle PL/SQL, Informatica, Other ETL Tools like Talend, Java
• Should be good in one programming language python/Java.
• Should be good data structures and reasoning.
• GCP knowledge has added advantage or cloud knowledge.
• PowerBI, Tableau and looker good knowledge and understanding.
• Strong systems integration architecture skills and a high degree of technical expertise, ranging across several technologies with a proven track record of turning new technologies into business solutions.
• Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.
  
  

Benefits

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
  
  

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.

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