Data Engineer I

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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.

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American Express is looking for a Data Engineer, you will play a role as a versatile database engineer with a strong background and practical experience with architecting, designing, and developing enterprise-grade database solutions for application developers utilizing Agile and DevOps methodology. Also, you will have opportunity to implement database infrastructure automation across the full spectrum of database development lifecycle at American Express, thereby driving agility, improved quality, and efficiencies in database software development and operations across the enterprise.

Responsibilities Include:
·     Architect and lead database development efforts, in close collaboration with application developers and database and platform engineering and support teams.
·     Architect and lead database automation/DevOps efforts across multiple operational DBMS platforms, including relational and NoSQL, to drive agile software development.
·     Develop tools that automate database processes, such as database provisioning enabling database engineers and developers to do more self service
·     Deliver efficient database solutions to meet customer needs, high performance, and availability.
·     Find opportunities to adopt innovative technologies.

Desired Qualifications:
·     Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
·     5+ years of database development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience.
·     Hands-on experience with design and development across one or more database management systems, such as Postgres, Oracle, Couchbase, Cassandra, Mongo
·     Hands-on experience handling operational tasks of NoSqL Databases such as Couchbase, Cassandra, Mongo database upgrade/downgrade, capacity expansion, backup and recovery, performance tuning or any Open Source Technologies like Postgres , MySQL
·     Good to have experience on Automation experience using Ansible for Infrastructure use cases like Upgrade , Patching ,etc
·     Practical experience with Data Architecture, translate business data requirements into data models (Conceptual, logical, physical) and using data modeling tools.
·     Experience in coordinating with multiple development, infrastructure, framework, and production support teams.
·     Experience in one of the public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure preferred.
·     Experience with distributed/multi-tier systems and application development, including software development experience in languages such as Shell, Python, Go, Java; experience with implementing web APIs; front-end development experience in React or Angular.
·     Experience with Agile development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery, including working knowledge of various tools in the CI/CD pipeline.
·     Experience developing tools for database automation preferred.

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 
• 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.