Senior Data Architect

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.

Role Description

• Participate in the full lifecycle of complex data pipeline development - analysis, design, build, documentation, and testing.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve data discrepancies and work with partners across various multi-functional teams to implement data quality controls.
• Translate requirements and business logic into technical solutions.
• Monitor the daily, weekly, and monthly production processes that source key data, build metrics etc.
• Proactively look for opportunities to optimize data pipelines and innovate to improve the data democratization and consumption needs

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related engineering field
• 3-7 years experienced in distributed big data frameworks like Hadoop & Spark
• Candidate with understanding of cloud concepts – GCP & Bigquery will be preferred
• Shell / Python scripting experience
• Expertise in writing complex, highly-optimized queries across large data sets
• Team player and able to effectively work across multiple teams on solutions that have complex dependencies and requirements in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with Tableau or any other BI tool is a big plus.
• Detail-orientation with an ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to work with partners across time zones and markets.

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.