Senior Software Engineer (Big Data)

Accertify is the trusted partner to the world’s leading eCommerce brands. With industry-leading fraud prevention and digital identity offerings, we help our clients grow revenue and protect against loss. When you join Accertify, you become part of the digital solution to enable legitimate eCommerce, delivering peace of mind to merchants and their customers across the globe. #TeamAccertify provides a solution merchants trust and a career you can trust. 

Accertify is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express--which means our team has access to the amazing perks and benefits offered by our parent company. We are proud to be #TeamAmex and #TeamAccertify.

Accertify is growing, and we are looking to add a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on Big Data to our global fraud-fighting team.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This individual will use their software development background and strong analytical skills to help build and enhance Accertify’s industry-leading tools with a focus on interacting with our large datasets. This individual’s day-to-day work will involve using Java, Python, SQL, Big Data, Linux, git, and gradle to design and build software solutions that are fast, scalable, and flexible. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with business representatives, Lead Developers, and the Director of Software Development to design, build and test new products and features
• Use the IDE of your choice to write code in Java
• Work independently or on small team projects
• Participate in requirement gathering and design sessions
• Participate in peer code reviews
• Troubleshoot and optimize code for usability, performance, and scalability

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science-Preferred
• Advanced and demonstrable analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
• Professional programming experience in an enterprise setting
• High-volume transactional environment experience
• 4+ years of software development experience as a Java developer
• 2+ years of software development experience as a Python developer-Preferred
• A solid understanding of "how things work" in the world of computers, the Internet, databases, and the Java programming language
• Familiarity with basic programming constructs (conditionals, loops, data structures)
• Strong Relational database skills (SQL, JDBC - Oracle, and PostgreSQL preferred)

Desired Skills:

• SQL databases such as MapR DB, HBase, Cassandra
• Big Data Components/Frameworks such as Hadoop (MapR), Spark, Yarn, Kafka, Flink, ELK, etc.
• Big Data querying tools such as Drill, Presto, Hive, Ojai, etc.

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

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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.

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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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