$110k - $190k/year Senior Data Engineer At American Express

American Express is looking for a talented Senior Data Engineer! We're looking for someone to start immediately in this Remote role. Key to this role is your expertise in Cassandra exposure. An opportunity in the Financial Transaction Processing field awaits. A salary of $110k - $190k per Year is offered.

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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.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

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.  American Express 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.

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Reviews data requirements / data stories and corresponding data sources and data architecture 
• Documents data requirements / data stories and maintains data models to ensure flawless integration into existing data architectures 
• Supports management of data assets as per the enterprise standards, guidelines and policies 
• Reviews and understands the processing requirements inclusive of data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements 
• Assists in building and improving the database design and infrastructure required to support the Business portfolio 
• Assists in performing database design review and supports database testing 
• Provides production environment support for database systems and processes 
• Communicates and works closely with business and product teams to support changes and implementation 
• Function as an active member if an agile team through consistent development practices (tools, components, and documentation) 
• Finds opportunities to adopt innovative technologies 
• Takes part in reviews of own work or with colleagues 
• Work on prioritized/assigned features for ongoing sprints  

Range of Impact/Influence:

• Accountable for team completing work you’re leading and work you are doing as agreed upon
• Accountable to team for delivery of quality work

Do you see data or a better way to improve business and lives?   Today, there’s a business advantage hiding in plain sight, and you’ll find it in data. Our Data Engineers know how to use the latest technology to design, evaluate, debug and manage the data that leads to better decisions, a stronger company, and higher customer satisfaction. So if you’re not intimidated by the data explosion, engineer your career here.   More than the data on what you’ll be doing.   There’s no end to the data that’s created every day and the opportunities you find here. But these are just some of your responsibilities: - Document data requirements/data stories and maintain data models - Support the management of data assets according to enterprise standards, guidelines and policies - Help build and enhance the database design that supports our business portfolio - Work collaboratively with business and product teams - Identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies 

Minimum Qualifications

• Education & Experience:
  • Minimum 5 years of software development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as: 
    • Understanding of Agile or other rapid application development methods 
    • Exposure to design and development on Cassandra
    • Exposure data model design.
    • Configuring and building Database clusters 
    • Comfortable in tunning Cassandra JVM and it’s parameters.
    • Understanding query read & write path.
    • Understanding and experience of usage of different compactions strategies. 
    • Experience on adding database nodes, rack & Datacenters.
    • Expert on usage of nodetool, dsbulk, nosqlbench, sstableloader, sstableupdate utility.
    • Expert on Linux os 
    • Expert in usage DSE Opscenter or any other tool that can monitor database cluster. 
    • Knowledge on usage of Ansible scripts 
    • Experience in writing ELF or Splunk queries and can build dashboards to monitor logs 
    • Understanding to newer app frameworks and their interactions with Databases
    • DSE driver configuration 
    • Good understanding and technical knowledge of DBMS products and ecosystem – e.g. storage formats, access algorithms, data management processes, administration, data maintenance, replication, high availability, encryption, etc.” 
    • General knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational & non-relational databases 
    • Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred
• High Performance Behaviors:
  • Recognizes opportunities to adopt innovative technologies to enable business capabilities
  • Able to challenge the status quo and drive innovation by generating creative ideas and solutions
  • Keeps up-to-date on current research and technology in the industry
  • Understands technical aspects of the job and uses appropriate technology for the situation at hand
  • Tries innovative approaches when problem solving, seeking ideas, or suggestions from others as appropriate
  • Carries out systematic and rational analysis to identify the root cause of problems
  • Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives
  • Is clear when explaining ideas and concepts to others, communication is structured and easy to understand
  • Leads multiple tasks optimally - progresses work in parallel
  • Adapts to change quickly and easily
  • Handles problems and acts on own initiative without being prompted
  • Knows when to raise decisions and when to make on-the-spot decisions 
• Knowledge/Skills:
  • Able to understand and use data structures and associated components 
  • Basic understanding of Metadata Management and Database Management   
  • Able to understand and document business data requirements in complete, accurate, extensible and flexible logical data models using data modeling tools – ErStudio, ErWin  
  • Creates basic data models using the relevant tools and frameworks  
  • Basic understanding of XML and schema development/reuse, database concepts, database designs, Open Source, big data technology and NoSQL will be an added advantage 
  • Application of industry recognized methods, processes and standards 
  • Has understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analyzing,  designing, building, testing, configuring and maintaining of assigned application(s) 
  • Able to participate in assigned team’s software delivery methodology (Agile, Scrum, Agile XP, Test-Driven Development, Waterfall, etc.)  in support of data management and database development 
  • Familiar with infrastructure technologies and components like servers, jvms, databases, and networking concepts  
• Technology Skills You'll Use Every Day:
  • Adaptive Communication
  • Agile Practices
  • Industry and Company Knowledge
  • Organizational Change
  • Technical Acuity
  • Technology Industry Trends
• Game Changers:
  • Adaptability
  • Collaboration & Partnership
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Courage
  • Curiosity
  • Resourcefulness
  • Servant Leadership
  • Tenacity
• Role/Strengths You’ll Need:
  • Technical
    • Database Design
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Performance and Tuning
    • System/Platform Domain Knowledge
  • Functional
    • Data Analysis
    • Data Management
    • Database Administration
  • Leadership
    • Analytical Thinking
    • Consultancy
    • Decision-Making
  • Business
    • Problem Solving

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

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 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 
• Flexible working model with hybrid 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.

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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