Engineer - Data Management / Big Data

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.

Business Overview:

International Card Services (ICS) is the leading provider of Credit Cards, Business Financing, T&E Solutions, Supplier Payments, and Cross-Border Payments that help consumer, small, mid-size, and large corporations around the world manage nearly every facet of their business spending. International Card Services Centre of Excellence (ICS COE) is the newly established function within ICS with the mission to unlock growth and enable ICS to become the fastest growing segment within American Express.

ASI (Analytics & Strategic Insights) Marketing Analytics team sits within ICS COE and is the analytical engine that enables business growth across international markets. This is an outstanding opportunity in a high visibility role to develop data capabilities for commercial sales prospecting for lead markets in ICS. The incumbent would lead a team of high performing developers primarily based out of India.

Job Responsibilities:

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2. Design, development & maintenance of prospect database for our lead markets in ICS
3. Discover and analyze the technical architecture for new and existing solutions on an ongoing basis
4. Partner with business, analytics, and machine learning teams to enhance the prospect database

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent
• 1-3 years of experience in developing solutions across a variety of platforms and technologies such as Big Data, PySpark, Hive, Scala, Java, Scripting 
• Experience in Agile Scrum methodology or the Software Delivery Life Cycle. 
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems 
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with minimal errors
• Strong ability to formulate and communicate strategies in a clear, compelling way

Technical Skills/Capabilities:

• Expertise in Big Data, Hive, SQL
• Background of programming skills – Java and Hadoop 

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.