Senior Data / Java Engineer

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American Express is embarking on an exciting transformation driven by an energetic new team of high performers. This group is nimble and creative with the power to shape our technology and product roadmap. If you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative payment products and services at a rapid pace, serving our customers seamlessly across physical, digital, mobile, and social media, join our transformation team! You will be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world-class cardmember experiences. We are looking for an innovative, experienced, and talented engineering manager who will work closely with business unit and development team to develop new system capabilities as defined within the technical/ functional specifications.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for designing Data Engineering solutions on bigdata ecosystem, developing custom applications, and modifying existing applications to meet distinct and changing business requirements. Hands on coding, debugging, and documentation, as well as working closely with SRE team. Provide post implementation and ongoing support.

Develop and design software applications, translating user needs into system architecture. Assess and validate application performance and integration of component systems and provide process flow diagrams. Test the engineering resilience of software and automation tools.

You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers. Software Engineers who join our Loyalty Technology team will be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing a new, nimble, and modern loyalty platform which will support the key element of connecting with our customers where they are and how they choose to interact with American Express.

Be part of an enthusiastic, high performing technology team developing solutions to drive engagement and loyalty within our existing cardmember base and attract new customers to the Amex brand.

The position will also play a critical role partnering with other development teams, testing and quality, and production support, to meet implementation dates and allow smooth transition throughout the development life cycle.

The successful candidate will be focused on building and executing against a strategy and roadmap focused on moving from monolithic, tightly coupled, batch-based legacy platforms to a loosely coupled, event-driven, microservices-based architecture to meet our long-term business goals.

Minimum Qualifications:
Master's in computer applications or equivalent OR bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science or equivalent.
Deep understanding of Hadoop and Spark Architecture and its working principle. 

Deep understanding of Data warehousing concepts.
Ability to design and develop optimized Data pipelines for batch and real time data processing.
5+ years of software development experience.
5+ years' experience on Python or JavaHands-on experience on writing and understanding complex SQL (Hive/PySpark-data frames), optimizing joins while processing huge amount of data.
3+ years of hands-on experience of working with Map-Reduce, Hive, Spark (core, SQLand PySpark).
Hands on Experience on Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, DataProc, Cloud Composer)
3+ years of experience in UNIX shell scripting
Should have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementationof system applications.
Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners. 

Additional Good to have requirements:

Understanding of Distributed eco system.
Experience in designing and building solutions using Kafka streams or queues.
Experience with NoSQL i.e., HBase, Cassandra, Couchbase or MongoDB
Experience with Data Visualization tools like Tableau, SiSense, Looker
Ability to learn and apply new programming concepts.
Knowledge of Financial reporting ecosystem will be a plus.
Experience in leading teams of engineers and scrum teams.

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 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 ourColleague Benefits Site.
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