Engineer II- Big Data

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.

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 versatile 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 relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.  Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

Qualifications:

• Support the Compliance and Operations Risk data delivery team in India to lead and assist in the design and actual development of applications.
• Responsible for specific functional areas within the team, this involves project management and taking business specifications.
• The individual should be able to independently run projects/tasks delegated to them.
• Develop and maintain project related documentation,
• Provide system support and user support/training/communication for implemented applications.

Technical Skills:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent OR Masters in Computer Applications or equivalent
• 2 to 5 years of experience is required
• Expert on Big Data (Spark Core and Hive is must)
• Well versed with GCP offerings, hands on experience with building data pipelines on GCP
• Expert on Hadoop Architecture having knowledge on Hadoop, Map Reduce, Hbase.
• Experience in UNIX shell scripting is good to have
• Provides advanced knowledge of technology and functional principles.
• Effectively uses general knowledge of the relationships that exist between all relevant functional groups within American Express.
• Should have experience in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of system applications
• Ability to develop and document functional specifications and analyze software and system processing flows.
• Creative problem solving (Innovative)
• Excellent technological and analytical proficiency
• Self-starter with a curiosity and appetite for new technology,
• Collaboration & ability to multi-task
• Willingness to understand the business and participate in discussions around project requirements

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.