American Express

Data Engineer I (PySpark, Hadoop, GCP, SQL)

Posted On

May 9, 2025

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

July 6, 2025

Job Description

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?

Build NextGen Data Strategy, Data Virtualization, Data Lakes Warehousing
Transform and improve performance of existing reporting & analytics use cases with more efficient and state of the art data engineering solutions.
Analytics Development to realize advanced analytics vision and strategy in a scalable, iterative manner.
Deliver software that provides superior user experiences, linking customer needs and business drivers together through innovative product engineering.
Cultivate an environment of Engineering excellence and continuous improvement, leading changes that drive efficiencies into existing Engineering and delivery processes.
Own accountability for all quality aspects and metrics of product portfolio, including system performance, platform availability, operational efficiency, risk management, information security, data management and cost effectiveness.
Work with key stakeholders to drive Software solutions that align to strategic roadmaps, prioritized initiatives and strategic Technology directions.
Work with peers, staff engineers and staff architects to assimilate new technology and delivery methods into scalable software solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; Advanced Degree preferred.
5+ years of hands-on experience in implementing large data-warehousing projects, strong knowledge of latest NextGen BI & Data Strategy & BI Tools
Proven experience in Business Intelligence, Reporting on large datasets, Data Virtualization Tools, Big Data, GCP, JAVA, Microservices
Strong systems integration architecture skills and a high degree of technical expertise, ranging across a number of technologies with a proven track record of turning new technologies into business solutions.
Should be good in one programming language python/Java.
Should have good understanding of data structures.
GCP /cloud knowledge has added advantage.
PowerBI, Tableau and looker good knowledge and understanding.
Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.
Experience managing in a fast paced, complex, and dynamic global environment.
Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; Advanced Degree preferred.
5+ years of hands-on experience in implementing large data-warehousing projects, strong knowledge of latest NextGen BI & Data Strategy & BI Tools
Proven experience in Business Intelligence, Reporting on large datasets, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE), Tableau, MicroStrategy, Data Virtualization Tools, Oracle PL/SQL, Informatica, Other ETL Tools like Talend, Java
Should be good in one programming language python/Java.
Should be good data structures and reasoning.
GCP knowledge has added advantage or cloud knowledge.
PowerBI, Tableau and looker good knowledge and understanding.
Strong systems integration architecture skills and a high degree of technical expertise, ranging across several technologies with a proven track record of turning new technologies into business solutions.
Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.

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.

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