Job DescriptionAs part of the Finance Technology Data Governance team, the Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, migrating, deploying, and supporting scalable data and reporting solutions. They will also be responsible for enabling data governance across various finance applications.
The role requires strong hands-on experience in data engineering, cloud migration, data pipeline development, CI/CD, reporting, and production support. The engineer will work closely with business, product, and technology teams to modernize existing data and reporting platforms and deliver reliable, secure, and high-quality solutions.
Responsibilities- Design, develop, test, and support scalable data pipelines and data processing solutions.
- Enable Data Governance (data lineage, data quality rule enablement and reporting, anomaly detection, establishing controls) and Reporting on data assets across Finance Applications.
- Lead and support data and application migrations from legacy platforms to cloud platforms, ensuring data integrity, reconciliation, performance, and stability. Design, develop, and support Apache Airflow DAGs/jobs for workflow orchestration and data processing.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate code builds, testing, deployments, and releases across environments.
- Manage Git/GitHub repositories, including branching, pull requests, code reviews, dependency management, and vulnerability remediation.
- Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports, including data modeling, visualization, performance optimization, and report validation.
- Support migration and modernization of reporting solutions, ensuring consistency of business logic, metrics, and reporting outputs.
- Perform source-to-target mapping, data validation, reconciliation, and performance optimization for migration and development activities.
- Implement automated testing, monitoring, error handling, and operational controls for data pipelines.
- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and support timely resolution.
- Follow established Agile, DevOps, release management, security, and change management practices.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, business, and platform teams to deliver reliable and maintainable solutions.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong hands-on experience in data engineering, application development, and data migration.
- Strong understanding of Data Management principles and data Governance
- Strong experience with SQL, ETL/ELT, data modeling, and large-scale data processing.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP and cloud-based data solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow or similar workflow orchestration tools.
- Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and supporting releases across environments.
- Strong experience with Git/GitHub, code reviews, branching strategies, dependency management, and vulnerability remediation.
- Hands-on experience with Power BI including dashboard/report development and reporting platform migration.
- Experience with Agile, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
About the TeamWe 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, 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 our Colleague Benefits Site.
The below 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.
