Staff Data Engineer, Commercial Data Governance
About The Position
The Staff Data Engineer will work within the Global Commercial Services Technology organization at American Express, helping shape the technical direction of commercial data governance and platform capabilities. The role focuses on scaling data risk management and governance practices across the commercial ecosystem and improving the trust and reliability of critical operational data-driven workloads. The position combines hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing with technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement of team practices.
Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Expertise with a major cloud vendor, such as AWS or GCP.
- Expertise with Spark, Python, and SQL.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally and serving as a hands-on leader to drive successful execution.
- Strong understanding of data governance best practices and technical patterns for implementing them at scale.
- Eligibility to work in the United States; American Express will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building unified data-driven solutions with a data-lakehouse architecture.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate continuous improvement through technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
- Lead technical strategy to scale data risk management and data governance best practices across the commercial ecosystem.
- Help continuously improve the trust and reliability of critical operational data-driven workloads.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and cross-functional partners to deliver collaboratively.
- Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing.
- Improve team processes, including hiring, onboarding, software delivery, and internal and external communication.
- Drive and execute high-level and detailed technical decisions.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries.
- Bonus incentives.
- 6% company match on the 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.
- More than 20 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, 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 the Healthy Minds program.
- Career development and training opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
