Description

Job Overview

As an Engineer II (Big Data Engineer) at American Express, you’ll play a crucial role in building and maintaining backend services that integrate Salesforce with core enterprise data systems. You’ll work across real-time and batch data pipelines, enabling better decision-making for Sales and Marketing teams. You will also participate in the development of scalable microservices, data integrations, and analytics using modern tech stacks and big data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable backend services and microservices
• Work on data integration using Hadoop, Hive, Spark, and GCP
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver features
• Perform code reviews and build POCs to establish best practices
• Tune performance and optimize application latency
• Participate in Agile development and cross-functional team collaboration
• Contribute to continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring efforts
• Stay up-to-date with tech trends and recommend enhancements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or MCA
• 4+ years of experience in: Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring MVC, Big Data tools: Hadoop, Hive, Spark, SQL, REST/SOAP/GraphQL APIs, Microservices architecture and distributed systems
• 2+ years of experience in: Python, Scala, GCP Cloud, Tableau, Shell scripting, NiFi
• Strong Agile methodology experience
• Understanding of multithreading, JVM tuning, ORM (Hibernate/JPA)
• Experience with messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Familiarity with tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, XLR, Splunk, Dynatrace, ELF
• Knowledge of cloud-native and asynchronous/reactive programming
• Excellent analytical and communication skills

Preferred Skills:

• Experience building cloud-native apps on Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with MemSQL and Postgres SQL
• Prior exposure to sales/marketing domains is a plus

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary & performance-based bonus
• Flexible work arrangements (onsite, hybrid, virtual)
• Parental leave, wellness programs, global health coverage
• Career training and advancement opportunities
• Financial and retirement support
• Onsite wellness centers (location-dependent)
• Mental health support via Healthy Minds program

Equal Opportunity Statement

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace. Employment decisions are made without regard to protected characteristics under law.