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Senior Data Engineer II (Amex ID: 24002186)
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Description
Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
Member of a database management team closely collaborating with developers in application product teams.
Designs, develops, solves problems, evaluates, modifies, deploys and documents all data components (data architecture, logical and physical data models, database objects and database administration) that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications.
How will you make an impact in this role?
The Senior Database Engineer’s responsibilities includes:
Setting out the database technology strategy for your portfolio
Researching and adopting new DBMS technologies - finding the right tool for the right job
Partnering with Software Engineers to solve application use cases
Designing and building physical database schemas (relational DDL, documents, column families, graphs, etc.) and optimizing databases for speed, scalability and availability
Troubleshooting and Optimization to tune the design.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bring Expertise in configuration, development, and administration of large, mission-critical database environments
Apply knowledge and experience in using NoSQL technology for real world application deployment including in depth knowledge of Cassandra and/or Couchbase
Ideally also bring experience in relational (e.g. Postgres or Oracle) and other NoSQL Technologies.
Analyse application needs to select the appropriate database technology solution through experience, research and testing from the design phase through to production.
Strong interpersonal skills (leadership, facilitation, stakeholder management, and presentation)
Hand-on experience with Java and application coding practices.
Knowledge of software/application architectures, in particular microservices, and how to design and deploy databases to support them
Knowledge of database build automation techniques (e.g. Liquibase, XLR), data processing paradigms (e.g. ETL, replication).
Experience in working with contemporary project and design methodologies (Agile/Scrum/Kanban, Domain-Driven Design)
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Our culture is built on a 175-year history of
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and leadership behaviors, we’ve continued to set
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experience every day with premium products and
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strong relationships and collaborate
with colleagues around the world in an
environment where everyone is respected and
valued, and where you can reach your potential.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work
makes an impact, and together, you will help us
define the future of American Express.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Laptop
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Season Ticket Loan
Wellbeing Programme
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City Centre
Hackathons
Open Plan
Social Events
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Ravi Radhakrishnan
Chief Information Officer
Tech overview
Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.
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Code Reviews
Communication and collaboration
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Mentoring
Monitoring and logging
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