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Senior Data Engineer

American Express Global Business Travel

Scottsdale, AZ
Full Time
Senior
149k-194k
29 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and - through their work - can make an impact on our industry. We're here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued. The Senior Data Engineer role at American Express Global Business Travel, Egencia in Scottsdale, AZ involves designing, architecting, and deploying cloud database systems, consulting with application teams, and leading database engineering initiatives to support Egencia's corporate travel platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Designing, architecting, and deploying cloud database systems, leveraging AWS managed database services to support Egencia's industry leading corporate travel platform
  • Consulting with application teams on database technology selection, schema design, database coding, and database performance tuning
  • Developing best practices for deploying, configuring, and monitoring high availability database systems within AWS including, but not limited to, database platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Neptune, DBPaaS, Postgres and SQL Server
  • Taking a lead role in communicating and collaborating with Egencia's application teams to drive Database Engineering initiatives

Requirements

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field plus five (5) years of experience in any occupation which includes the required experience/skills
  • 5 years of experience in building and installing relational databases
  • 5 years of experience working with Amazon Web Services and Snowflake
  • 5 years of experience working with Enterprise Spark platforms
  • 5 years of experience with data migration strategies, data modeling and tuning activities (any one or a combination of Python, Java or relevant scripting language)
  • 5 years of experience in developing and maintaining complex code units, perform quality check and debugging warehouse applications
  • 5 years of experience with Unix Shell scripting
  • 5 years of experience in designing and developing staging and data warehousing applications (using Snowflake or other similar data warehousing technologies)
  • 5 years of experience with troubleshooting and fixing production job failures, performing data investigations and providing production deployed solutions

Nice to Have

  • Experience working remotely within commuting distance to the office

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • Five (5) years of professional experience in database engineering and related activities

Benefits & Perks

  • Flexible benefits tailored to each country, including health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources
  • Travel perks with deals from major travel providers on flights, hotels, cruises, and car rentals
  • Access to over 20,000 courses on the learning platform, leadership courses, and internal job openings
  • Inclusion initiatives through global INclusion Groups

Working at American Express Global Business Travel

Amex GBT champions inclusion in every aspect of its business, fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment where diverse voices are valued and supported.

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Job Details

Posted AtJun 27, 2025
Job CategoryData Engineering
Salary149k-194k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceSenior

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About American Express Global Business Travel

Website

amexglobalbusinesstravel.com

Company Size

10000+ employees

Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Industry

Travel Agencies

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