- American Express
- Phoenix, AZ
- Full-Time
- 80 days ago
- $123,000–$215,200
Senior Data Engineer II - Enterprise Data Platforms and Data Management - Enterprise Data & AI.
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Senior Data Engineer II - Enterprise Data Platforms and Data Management - Enterprise Data & AI: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a senior data engineer and technical lead working on enterprise data lineage and metadata platforms within American Express.
- The Person:The person will lead and scale enterprise data lineage and metadata platforms, build cloud-native solutions, partner with engineering and governance teams, and modernize data management through automation frameworks.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has software engineering, distributed systems, data platform expertise, event-driven architectures, and experience with GenAI-powered automation.
About the role
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.
The Technology organization enables and accelerates the company’s growth strategies, delivering global capabilities and services in support of Amex’s customers and colleagues, while maintaining 24/7 servicing and availability to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality customer experience. Technology provides the foundation for everything we do in the company while driving differentiation through building and leveraging innovative technology and data insights.
Enterprise Data & AI (EDAI) within Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) is driving the next generation of enterprise data management, governance, lineage, and AI-enabled engineering capabilities at American Express. We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Data Engineer / Technical Lead to help lead and scale our enterprise data lineage and metadata platforms supporting regulatory, operational, and AI readiness initiatives across the company.
This role is ideal for an engineering leader with a strong blend of software engineering, distributed systems, data platform expertise, and innovation mindset who thrives in solving complex enterprise-scale problems. You will partner across engineering, architecture, governance, risk, and business teams to build scalable, cloud-native solutions that improve data transparency, lineage, interoperability, and automation across the enterprise.
You will play a key role in modernizing enterprise data management capabilities through event-driven architectures, GenAI-powered automation, and reusable engineering frameworks.
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
We 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.

