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Staff Data Engineer, Commercial Data Governance
Reads like a Data Governance role: data quality and governance.
Phoenix, AZ, United States
Live, first seen by us 60 days ago- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $105K–$170K
- Work setting
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Work setup in the employer’s posting: Hybrid
From the employer’s posting- Employment
Full-time — employment source
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full time
From the employer’s posting
Before you apply
- Work authorization
- Must already have the right to work in the US
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions
What you’ll work on
Full postingLead technical strategy to scale data risk management and governance practices
Improve trust and reliability of critical operational data-driven workloads
Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing
Coach and mentor engineers with technical guidance and feedback
Drive high-level and detailed technical decisions
From the employer’s posting
Lead the technical strategy to scale data risk management and data governance best practices across the commercial ecosystem
Be a key leader on the effort to continuously improve the trust and reliability of our critical operational data-driven workloads
Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing
Cultivate an environment of continuous improvement through technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and feedback
Drive and execute on high-level & detailed technical decisions
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Expertise with Spark, Python and SQL
- Expertise with a major cloud vendor (AWS or GCP)
- Strong understanding of data governance best practices at scale
- Experience leading cross-functional execution as a hands-on leader
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred experience
- Experience building unified data driven solutions with a data-lakehouse architecture
Qualification wording
Expertise with spark, python, SQL
Expertise with a major cloud vendor (AWS/GCP)
Strong understanding of data governance best practices and technical patterns to implement them at scale
Experience partnering cross functionally and being a hands-on leader to drive successful execution
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience building unified data driven solutions with a data-lakehouse architecture
Posting record
Report an error- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Sep 12, 202660 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 39
- Last seen by us
- Nov 12, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 60
Up longer than most. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 53.
Well past American Express’s usual: its jobs come down by about day 8.
From 1,598 similar postings that came down, and 293 of American Express’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
American Express is hiring
19 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Hiring at a steady pace
- Takes jobs down quickly
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- Python
- AWS
- GCP
- Google Cloud Storage
- Spark
- SQL
Where the posting names them
- Expertise with a major cloud vendor (AWS/GCP) - Expertise with spark, python, SQL - Experience partnering cross functionally and being a hands-on leader to drive successful execution
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Expertise with a major cloud vendor (AWS/GCP) - Expertise with spark, python, SQL
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. Global Commercial Services (GCS) serves millions of business customers around the world, from mom-and-pop shops to approximately 70% of the S&P 500. We are the number one issuer of small business cards, the industry leader in corporate T&E and represent approximately 40% of the company’s total revenues. Our vision is to be essential to our customers’ businesses every day. We do that by offering a diverse suite of payment and cashflow tools our customers need to run and grow their businesses, from a wide range of traditional card products, to working capital and supply chain financing, to new digital solutions that make it easy for our customers to manage their financial and payment needs. We’re looking for a Staff Engineer, Commercial Data Platform in GCS-Technology.
Global Commercial Services (GCS) serves millions of business customers around the world, from mom-and-pop shops to approximately 70% of the S&P 500. We are the number one issuer of small business cards, the industry leader in corporate T&E and represent approximately 40% of the company’s total revenues. Our vision is to be essential to our customers’ businesses every day. We do that by offering a diverse suite of payment and cashflow tools our customers need to run and grow their businesses, from a wide range of traditional card products, to working capital and supply chain financing, to new digital solutions that make it easy for our customers to manage their financial and payment needs. We’re looking for a Staff Engineer, Commercial Data Platform in GCS-Technology. - Cultivate an environment of continuous improvement through technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and feedback
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About American Express
- People
- About 76,800 in 2025, up 2% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
- Company
- Listed as AXP.
- H-1B visas
- 55 approved for new hires in fiscal 2025.US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Demand for Data Governance roles
New Data Governance postings at the employers we follow are up 170% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Governance, by the work the posting describes.
Data governance staff keep a company's data accurate, documented and used within the rules. They agree what key fields mean, set up quality checks, track who owns each dataset and look after master data.
Postings ask for SQL, a governance tool such as Collibra or Informatica, knowledge of privacy and data rules, and a lot of work with other teams.
A data engineer builds the systems that move data; governance staff set and check the standards that data has to meet.
Job description
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.
Global Commercial Services (GCS) serves millions of business customers around the world, from mom-and-pop shops to approximately 70% of the S&P 500. We are the number one issuer of small business cards, the industry leader in corporate T&E and represent approximately 40% of the company’s total revenues. Our vision is to be essential to our customers’ businesses every day. We do that by offering a diverse suite of payment and cashflow tools our customers need to run and grow their businesses, from a wide range of traditional card products, to working capital and supply chain financing, to new digital solutions that make it easy for our customers to manage their financial and payment needs.
We’re looking for a Staff Engineer, Commercial Data Platform in GCS-Technology.
- Cultivate an environment of continuous improvement through technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and feedback
- Lead the technical strategy to scale data risk management and data governance best practices across the commercial ecosystem
- Be a key leader on the effort to continuously improve the trust and reliability of our critical operational data-driven workloads
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and cross functional partners to deliver collaboratively
- Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing
- Implement process improvements to streamline areas for your team such as hiring, onboarding, software delivery, and internal/external communication
- Drive and execute on high-level & detailed technical decisions
Minimum Qualifications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Expertise with a major cloud vendor (AWS/GCP)
- Expertise with spark, python, SQL
- Experience partnering cross functionally and being a hands-on leader to drive successful execution
- Strong understanding of data governance best practices and technical patterns to implement them at scale
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building unified data driven solutions with a data-lakehouse architecture
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
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- Location & working pattern
Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Work authorization
- Experience building unified data driven solutions with a data-lakehouse architecture Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.