Job Responsibilities:

• Solve complex business problems, leveraging leading technologies like SAS, Big Data, Hadoop, Java, Hive, Pig, Python, SQL.
• Create innovative solutions to help American Express grow and drive revenue.
• Build capabilities that enable American Express to leverage its customer, merchant and payment network data for purposes of insight generation, business decision making, personalized marketing & promotion and business intelligence.
• Implement advanced algorithms on Big data and other platforms that enable more efficient and real time availability of information for business use.
• Ensure that processes that are created and implemented have strong value proposition for the business and long lasting usefulness.
• The role provided will be a part of one of the many capability job families including data automation, campaign management, business intelligence, custom consulting capabilities, etc

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Detail orientation with strong programming, analytical and problem solving skills. Proficient in one programming language, one operating system and one database of any choice.
• Solid written and oral communication skills with an ability to convey results, explain issues, drive resolution.
• Proficiency in any combination of a database, an operating system and a programming language preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to think outside the box to develop solutions to complex issues and drive results.
• Open to learning new tools and technologies.
• Ability to understand data, research and fix issues. Be hands on with working on large data sets.
• Understanding of database concepts like table structures, data relationships, and data coding.
• Must be a self starter and drive key processes, while working well in a team environment as a key contributor.
• An advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with Big Data technologies is a plus.