Machine Learning Engineer III

American Express Global Business Travel; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express Global Business Travel seeks a talented Data/ML Engineer to join their London team. This role involves mentoring, architecting solutions, and collaborating on innovative data products. Ideal candidates have a development background, AWS knowledge, and solid experience in data engineering. American Express offers flexible benefits, travel perks, and extensive skill development opportunities to promote a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible benefits tailored to each country

Travel perks on flights, hotels, and rentals

Access to 20,000+ courses and leadership programs

Engagement in global Inclusion Groups

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience in Data/ML engineering.
• Development background with data awareness.
• Proficiency in Java, Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Mentor team members and identify rising talent.
• Architect design solutions for business use cases.
• Collaborate to solve problems across the business.

Skills

AWS

Data modeling

Java

Python

SQL

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent degree

Master's degree

Tools

Sagemaker

Kubernetes

Job description

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.

Amex GBT Egencia is at the center of revolutionizing business travel with our cutting-edge technology and the most desirable products in the industry. We have grown from a small start-up to become the 4th largest corporate travel management company in the world and are now part of a larger organization.
How often do you get the opportunity to work in what feels like a startup environment but has the backing of our parent company? That’s what you would be doing if you joined Amex GBT.

The team's responsibilities include data integration supporting customers and internal business areas, as well as ML platform development. We are seeking a talented individual with a diverse skill set—a passionate technologist dedicated to solving real-world business problems; to lead the excellence of Data/ML engineering practice.

What You’ll Do on a Typical Day

• Partner with technologists across the business to collaboratively solve problems.

• Mentor and identify rising talent within the team.

• Develop a clear vision for the domain they focus on.

• Demonstrate positive impact and leadership across the organization.

• Architect design solutions for various use cases, considering business and application needs, and communicate effectively with teams and partners.

• Master software design principles, shaping scalable, resilient, and stable coding methodologies.

• Possess a deep understanding of the entire system, capable of contributing across components.

• Apply professional software engineering practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Collaborate with key partners and contribute expertise to develop unique solutions to complex issues.

• Have good infrastructure knowledge (AWS, Kubernetes).

• Experience with Data (BI, Reporting, Analytics, Machine Learning) is a plus.

What We’re Looking For

• 2 to 3 years for Bachelor's or equivalent / for Master's

• Development background, infrastructure (AWS) knowledge, Data awareness

• Experience in data modeling, schema design, data access patterns (API, streaming, data lake), and AWS

• Familiarity with cloud technologies and building data products supporting batch and real-time DS, ML, and Deep Learning applications.

• Ability to design and communicate architecture for data products.

• Understanding of testing and monitoring tools and technologies.

• Guide others in designing testable and observable software.

• Contribute to product vision.

• Proficiency in Java/Python and SQL.

• Experience with Sagemaker or similar tools, feature stores, dashboards.

• Basic knowledge of LLM, guardrails, observability, RAG.

Location

London, United Kingdom

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits tailored to each country, including health, welfare, retirement, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources.

• Travel perks: Weekly deals from major providers on flights, hotels, cruises, and car rentals.

• Skill development: Access to over 20,000 courses, leadership programs, and internal job openings.

• Inclusion: Engage with our global Inclusion Groups to discuss challenges and initiatives.

• And much more!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Please inform your recruiter if needed. For data protection details, see the Amex GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.

What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a great addition to our team, don’t worry about "checking every box"; please apply anyway. You might be exactly who we’re looking for!