Data jobs in United Kingdom

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.

As a member of Amex GBT’s Data Enablement Engineering group, you will tackle the organization’s most sophisticated and impactful challenges using cutting-edge data technologies. Working in an agile development mindset, you will contribute to our cloud-based data platform and make sure it scales dynamically and operates reliably. Internal and external clients will use the products you develop to gain in-depth insights into travel programs, financials, and operations. Every day, data scientists will leverage the platform you build to train and release machine learning models.

• Writing code – lots of it. We use Python, Java, Scala, Spark, and SQL. We welcome programmers of all backgrounds as long as you focus on data engineering solutions and attention to quality.
• Foster and strengthen a deep understanding of vast data sources in the cloud and know precisely how, when, and which data to use to solve particular business problems.
• Implement and support critical streams and datasets that support our business, clients, and data scientists.
• Be responsible for solution design and implementation, including data modelling, pipelining, transformation, and orchestration.
• Work with product owners, operations and finance teams, and other data engineers to implement features benefitting Amex GBT and its clients.
• Implement best practices like infrastructure as code, automated testing, and code reviews.

• Experience with full-stack development using JavaScript, React, Java, or Flask for building small scale applications or internal tools.
• Ability to develop and maintain data-centric applications like chatbots or interactive data dashboards, demonstrating integration of front-end and back-end components.
• Familiarity with designing user interfaces and APIs that promote data integrations.

We look for intelligent people with outstanding engineering skills.

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer science, mathematics, statistics, economics, or other quantitative fields.
• 2+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer or in a similar role.
• Experience with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD frameworks in cloud-based environments.
• Demonstrable experience with any programming or scripting language (Python/Java/Scala/Ruby etc.).
• Experience using cloud technologies such as EMR, Lambda, EC2, and data pipelines.
• Exposure to at least one dashboarding tool like Tableau, Power BI, MicroStrategy, etc.
• Experience with technologies such as Airflow, Jenkins, Snowflake, and Kinesis.

No relocation and no sponsorships provided.

Location

London, United Kingdom

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

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
• And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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