Senior Engineer – II

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 Senior Engineer, you will lead a team of engineers and contractors while maintaining hands-on technical expertise in Ab Initio development. You will be part of the core global billing and settlement technology team, coordinating cross-functional development across multiple teams. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and strategic planning to deliver enterprise-scale solutions.

What You’ll Do

Ab Initio & ETL

• Configuration and maintenance of Ab Initio ETL, Data Mapping, Transformation and Loading in complex high-volume environment (Terabytes level data processing)
• Developing graphs with continuous Flows
• Performance tuning, debugging, and running graphs on UNIX based environment
• Designing solutions with advanced skills in high performance and parallelism in Ab Initio
• 3+ years building complex ETL and data pipelines using AWS Glue, Spark, Python & SQL (DB2 UDB)
• Building real time analytics and data pipeline from different sources

UNIX, Scripting & Scheduling

• Strong UNIX, korn shell scripting experience
• Writing UNIX korn shell scripts, wrappers and scheduling using Control-M

Database & Data Management

• Strong database development: complex queries, Constraints, Indexes, Views, Stored Procedures, Cursors, Triggers in DB2
• Exposure to DB2 UDB/SQL/Stored procedure development
• Knowledge of Logical Data model and Physical Data models

Modern Technologies & APIs

• Developing micro-services using REST framework
• Exposing and consuming data using APIs
• Experience with complex data structures (JSON, XML, API, and Structured Data)
• Strong experience in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns

Methodologies & Best Practices

• Excellent working experience with Agile Methodology - delivering incremental value in short sprints
• Systems analysis and design methodology with good understanding of industry trends and tools
• Architecture, requirements analysis, applications systems design, and integration

Leadership & Management

• Lead and manage teams of contractors, offshore teams, and employees to deliver technical solutions
• Coach 2-3 Engineers/Contractors on development environment, code reviews, and best practices
• Coordinate and drive meetings (including offshore calls) to ensure delivery timelines
• Manage all development activity ensuring quality and adherence to technical, security, and compliance standards
• Coordinate application support during 90-day warranty period

Technical Development (75%+ Time)

• Hands-on software development, testing, code reviews in agile sprints and proof of concepts/automation tools
• Design, code and implement solutions from concept to final hand-off
• Perform ongoing refactoring, drive continuous improvement in code structure & quality
• Drive technical innovation, best practices, and delivery excellence
• Guarantee quality of software development and third-party software integration

Strategic & Architecture

• Own technical requirements list for product backlog based on industry trends, new technologies, defects & issues
• Collaborate to create concepts and strategies to solve business problems
• Design solutions around Ab Initio with advanced skills in high performance and parallelism
• Work with architecture experts to ensure solutions support business and IT strategic plan
• Provide feedback to Lead Architects on enterprise-wide standards utilization

Business Collaboration & Documentation

• Work with Business Analysts/partners to translate business requirements into technology solutions
• Interact with Portfolio Managers, BSA team and business to understand data elements
• Ensure technical documentation to high standard (program specs, implementation/support docs, disaster recovery, compliance)
• Provide/review estimates for design, build, test, and implementation phases
• Influence cross-functional teams, business partners, vendor partners, and technology leaders

What We’re Looking For

Critical Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional IT experience
• 5+ years in Ab Initio design, development and testing (Rollup, Scan, Normalize, Read/Write multiple files)
• 7+ years in architecture and design of distributed applications
• Must be hands-on developer - able to write good code and review/correct others' code (75%+ time coding)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, computer related discipline or 5+ years of work experience in IT industry
• Work in 2nd shifts (3:00 PM IST to 12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends
• Work from Bangalore office minimum 3 days per week
• Strong experience leading teams of contractors, offshore teams, and employees
• Strong experience managing production support teams ensuring quality and compliance

Technology Stack:

• Ab Initio | Linux/Unix/AIX | Korn Shell | Control-M | 
• DB2 UDB  / Oracle |  XML/XSL/XSLT | AWS Glue | Spark | Python | 
• REST APIs | JSON

Required Soft Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills - ability to influence cross-functional teams, business partners, vendor partners, and technology leaders
• Fluent in English
• Proficient with PowerPoint - conveying ideas via pictures, graphs and tables
• Inclusive, collaborative, able to work seamlessly with multicultural and international team
• Self-motivated with keen attention to detail and excellent judgment
• Strong analytical skills and ability to convey technical and financial sizing
• Curiosity and passion for problem solving
• Must be an idea person with ability to establish new standards for quality, performance or productivity
• Able to prioritize and drive to results with high emphasis on quality

Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

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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