Engineering Director - Database Development and Automation

DescriptionYou Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.The Engineering Director leads a team of Database Engineers and Data Architects within the Next Generation Data Management team, responsible for architecting innovative technical solutions and building scalable database architectures and aligned infrastructures in support of new business growth initiatives while maintaining critical compliance regulations. The Director is responsible for the modernization of database engineering capabilities to include NoSQL and Big Data technologies across enterprise. As part of modernization the Director will enable self-service for developers, by developing the tooling to automate the database processes.Organizational Context:The Director is engaged and influences Amex Customers that are transforming their technology and business capabilities for critical enterprise company platforms / products.  The Director leverages and innovates on emerging database technologies and design patterns to accelerate business growth while reducing the overall time to market. The NGDM organization co-locates with the Software Engineering Teams providing turn-key scalable data, data architecture, and database engineering solutions. American Express is also improving the developer experience where they can perform self-service using the automation tooling which the Director will be developing. Key Responsibilities:The successful candidate will bring solid skills of software engineering and database technology trends that will enable increased usage of open source and modern database technologies. This person will train and direct a team of Database Engineers and Data Architects to ensure delivery of data solutions that meet business needs and requirements. The candidate will provide technical direction to resources, while actively participating in database, domain, and API design sessions while influencing best practices across the Unit CIO / Application teams. This position will also provide leadership to cross-functional teams while serving as the primary point of contact from inception to delivery for database needs.  The candidate must have experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and Automation while the database components are rapidly being transformed to be deployed similar to application code. The Engineering Director must play a critical role in defining the technical capabilities and have an ability to market and influence the strategy to enterprise consumers. Other key aspects of the Engineering Director role are as follows:Leads the design and development, quality and economics of database delivery within Next Generation Data Management team within Amex.Provides direction for technical and business resources that actively participate in database selection and implementation Leads the development of database automation tools that provides better developer experience through developer self-service.Foster and drive innovation and experimentation, delivering software and database solutions that meet or exceed customer and stakeholder expectations, often helping shape business requirements in a manner that optimally leverages technology teamsDeliver database products that provides superior user experiences, linking customer needs and business drivers together through innovative product engineeringCultivate an environment of engineering excellence and continuous improvement, leading changes that drive efficiencies into existing engineering and delivery processesWork with application partners to assimilate new DB technology into scalable software solutions, leveraging and contributing to engineering best practices across the companyPossess a strong technical background and able to learn & apply new technologies quickly and efficientlyDrives the optimization of data footprint and rationalization of applications Influence the product and technology roadmap with strategic database vendors, ensuring Amex requirements are included in the upcoming releases Attract, retain and grow top data architecture and database engineering talent across the organization, providing guidance, career development and mentorship to team membersAgile - with an ability to manage data stories across multiple agile software product development teams (including scaled agile framework) to promote company’s technology vision and strategy in a scalable, iterative environmentRelationship building - creating and maintaining strong relationships and partnerships with our customers (Leadership, Architects, Engineers, TPMs, Scrum Teams) across the enterpriseProduction Support background highly preferred.Required skills:Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fieldProven experience with database technologies in: Relational Database Technologies (Oracle / Postgres / DB2 / SQL Server), NoSQL Technologies (Couchbase / Cassandra / MapR ), Data Replication Technologies (Goldengate / Kafka / IIDR) and CI/CD - DevOps - Automation Technologies (Jenkins / Bitbucket / Liquibase / Datical / Ansible / Elk / Docker)Hands-on database implementation, data architecture and systems design experience for large applications (prefer experience with banking and/or financial applications)Passion for learning new technologiesPeople and Technical leadership experience with proven Stakeholder management skillsQualificationsWe back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives Support for financial-well-being and retirement Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program Career development and training opportunitiesOffer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.Job Field: TechnologySchedule: Full-time