Senior Engineer

American Express

. Design and build end-to-end enterprise CRM capabilities spanning Salesforce, GCP, APIs, and enterprise data platforms .

Posted 9/23/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $123,000 - $215,250 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building enterprise CRM solutions using Salesforce and GCP, with a strong focus on data architecture, integration, and security. Proficient in developing scalable APIs and data pipelines while ensuring data quality and governance.

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Salesforce CRM DevelopmentGCP Data EngineeringData Architecture and ModelingAPI Design and IntegrationData Governance and Quality

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Hard Skills

ApexJavaPythonSQLETL/ELTDataflow/Apache BeamPub/SubCloud StorageInfrastructure as CodeAutomated Testing

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingCommunicationCoachingMentoring

Tools & Technologies

BigQueryBigtableDataproc/SparkCloud Composer/AirflowKafkaSalesforce Platform EventsOpenAPI/SwaggerCI/CDDevSecOpsData as a Product

Industry Keywords

Enterprise SaaSCloud Data SecurityData IntegrationEvent-Driven ArchitectureDistributed Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowApacheBigQueryCloudDistributed SystemsETLGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaPythonSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build end-to-end enterprise CRM capabilities spanning Salesforce, GCP, APIs, and enterprise data platforms
Develop scalable Salesforce solutions using data architecture, Apex, APIs, integration patterns, platform capabilities, and SaaS application development
Engineer high-volume data pipelines and processing capabilities on GCP
Design connectivity between Salesforce and enterprise data ecosystems using APIs, events, streaming, CDC, batch integration, federation, and virtualization
Own data modeling and management across Salesforce and GCP, including data quality, metadata, lineage, lifecycle management, reconciliation, and governance
Design data security and accessibility across Salesforce and GCP
Build data virtualization and federation patterns for CRM experiences
Design and build secure, reliable APIs and integration services
Build event-driven architectures using Salesforce Platform Events/CDC, Pub/Sub, Kafka, or similar technologies
Engineer reliability and observability across Salesforce, APIs, events, and data pipelines
Create trusted, reusable, discoverable data products and services under a Data as a Product model
Optimize solutions for scale, performance, reliability, and cost
Apply automated testing, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, code reviews, and production readiness
Provide hands-on technical leadership with product, architecture, data, and engineering teams
Coach and mentor others

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-scale SaaS, CRM, cloud, data, and/or distributed systems
Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce as an enterprise SaaS CRM platform, including data architecture, Apex, APIs, integration patterns, security, sharing, permissions, and large-volume data considerations
Strong hands-on experience with GCP data engineering, including BigQuery, Bigtable, Dataflow/Apache Beam, Dataproc/Spark, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer/Airflow, Cloud Storage, or comparable technologies
Proficiency in Java, Python, SQL, and Apex
Deep experience with data engineering and distributed processing, including ETL/ELT, batch and streaming pipelines, orchestration, high-volume computation, transformation, data quality, and analytics
Strong understanding of data architecture and modeling across transactional CRM and analytical platforms
Strong knowledge of Salesforce and cloud data security, including access controls, IAM, authentication/authorization, encryption, tokenization, masking, secrets management, and sensitive-data protection
Experience designing data integration, federation, and virtualization architectures
Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs and enterprise integration services, including API contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger, security, versioning, reliability, and lifecycle management
Experience with event-driven architectures, messaging, Pub/Sub, streaming, CDC, Salesforce Platform Events, Kafka, or comparable technologies
Strong understanding of distributed-system reliability and observability, including SLIs/SLOs, logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, retries, idempotency, rate limiting, and failure recovery
Experience with data governance and Data as a Product practices
Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure as Code
Strong problem-solving and communication skills; ability to work across CRM, application, data, cloud, security, and product teams
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required; visa sponsorship will not be pursued

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
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 opportunities