American Express
Data Engineer III
Phoenix, AZ · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of hands-on DBA experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- The company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
About the job
Supports and improves enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments, focusing on reliability, performance, availability, and production operations.
What you'll do
- Provide 24x7 database production support, administration, monitoring, incident response, and recovery.
- Engineer automation, observability, and self-healing capabilities; contribute to platform architecture and optimization.
- Partner with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, data engineering, and vendor teams to resolve issues and improve stability.
What they ask for
- Hands-on DBA experience with PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, and cloud-native databases.
- Strong database administration and production troubleshooting skills, including performance, backup and recovery, replication, and high availability.
- Experience with automation and DevOps tools, Infrastructure as Code, and AWS and/or GCP database services.
- Employment eligibility to work in the United States; willingness to provide rotational weekend and off-hours support.
Pay
$103750 - $174750 annually (base salary)
Tools
PostgreSQL, YugabyteDB, SQL Server, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, Python
AI focus
Leverage AI-enabled tools and automation frameworks to identify improvement opportunities and accelerate operational outcomes.
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