Campus Undergraduate Summer Internship Program - 2027 Data Engineer, Enterprise Technology Services- Sunrise, FL

Business Unit / Role Specific Info

The Enterprise Technology Services organization partners with every part of the American Express business to power the company’s growth and innovation with trust and efficiency, and drive competitive differentiation with speed. We support the delivery and operations of technology, digital, and data capabilities, platforms, and services globally. Specifically, our team is responsible for the company’s technology engineering, architecture, and infrastructure, providing 24x7 support to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality experience for customers and colleagues. We also provide product management for core enterprise platforms, and lead technology risk and information security, enterprise data governance and platforms, digital product and design, and enterprise AI platforms on behalf of the company.

At American Express, we empower future technologists to learn, innovate, and make an impact from day one. As a Data Engineer Intern in Enterprise Technology Services, you’ll join a 10-week Summer Internship Program and contribute to real-world data engineering initiatives that help teams build reliable, scalable, and well-governed data solutions.

Data Engineers help make data available, trustworthy, and useful for business, product, analytics, and technology teams. In this role, you may support data requirements, data modeling, data pipelines, database systems, big data patterns, cloud-native data tooling, and production support activities with guidance from peers and leaders. You’ll gain exposure to data architecture, database systems, modern data platforms, data pipelines, and agile engineering practices.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, product partners, data practitioners, architects, and business stakeholders to learn how enterprise data systems are designed, developed, documented, supported, monitored, and continuously improved.

About the Team

Enterprise Technology Services teams build and support technology that enables trusted, secure, and customer-first experiences across American Express. Data Engineering teams help design, integrate, optimize, and maintain the systems and pipelines that move data across platforms and products.

As a Data Engineer Intern, you’ll contribute at an early career level while learning how data requirements, architecture, database infrastructure, Agile delivery, data quality, lineage, governance, and responsible AI-enabled engineering practices come together in an enterprise environment.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counselling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit out Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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