At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.
About the role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be working within an international group of teams that span multiple time zones.This group is responsible for creating and managing reference data from all the broadcast and streaming stations across the continental US for Television audience measurement.Your primary objective is to ensure project goals are achieved and are aligned with business objectives. You will also work closely with your Scrum team and program team to test, develop, refine and implement quality software in production via standard Agile methodologies.
Responsibilities
Design, code, and test iteratively to support microservices and container based applications on AWS.Plan, develop, execute and maintain automated unit, functional test cases; develop modular, robust, and maintainable automation scripts to integrate with the CICD process.Leverage modern design patterns and architectural principles to build platform reusable code and components that can be used across projects and teamsMust have strong analytical and technical skills with passion to deep dive on data in troubleshooting, devise techniques for problem resolution.Support product owner in defining future stories and tech lead in defining technical requirements for new initiativesBuild platform reusable code and components that could be used by multiple project teams. Promote a culture of best practices with peer code reviews and extreme ownership for continuous incremental delivery.Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align development objectives with broader business goalsSupport any Production issues that may arise and collaborate with the Product owners to prioritize any enhancements to fix failure modes
Key skills
3-5 years of hands-on software development with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science.Must have very good knowledge of microservices and event based architectural principles Must have the ability to provide solutions utilizing best practices for resilience, scalability, cloud optimization and security. 3-5 years of experience in any of the following languages: Java, Go, PythonExperience developing cloud-hosted (AWS) containerized applications and services on Kubernetes.Knowledge of streaming based applications using Apache Kafka.Hands-on experience with the following AWS Components: Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK), EKS, EC2, S3 storage, Lambda, Relational Database Service, Simple Notification Service (SNS).Demonstrates knowledge of CI/CD processes, testing frameworks, practices and tools (GitLab, jUnit, Terraform, JFrog, Jacoco, SonarQube, etc.)Knowledge of Infrastructure creation in the Cloud using Terraform or CloudformationFamiliarity of Linux platforms with knowledge of shell scripting.Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to process complex information, articulate and present it clearlyPassion to research and conduct POCs to optimize solutions
