NielsenIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
Our NielsenIQ Technology teams are revamping multiple platforms to create a unified, global, open data ecosystem powered by Microsoft Azure. Our clients around the world rely on NielsenIQ’s data and insights to innovate and grow. As a Data Engineer working with Spectra, you’ll be part of a team of smart, highly skilled technologists passionate about implementing data models to produce insights that help our clients operate efficiently and “sell more stuff.” Our team values quality results, continuous learning, and a deep understanding of the models we produce and use.
Currently, our focus is on integrating Spectra with other NielsenIQ offerings to create a new application that combines some of our fastest-growing and most valuable products. To achieve this, we need to modernize backend data engineering processes from existing Python and C++ applications running on-premises to primarily Databricks/PySpark and Scala, with data assets in Hive, Snowflake, and Postgres. Our data engineers must be able to work in both environments until the transition is complete.
Our teams are co-located and agile, with central technology hubs in Chicago, Madrid, Toronto, Chennai, and Pune. Many agile team members also work remotely.
Responsibilities
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, including redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes.
Transform conceptual algorithms from R&D into efficient, production-ready code. A strong mathematical background is essential to document and maintain the code.
Integrate finished models into larger processes using UNIX scripting languages such as Bash, Make, Python, Airflow, etc.
Produce and maintain documentation for released data sets, new programs, shared utilities, or static data.
Ensure quality deliverables to clients by following existing quality processes, manually calculating comparison data, developing statistical pass/fail testing, and visually inspecting data for reasonableness. Deliverables must be on-time and defect-free.
Minimum of 6 years of experience as a Data Engineer.
B.E./B.Tech. in Computer Science, CIS, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research or related technical field.
Expertise with UNIX/Linux OS, particularly in file/data parsing commands and scripting.
Programming experience in Python, including common data manipulation libraries such as NumPy and Pandas.
Basic knowledge of SQL, capable of handling common functions.
Ability to write highly efficient code in terms of performance and memory utilization.
Team-oriented with strong collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills.
Meticulously data quality oriented.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Helpful Skills
Experience modeling or manipulating large amounts of data.
Experience with various types of data: Geographic, Demographic, Expenditure, Panel, Location, Cartographic.
Coursework or experience in Numerical Analysis, Mathematics, or Statistics.
Familiarity with databases such as Oracle and Postgres.
Our Benefits
About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
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