Job Description

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future.

Nielsen is seeking an organized, detail oriented, team player, to join the Collections and ITAM Back Office Engineering team in the role of Staff Software Engineer. Nielsen’s Audience Measurement Engineering platforms support the measurement of television viewing in more than 30 countries around the world. The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible to define, develop, test, analyze, and deliver technology solutions within Nielsen’s Collections platforms. Ideal candidates will have exceptional skills in programming, testing, debugging and problem solving as well as effective communication and writing skills.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer or electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent
7+ years equivalent work experience
Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting
Solid understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment environments and tools including GitLab and Terraform
Proven hands-on experience as a software engineer with expertise and focus on one or more technologies inclusive of NodeJS, AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, NGNX web servers), Java, Python, PostgreSQL, REST Api’s Proven ability to be a technical lead and assist in the technical growth of other Team Members and operate as the technical expert for multiple applications
Appreciation for and commitment to clean, reusable and well-tested code, architecture, and documentation
Experience with large scale enterprise system development and integration
Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Scaled Agile Framework a plus.
Strong analytical skills and sense of technical creativity
Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, testable code, and algorithms
Resourceful, self-starter, and a team-player
Effective communication and writing skills are a must
Demonstrated ability to produce high quality technical documentation. Experience in writing unit/integration tests including test automation
Desire to be deeply involved in product supplementation and automation
Detail oriented with a commitment to innovation
Adaptability — a fast learner with a willingness to build solutions using tools to which you may have had little previous exposure.