Software Engineer (Contract)

Posted 24 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in New York, NY
Remote
1-3 Years Experience
Digital Media • Information Technology • Analytics
The Role
The Data Scientist at NCS is responsible for contributing to the development of new analytical products, delivering custom client analyses, ensuring accuracy and relevancy of analysis results, providing insights to clients, and becoming a subject matter expert on NCS methodology and capabilities. The role requires a graduate degree in a relevant field, 2+ years of experience, strong analytical expertise, quantitative skills, and the ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

 At NCS, we help consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, publishers and retailers improve advertising effectiveness across almost every platform, channel and device – delivering solutions to their biggest challenges.


The tech team at NCS is focused heavily on internal clients and capabilities research to improve existing methodologies and develop new products, as well as to execute custom research for external clients. All of this tends to be within the Marketing ROI and or audience targeting space.


As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of our customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, programming languages, and problem-solving skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Strong development skills in Java 
  • Experience in SQL
  • Knowledgeable and competent in RDBMS systems such as Snowflake, and/or Oracle 
  • Expert ability to translate requirements into design and code based on the requirements
  • Expert ability to work effectively as a team member, across project teams, and independently
  • Strong ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills to solve design and coding problems
  • Experience with H2O
  • Experience with Maven/Tomcat
  • Experience in backend, and middleware development
  • Ability to Unit Test the code 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work with Director, R&D and understand the concepts

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related 
  • Minimum of 5-10 years IT experience with at least 7 years in software development
  • Detail oriented with strong analytical and problem solving skills

PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Knowledge and experience with scripting languages
  • Experience in CPG or Media research

NCSolutions: Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans, 401(k) retirement coupled with a NCS match, a generous paid time off policy, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance.


A reasonable estimate of salary range for a new employee to be offered this role would be an hourly rate of $100.00, which would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location. The position of each employee within a compensation range at NCS is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications and other business requirements/needs.


NCSolutions is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.

Top Skills

Python
R
SQL
The Company
HQ: New York, NY
30,034 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future.

An S&P 500 company, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) operates around the world in more than 55 countries.

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