Senior Software Engineer Backend Developers - Rekindle

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.

Are you a woman who’s ready to re-ignite her career after a break? We are excited to partner with talented one like You

Leverage the opportunity and successfully transition back in the workforce with Nielsen!!!

Rekindle, designed specifically for women who have taken a break from their professional journey and are ready to get back to the force!

At Nielsen we believe in creating opportunities for talented individuals at every stage of their career and hence

we are hiring Talented and Passionate Women who are looking to join back the workforce after a career break. We have Senior and Software Engineers role in the backend development to join our Gracenote Tech team.

The ideal candidates would have a passion for Clean Code, scalable architectures, Test Driven Development.

Job Purpose:

• Develop and enhance our flagship Video, Audio, Automotive and Sports metadata software solutions.
• Design applications with a Platform-first mentality where scale, consistency and reliability are at the core of every decision.

Job Description:

• Work within small, highly configurable teams todevelop and deliver software in rapid increments using an iterative approach.
• Evaluate, contribute to, and leverage open source technologies including Kubernetes, Trino, Spark, Airflow, Prometheus + friends, ELK, Jupyter, and more in order to create and enhance our internal SaaS/PaaS platforms.
• Design software with a Product-owner mentality: your software is the product and as such you own the product as much as any business person does.
• Develop applications to catalog and power the world’s largest entertainment metadata repository across the Video, Audio, Automotive and Sports verticals.
• Interact with Product, Editorial and Client Experience teams to constantly refine the Gracenote offering.

Role Requirements:

• Women who have taken a break for 12 months or more.
• 5+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C++, Java, Python, Scala or Go
• Experience with Unix/Linux based platforms.
• A solid grasp of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management and distributed systems
• Competency in SQL and scripting in bash or some other scripting language
• A degree in computer science, engineering, math or related fields
• Passionate about software development

We believe in the power of diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive workplace.

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