Senior Principal Member Technical Staff

• ​​They are responsible for building high-performing agile teams
• They set the direction for the team and support people in their career growth. They are responsible for talent segregation and succession planning
• Provide technical leadership to identify and define the right component/system abstractions/capabilities for current/future product/platform tasks
  • Drive strategy and vision in collaboration with Product
  • Build scalable and reliable technology solutions at a rapid pace
  • One of the key responsibilities of an EM is to understand business goals and
  • contribute to product strategy and take accountability for moving key business metrics
  • They are also responsible for driving execution using Agile methodologies by removing impediments along the way with the big picture in mind
• Required Skills and Expertise:
•  Strong expertise in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Golang
• Experience with databases like Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, and caching layers such as Redis or Memcached.
•  Expertise in designing and implementing diverse data delivery solutions,
• including real-time streaming architectures, efficient batch processing systems,
  and robust API delivery mechanisms.
• Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and working with GraphQL to serve metadata
  efficiently.
• Knowledge of cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native architectures for
  scalable deployments.
• Exposure to NFR concepts like availability, recoverability, performance & scalability.
• Exposure to different design & architecture patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to design distributed systems with high availability and fault
  tolerance.
• Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.).
• Web Crawling: experience with web crawling frameworks such as Apache Nutch,
  Scrapy, or custom crawlers using Java/JavaScript.
• Experience with big data frameworks like Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Flink for processing
  and transforming large-scale datasets.
• Expertise in designing systems for curated metadata storage, search, and delivery using
  relational and NoSQL databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in people
• management role
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system design principles.
• Experience in delivering end-to-end solutions for web crawling, data processing, and
• metadata curation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced
• environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to
• diverse audiences.

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About the Company

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.