NielsenIQ

consumer intelligence

Manager,Engineering

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
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The Brief

“Manager, Engineering at NielsenIQ. Skills: Platform Engineering, API Services, large-scale distributed systems, Java, Springboot, Python, Database (rdbms, NoSQL), DevSecOps pipeline. architect, build, deploy and optimize enterprise-grade platforms. Shapes best practices, coding standards, and software architecture at an organizational level”

What You'll Achieve.

improve API services quality, performance, and reliability; Optimize computing cost, performance; productionalize features; efficiency gain by Adopting AI tools in SDLC; automated reliability improvements; incident simulations; scaling patterns; technical decisions with a clear understanding of business impact, cost-efficiency, and long-term sustainability; evolved the technical strategy for large-scale distributed systems; Balanced short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability; design, build, deploy, refactor enterprise grade applications; Resolved cross-team challenges

Industry & Context.

consumer intelligence
Problems you'll solve

Excellent problem-solving skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years of professional experience in Platform Engineering esply building API Services layer integrating with upstream and downstream, Defined and evolved the technical strategy for large-scale distributed systems, Balanced short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability, Should have experience in design, build, deploy, refactor enterprise grade applications, Deep expertise in Java, Springboot, Python, expertise Database (rdbms, NoSQL), Hands on in tools for Caching, Queuing, Experience in Modern cloud ecosystems, expertise in DevSecOps pipeline, quality gates, tools(code coverage, testing, sast, dast), Resolved cross-team challenges by fostering open and constructive conversations

Nice to Have

Progressive coverage in unit testing, AI tools in SDLC, Knowledge of technology standards and ability to convey key aspects to team members, Uses AI to design automated reliability improvements, incident simulations, and scaling patterns

What You'll Do.

deploy and optimize enterprise-grade platforms

Shapes best practices

and software architecture at an organizational level

Lead solutions that improve API services quality

and reliability across the organization

Optimize computing cost

performance using the appropriate software engineering principles

Interfacing teams to productionalize features

Enforce DevSecOps practices - Secret

Mentor junior engineers

drive technical decision-making

and platform APIs roadmap discussions

Adopt and improve efficiency gain by Adopting AI tools in SDLC

Uses AI to design automated reliability improvements

Makes technical decisions with a clear understanding of business impact

and long-term sustainability

Defined and evolved the technical strategy for large-scale distributed systems

Balanced short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability

refactor enterprise grade applications

Resolved cross-team challenges by fostering open and constructive conversations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely PL, Arch, PMO, Interfacing teams; Mentor junior engineers; Lead design reviews, code reviews, and platform APIs roadmap discussions; collaboration; Resolved cross-team challenges by fostering open and constructive conversations

Communication Scope

ability to convey key aspects to team members

Process & Methodology

PMO

Full Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to architect, build, deploy and optimize enterprise-grade platforms. * Shapes best practices, coding standards, and software architecture at an organizational level * Lead solutions that improve API services quality, performance, and reliability across the organization * Optimize computing cost, performance using the appropriate software engineering principles * Work closely PL, Arch, PMO, Interfacing teams to productionalize features. * Enforce DevSecOps practices - Secret, SAST, DAST * Progressive coverage in unit testing. * Mentor junior engineers, drive technical decision-making * Lead design reviews, code reviews, and platform APIs roadmap discussions * Leads without authority, influencing through expertise, logical reasoning, and collaboration. * Adopt and improve efficiency gain by Adopting AI tools in SDLC * Knowledge of technology standards and ability to convey key aspects to team members. * Excellent problem-solving skills. * Uses AI to design automated reliability improvements, incident simulations, and scaling patterns. * Makes technical decisions with a clear understanding of business impact, cost-efficiency, and long-term sustainability. ## Qualifications * 6+ years of professional experience in Platform Engineering esply building API Services layer integrating with upstream and downstream * Defined and evolved the technical strategy for large-scale distributed systems * Balanced short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability * Should have experience in design, build, deploy, refactor enterprise grade applications * Deep expertise in Java, Springboot, Python * Strong expertise Database (rdbms, NoSQL) * Hands on in tools for Caching, Queuing * Experience in Modern cloud ecosystems * Strong expertise in DevSecOps pipeline, quality gates, tools(code coverage, testing, sast, dast) * Resolved cross-team challenges by fostering open and constructive conversations ## Additiona

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