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Nielsen Software Engineer - Full stack in Mumbai, India
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.
This role is for a research software engineer to be part of the R&D Innovations team and contribute to the design, development and quick productionalization of solutions to complex problems by leveraging new emerging technologies. This position is responsible for analyzing, developing, testing, and deploying software systems, while providing a systematic analysis on requirements, and contributing to recommendations for leading-edge technology on behalf of corporate needs.
This position requires a versatile engineer and a great team player who is able to tackle technology problems across the spectrum as Nielsen continues to push technology forward. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter and motivated to understand and leverage cutting edge technologies that could bring value to the organization. They will play a crucial role in driving forefront software innovations including, but not limited to, building next generation meters, contributing to shaping the future of Nielsen's audience engagement measurement, and finding ways to harness new technologies to grow Nielsen’s business.
Required Skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
3+ years of software development experience
Experience with Machine learning frameworks and models. Pytorch experience preferred
Android and web technology experience including Java, Python, JavaScript, React/Redux, Kotlin.
Versatile technical knowledge (cloud-based systems, Kubernetes, CI/CD etc)
Follow best practices for software development and deployment
A fundamental understanding of the AWS ecosystem (EC2, S3, EMR, Lambda, etc)
Understanding of relational database, big data, and experience in SQL
Strong knowledge on Unix/Linux OS, commands, shell scripting, python, JSON
Proficient at using GIT, GitFlow, JIRA, Gitlab and Confluence.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Open-minded and passionate to learn and grow technology skills
Strong sense of accountability
Solution-focused and ability to drive change within the organization
Experience in writing unit/integration tests including test automation.
Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting
Familiarity with a messaging bus, such as SQS and Kafka
Experienced in building RESTful APIs.
Experience in writing unit/integration tests including test automation.
Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting