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Manager of Engineering (Architecture)

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Manager of Engineering (Architecture)

2 Months ago • 10 Years + • Full Stack Development

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Job Description

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.

Nielsen is a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics, Nielsen shapes the future of media with accurate measurement of what people listen to and watch. This role will be a leader in the Marketing Cloud business unit.

The Nielsen Marketing Cloud (NMC) helps publishers, advertisers and agencies with targetable audience data for programmatic advertising. We connect leading online publishers with advertisers, ad agencies and ad networks who seek to create a more interest-tailored online advertising experience.

We are looking for a Director of Engineering who likes to work on cutting-edge technologies in an environment that gives you the autonomy to explore, learn, and adapt.

This role combines technical expertise with leadership skills to successfully deliver software products while mentoring and supporting the Architecture team. It will lead the data strategy, architecture, design, development, and implementation of our end-to-end data products.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of architects engineers
Ability to transform a user story/concept into a working scalable system
Be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, meet deadlines, effectively manage priorities, and communicate progress
Drive the adoption of DevOps culture, principles, and practices across the organization, promoting collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement
Ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of backend systems
Support the implementation of applications that are fault-tolerant, scalable, and resilient
Suggest and implement best practices and architecture improvements
Collaborate with all technical teams to ensure the integrity of technical designs and features within the platform

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
At least 10+ years of IT architecture and development experience
5+ years of hands-on experience with Apache Spark in Scala, Apache Airflow pipelines in Python, Git, SQL, Java
Experience with Microservice Architecture, establishing standardize/reusable architectural patterns, enterprise integration, messaging solutions, Data Architecture
Experience with continuous deployment tools (ie GitLab pipelines), Bash programming, and Docker/K8sExcellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to present in front on business users and executive management
Experience with Cloud Native Applications, preferably in AWS

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS
Certification for AWS
Master’s degree in Computer Science
Experience with SBT (build tool)

Nielsen: Enabling your best to power a better media future. Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans for full-time employees, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen 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 between $66,000-$225,000 which would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location. The position of each employee within a compensation range at Nielsen is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications and other business requirements/needs

Nielsen 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.

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