Software Engineer Manager (Serving)

2 Months ago • 6 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 Marketing Cloud’s big-data group is looking for a highly skilled team lead with a strong passion for data and cutting-edge technologies. We process 25TB of data each day in a highly distributed system running hundreds of instances in the cloud and storing data in modern NoSQL DBs like Aerospike. Our system has to be highly performant yet cost effective, scale up and down yet at the same time adhere to a strict SLA.

This role combines technical expertise with leadership skills to successfully deliver software products while mentoring and supporting the team. Your focus will be on building and maintaining highly distributed, scalable, high-performing, and cost-effective systems.

We use the latest cloud and data technologies and constantly like to experiment with new ones, so if you are passionate about data, cutting-edge technologies, love to learn, experiment, and make your projects shine, this is the place for you.

Requirements:

Technical skills:
A degree in computer science or equivalent.
At least 6+ years of hands-on experience in server-side development working on several complex projects.
At least 5 years of experience as a software team lead.
Experience working with Java and Java frameworks.
Experience with distributed systemsExcellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Soft skills:

Lead a team of software engineers.
Tracks all project-related activities, including tasks, timelines, and team member roles.
Ability to transform a user story/concept into a working scalable system.
Present your ideas and drive to decisions.
Ability to self-start and push projects forward toward completion.
Be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, meet deadlines, effectively manage priorities and communicate progress.
Be able to take an idea from the ideation stage to incubation, architecture / planning / execution phase.
Love to bring fresh ideas and out of the box thinking to the projects you are working on.
Passion for learning and finding that unexpected solution

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