Principal Software Engineer - Backend (Java, AWS, Oracle)

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 will be part of a team that develops software that runs on over 100k computers worldwide, measuring panelists activities as they surf the Internet. Using a software meter that is optimized to be un intrusive to the user, yet able to gather many biometric data points and send them back to a collection system that runs in the Cloud.The Principal Software Engineer is ultimately responsible for delivering technical solutions : starting from the project's onboard until post launch support and including design, development, testing. It is expected to coordinate, support and work with multiple delocalized project teams in multiple regions. As the Principal Software Engineer in our Collection and Crediting team, you will lead the development efforts for the backend collection and crediting system that processes massive amounts of data every hour 24x7. Your role will involve designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable solutions that leverages a Java based system that runs in an AWS and on-prem environments. You will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of our projects and mentoring other team members

Responsibilities

• System Deployment :
• Conceive, design and build new features for the Collection and / or Crediting systems, ensuring data accuracy and data throughput across a system deployed in multiple countries and data centers.
• Collaborate with Product Leaders to define business rules to be implemented in the crediting system - at times very complex rules that need to be validated via proof of concepts

CI / CD Implementation :

Code Quality and Best Practices :

Performance Optimization :

Mentorship and Collaboration :

Security and Compliance :

Key Skills

Other desirable skills