Job Description

Principal engineer - Chennai REF19165A Our NielsenIQ Technology teams are working on our new Connect platform, a unified, global, open data ecosystem powered by Microsoft Azure. Our clients around the world rely on NielsenIQ\'s data and insights to innovate and grow. As a Platorm Architect in the architecture group, you will help define the architecture designs for platform components of the NIQ platforms that are strategically aligned to business strategy and objectives. The Tech Lead architect will partner with their architect peers and Tech lead counterparts in the development teams to take the architecture designs all the way to delivery. This role will grow into an end-to-end platform architect as the candidate gains more knowledge of NIQ\'s platform. Responsibilities Help with architecture designs for key products on the NIQ platforms Produce high level approaches for platform components as needed to help component architects use as a blueprint for their low level designs. Many of these approaches will require an E2E understanding of the platform to ensure that they seamlessly fit in with future product and technology vision kept in focus. Create, maintain and promote reference architectures for the key areas of the platform. Architecture guidelines and standards to be documented and communicated to technology and product teams. Help assess new technologies that could be viable alternatives to existing platform selections to support front end applications, platform services and components along with the data pipelines and databases. Help identify future solutions and drive innovations through PoCs, technology migrations, and productization Responsible for innovating, evaluating, and promoting best architectural solutions for the NIQ platform. Qualifications Bachelor\'s in computer science or similar required Master\'s degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred 10+ years, including strong Engineering background with Architecture / design experience Hands-on experience in building scalable enterprise platforms Languages used extensively on the platform are PL/SQL, AngularJS, Java, Python, C++ with datastores being Oracle RAC, Postgres, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Snowflake. Knowledge of Spring, OpenAPI, OpenTracing are a plus. Understanding of BI tools and Analytics features is a plus Good knowledge of Oracle is a requirement Good knowledge of Cloud technologies Good knowledge of Containers / Kubernetes, CI/CD Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance, scalability and availability Experience in agile software development practices Additional Information Enjoy a flexible and rewarding work environment with peer-to-peer recognition platforms. Recharge and revitalize with help of wellness plans made for you and your family. Plan your future with financial wellness tools. Stay relevant and upskill yourself with career development opportunities. About NIQ NIQ, the world\'s leading consumer intelligence company, reveals new pathways to growth for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers. With operations in more than 100 countries, NIQ delivers the most complete and clear understanding of consumer buying behavior through an advanced business intelligence platform with integrated predictive analytics. NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ was founded in 1923 and is an Advent International portfolio company. For more information, visit NIQ.com Want to keep up with the latest updates on our business and #LifeAtNIQ Follow us on: | | | Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. 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. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NielsenIQ News Center: NIQ or any of our subsidiaries will never ask you for money at any point of the recruitment or onboarding process.

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