Total 5 job vacancies by NielsenIQ

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Software Engineer- (Java, Angular) - Chennai

NIQ is a global consumer intelligence and retail measurement company. It specializes in providing complete visibility into consumer behavior, retail performance, and market trends. The Delivery Management function within NIQ. The Delivery Management provide all dimension instructions required to build an datasets and manage access rights for users to datasets. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
•  Develop and maintain RESTful APIs to integrate with both internal and external systems.
• Work with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake, including schema design, query development, and performance tuning.
•  Utilize NoSQL technologies like MongoDB for scalable data handling.
• Implement strong logging, error management, and monitoring solutions.
• Participate actively in code reviews, architectural discussions, and Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Troubleshoot production and development issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and deliver dependable resolutions.
• Use GitHub for source control, collaboration, and CI/CD workflows.
• Contribute to enhanced developer productivity with tools like GitHub Copilot.

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Software Engineer - (Scala, Spark, Azure), Chennai

As a Big Data Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a team of smart, highly skilled technologists who are passionate about learning and prototyping cutting-edge technologies. Ingestion Services is working on unifying and standardizing several varied ingestion methodologies and convergence initiatives with latest Big Data services on Spark, Scala, Databricks, PySpark and leverage GitHub to support things like CI/CD and integrations and continuing to adopt the best in class cloud-native, cloud-agnostic technologies. Our team is co-located and agile, with central technology hubs in Chennai and Pune. Expertise in Spark, Scala, Databricks are mandatory. Skills in PySpark, GitHub, AI, Azure are welcome additions. AI readiness and DevSecOps exposure are key additional facets to possess and exhibit. 

Responsibilities:  

• Understanding user needs and how they fit into the overall, global solution design  
• Configuring & Implementing Application and Integration Service to support Business needs  
• Prototyping new features and integrations aligned to business strategy by introducing innovation through technology  
• Following source & test-driven development best practices  
• Troubleshooting and identifying root cause analysis while resolving the issues  

Job Description

We are looking for you, a Senior Software Engineer to help us build and maintain the next tools or processes that will help the business to overcome our challenges. Help us design, implement and evolve our data analysis tools within a dynamic team working with various technologies.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have following key accountabilities:

• Set up, build and maintain WinForms applications (C # / VB.NET) and Office
• Development and maintenance of Backend code on Web tools (C # / ASP.NET)
• Initiate and participate in reflections on the implementation of solutions
• Provide guidance on technology and tooling choices to the team
• Be proactive in the face of various issues
• Respond to the challenges of tool performance
• Participate and support the technological choices of the team (monitoring, mutual aid, presentations, ...)

• Avoid scope-creep, over-engineering, under-testing and technical debt
• Learning our business domain
• Using good software engineering principles and best practices to solve business problems

Principal Software Engineer, Pune

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who defines and drives the technical strategy for large‑scale, distributed, and cloud‑native systems. This role operates at a company and platform level, designing foundational architectures, enforcing engineering standards, and leading complex technical transformations that impact multiple teams and products.

You will act as a technical authority and architect, balancing short‑term delivery needs with long‑term scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency. This role requires deep hands‑on expertise in Java, Python, SQL, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern DevSecOps practices, along with the ability to guide teams in AI‑driven development and generative tooling adoption.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical strategy for large‑scale, distributed, and high‑availability systems
• Design foundational platforms, frameworks, and shared services that impact multiple teams
• Lead architectural transformations for legacy systems and large‑scale applications
• Drive system‑wide decisions with a strong focus on scalability, performance, resilience, security, and maintainability
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into robust, future‑proof technical architectures
  
  Platform Governance & Engineering Standards
•  Develop and enforce governance policies for APIs, security, cloud infrastructure, and system integrations
• Define company‑wide best practices for engineering quality, reliability, observability, and efficiency
• Establish architectural guardrails to ensure consistent design and implementation across teams
• Drive adoption of security, compliance, and infrastructure automation best practices
  
  Cloud, DevSecOps & Cost Optimization
•  Establish strategies for cost‑efficient cloud resource utilization, scaling, and performance optimization
• Architect standardized CI/CD frameworks used across multiple teams
• Define DevSecOps guardrails ensuring secure, compliant, and consistent delivery pipelines at scale
• Champion Infrastructure‑as‑Code, automation, and operational excellence
  Data, Streaming & Distributed Systems
•  Provide technical leadership in large‑scale data processing, streaming architectures, and messaging systems
• Design and evolve systems using Kafka, queues, async processing, and event‑driven patterns
• Guide teams on concurrency, fault tolerance, back‑pressure handling, and system resilience
  
  AI & Engineering Innovation
•  Guide teams in AI‑driven development practices, including the responsible use of Generative AI tooling
• Evaluate AI and GenAI technologies for quality, scalability, security, and real business value
• Design and integrate AI/ML capabilities into systems from a platform and application engineering perspective
• Champion innovations that improve developer productivity, automation, and engineering efficiency
  Technical Leadership & Collaboration
•  Act as a technical mentor and design authority for senior and mid‑level engineers
• Engage in deep technical problem‑solving, influencing system‑wide technical decisions
• Collaborate closely with Product, Security, Operations, and Platform teams
• Lead by example through hands‑on design reviews, architectural guidance, and complex issue resolution
  
  Required Technical Skills: Core Engineering 
•  Java (Spring Boot, REST, Microservices, JVM internals)
• Python (core Python, scripting, automation, data processing)
• SQL (advanced querying, schema design, performance tuning)
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms, and System Design
• Scripting languages (Shell, Bash, or similar)
  
  Systems & Platforms
• Distributed systems, concurrency, fault tolerance, scalability patterns
• Cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP) and cloud‑native architectures
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure‑as‑Code
• Messaging and streaming systems (Kafka, event‑driven architectures)
  
  AI / Data (Working Knowledge)
• Experience integrating AI/ML or GenAI APIs into production systems
• Understanding of data pipelines, model deployment, and operational AI concerns
• Ability to assess where AI adds value versus unnecessary complexity

Software Engineer with Java/Sprint boot, ETL (SQL, Python, ETL)

Job Summary We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer with strong backend development experience to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in Java-based technologies, database systems, cloud platforms, and modern DevOps practices. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high performance applications while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to solve complex business and technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance software applications.
• Build and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries using SQL and PostgreSQL.
• Develop and support ETL pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, and processing.
• Implement and maintain search and analytics capabilities using Elasticsearch.
• Work with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable) to deploy and manage applications.
• Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues in production and non production environments. |
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, QA, and other engineers to deliver high quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving coding standards and engineering practices.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and frameworks as needed.
• Take ownership of assigned modules and drive them end-to-end.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
• Hands-on experience with ETL processes and data pipelines.
• Experience working with Elasticsearch for search, logging, or analytics use cases.
• Solid understanding of cloud computing concepts; hands-on experience with Azure is highly preferred.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.
• Experience with version control systems (Git).

Non-Technical & Soft Skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to handle complex challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A can-do attitude with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Willingness and enthusiasm to learn new technologies and adapt to changing requirements.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Proactive mindset with attention to detail and quality.

Good to Have (Added Value)
• Experience with system design and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Understanding of security best practices for application development.