Nielsen is looking for a Tech Lead who wants to be hands-on to support our Connect Platform, our unified, global data ecosystem powered by Microsoft Azure. You will Lead a Team of awesome engineers to develop dynamic applications and APIs in a world of big data. Utilizing the latest technologies with continuous integration and delivery tools, all in a cloud-based environment.

As Tech Lead, you will support applications such as:

Connect Extracts Studio: A self-serve application with step-by-step tools to access and extract data and enable users to deliver data where and when they need it, anytime. 

Business Intelligence Apps and Reports: Data-driven and self-serve analytical applications used by clients to understand their consumer insights, view key performance indicators, drive decisions and discover opportunities for growth 

App Ecosystem Services: Re-usable and extensible components library and services that expedite and simplify Application development within Connect.

What you will be doing:

• Define and own execution of scalable, flexible and user-friendly applications
• Develop secure and highly performant services and APIs
• Lead technical teams to deliver quality software
• Engage with product and technology leaders to understand and translate requirement needs into executable solutions
• Drive proof of concept/technology to assist technology evaluation
• Ensure the maintainability and quality of code
• Manage and mentor a team of developers

What are we looking for:

• 10+ years of IT experience with five-plus years of experience in a technical leadership role
• Hands-on experience in full-stack development developing scalable enterprise platforms (Java, Angular, SQL and NoSQL Databases)
• Past work experience with business intelligence (BI)  and enterprise reporting tools such as Tableau, Qlikview, Power BI or Microstrategy
• Past work with big data, data warehousing, ETL processing and cloud-based systems with technologies such as Apache Spark, Databricks, and Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance, scalability, and availability
• Experience in agile software development practices and DevOps
• Define and own execution of scalable, flexible and user-friendly applications
• Proven capability to do design, delivery, and lead teams through to execution on a project
• Develop secure and high-performance services and APIs
• Lead technical teams to deliver quality software
• Drive proof of concept/technology to assist technology evaluation
• Ensure the maintainability and quality of code
• Manage and mentor a team of developers
• Strong experience in designing and building multithreaded distributed systems
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field