Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Node.js and Python)
Description For Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Node.js and Python)
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. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer with expertise in AWS, Node.js, and Python to join our dynamic team.
This role requires 8+ years of experience developing and delivering services, logic, and systems in a cloud-based environment. You will be both an individual contributor to our AWS-based backoffice and a manager for a small backoffice team responsible for these systems. The position is part of a broader organization that owns the company's mobile measurement and metering platforms.
As the technical product owner and lead for the AWS backoffice development team, you will:
- Maintain, optimize, and enhance the current technology stack for our mobile applications
- Take high-level requirements from Product stakeholders and break them into technical user epics and stories
- Lead the development scrum team towards implementation
- Provide technical guidance to backend developers and testers
- Architect systems and APIs involving mobile apps and backend servers for Nielsen's major, strategic initiatives
- Deliver quality products and deploy them across different world markets using best practices
Key responsibilities include:
- Running a small team of AWS backoffice, DevOps, and data engineers
- Driving and implementing architecture in AWS-based backoffice assets
- Working with the Product team and clients to understand and deliver solutions
- Enforcing best practices and setting technology roadmap
- Identifying and reducing technical debt
- Staying ahead of industry trends and AWS technology changes
- Managing overall AWS cost and optimizing systems
- Performing code reviews and mentoring junior team members
- Contributing to development and prototyping new ideas
This role offers an opportunity to be at the forefront of the media revolution, working with a team committed to excellence and making a significant impact in the industry.
Responsibilities For Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Node.js and Python)
- Act as technical product owner for all backoffice development
- Run a small team of AWS backoffice, DevOps, and data engineers and developers
- Lead technology for all AWS-based backoffice systems and logic
- Drive and implement architecture in AWS-based backoffice assets
- Drive alignment between server-side and mobile side for implementing measurement technologies
- Work with Product team and clients to understand needs and deliver solutions
- Deliver and enforce best practices, set technology roadmap for systems
- Identify and track technical debt and make plans for reducing it
- Stay on top of industry trends and AWS technology changes
- Track and be accountable for overall AWS cost of systems
- Write/review user stories and maintain related backlogs
- Perform code reviews and approve code merges
- Supervise and guide team members
- Mentor junior members of the team
- Drive R&D and innovation for more efficient methodologies
- Contribute to development and maintain smooth operation of backoffice services
Requirements For Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Node.js and Python)
- 8+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and delivering solutions in the cloud (6 years with a Masters)
- AWS certification (like solutions architect) is strongly desired
- Experience in technical leadership for diverse teams
- Proven record of managing technology teams, especially cloud developers and/or data engineers
- Programming skills in Node.js and Python
- Demonstrated experience in AWS, EMR, and Serverless architecture
- Knowledge of AWS security best practices
- Strong architectural skills for distributed systems
- Good knowledge of Apache Spark and its ecosystem
- Strong background in various AWS Cloud services
- Proficiency in leveraging columnar storage formats, particularly Apache Parquet
- Experience in Agile software development methodology
- Experience in source control like Git
- Direct experience in CI/CD pipelines and workflows, GitLab CI preferred
- Understanding of networking communication protocols, especially HTTP/S
- General understanding of Mobile systems, protocols, and concepts on iOS and Android is a plus
- Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills
- Leadership skills: commitment to excellence, accepting responsibility for results, and making quality decisions
- Flexibility to adapt to a dynamic, changing technical and business environment
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