Senior Database Administrator (Java/Spark/AWS)

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. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with Data Engineering Skills to join our Gracenote Tech team. The ideal candidates would have a passion for Clean Code, scalable architectures, Test Driven Development and DevOps.

Job Purpose

• Develop and enhance our flagship Video metadata software solution.
• Design applications with a Platform-first mentality where scale, consistency and reliability are at the core of every decision.

Job Description

• Design software with a Product-owner mentality: your software is the product and as such you own the product as much as any business person does.
• Work within small, highly configurable teams to deliver software in rapid increments using an iterative approach.
• Develop applications to catalog and power the world’s largest entertainment metadata repository across the Video vertical.
• Immediate focus on building our next generation ingestion pipeline leveraging automation at the core requiring minimal human intervention.
• Interact with Product, Editorial and Client Experience teams to constantly refine the Gracenote offering. 

Role Requirements / Desired Skills

• 2-4 years of experience working in Software Development 
• At least 2+ years of experience in Java / Spark
• Experience in AWS
• Experience with Unix/Linux based platforms.
• Experience in Terraform, Ansible and ORM technologies
• Experience with databases like Postgre, Cassandra SQL etc. 
• Experience in writing unit test code
• A solid grasp of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management and distributed systems
• Proficiency in software engineering tools
• Have experience with API’s, JSON(P) and XML
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• Energetic team player
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Good communication skills and able to share knowledge with the team.
• Good knowledge of the English language, both spoken and written.
• B.E / B.Tech in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.

Additional skill set (Good to have)

• Experience in automated testing platforms like Selenium
• Experience with containers (docker, containers) and kubernetes.
• Experience with Presto, Trino, Spark, Airflow, Prometheus, ELK, or similar technologies.
• Have an affinity with Video, Music & Sports domain
• Like to understand and brainstorm about architecture
• Have knowledge of other technologies like orchestration tools, database optimization, server/application optimization
• History of open source contributions
• Experience with DevOps practices and software
• A passion for exploring new programming languages

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