Big Data Engineers (Airflow, Python, Spark)

2 Days ago • 2 Years +

About the job

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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.

About the Role

As a Software Data Engineer you will be responsible for data pipelines to work on both scheduled and real time use cases. Schedule pipelines run typically in Airflow and real time processing could be airflow or integrated querying in backend services.

Responsibilities

Work closely with team leads and backend developers to design and develop functional, robust pipelines to support internal and customer needs.
Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks.
Develop high quality, well documented, and efficient code.
Manage and optimize scalable pipelines in the cloud.
Optimize internal and external applications for performance and scalability.
Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met, and write unit, integration, or data quality tests.
Communicate regularly with stakeholders, project managers, quality assurance teams, and other developers regarding progress on long-term technology roadmap.
Recommend systems solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchased alternatives.

Key Skills (Domain Expertise)

2+ years of experience as a software/data engineer.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering.

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