Nielsen seeks a Manager of Engineering (Backend) to lead a team of big data software engineers within their Marketing Cloud business unit. Responsibilities include managing the team, translating user stories into scalable systems, handling multiple projects, ensuring system performance and security, developing applications using Scala, Java, Kafka, and microservices, and implementing best practices. The ideal candidate possesses 9+ years of backend big data experience, expertise in Spark, Scala, Kafka, SQL, EMR, S3, Airflow, Hive, and Java, and strong leadership and problem-solving skills. Experience with CI/CD, Agile/DevOps, and cloud-native applications (preferably AWS) is essential.