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Senior Software Engineer || Backend Developer

Karnataka, India (Hybrid)

Senior Software Engineer || Backend Developer

13 Hours ago • 4-8 Years • Full Stack Development

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Summary

Nielsen's Gracenote Tech team seeks Senior Software Engineers to develop and enhance flagship Video, Audio, Automotive, and Sports metadata software solutions. The role involves designing scalable, consistent, and reliable applications using a platform-first mentality. Responsibilities include leveraging open-source technologies (Kubernetes, Trino, Spark, Airflow, etc.), designing software with a product-owner mindset, working in agile teams for iterative software delivery, and developing applications for the world's largest entertainment metadata repository. Collaboration with Product, Editorial, and Client Experience teams is crucial to refine the Gracenote offering.

5 skills required for this role

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kubernetes

spark

elk

prometheus

saas-business-models

Must have:

Clean Code
Scalable architectures
Test Driven Development
DevOps
Open source technologies (Kubernetes, Trino, Spark)
Product-owner mentality
Agile development

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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.

Software Engineer

We are looking to hire Senior Software Engineers 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, Audio, Automotive and Sports metadata software solutions.
Design applications with a Platform-first mentality where scale, consistency and reliability are at the core of every decision.

Job Description:

Evaluate, contribute to, and leverage open source technologies including Kubernetes, Trino, Spark, Airflow, Prometheus + friends, ELK, Jupyter, and more in order to create and enhance our internal SaaS/PaaS platforms.
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, Audio, Automotive and Sports verticals.
Interact with Product, Editorial and Client Experience teams to constantly refine the Gracenote offering.

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