Description

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future.

Data Engineer

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Around here we’re all numbers people, but it’s the 1s and 0s behind our data that make what we

do possible. Software engineers strike a balance between precision and disruption, between

reliability and innovation. Nielsen is a tech company backed by nearly a century of forward

momentum to show the world what’s next—and we couldn’t have done it without our engineers.

In this role, you will be working alongside data scientists and engineers within Nielsen’s Market

Mix Modeling (MMM) business, to build a data platform on AWS to ingest, combine and process

data from external sources. The role requires you to have experience working with large

datasets and complex schemas, a can-do approach towards automation, with an emphasis on

the implementation of best practice cloud security principles.

Responsibilites

Collaborate with product and data science to clarify requirements and design processing
flows
 Collaborate in cross-functional teams to implement, test and deploy features.
 Implement efficient, scalable, robust data pipelines along with automated data validation
 Identify potential process improvements and recommend suitable tools and changes to
address them
 Troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines in a distributed environment
 Develop and maintain good programming standards and practices across the ecosystem
 Perform code reviews