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.

About the role

You’ll be working within an international group of teams which span from the US till India. This group is responsible for creating and managing reference data from all the broadcast and streaming stations across the continental US for Television audience measurement.
As a Front End developer you will be responsible for transforming the design and the product vision into working products and will directly influence how users will interact with the system.
You will work hard to stay on top of fast changing technology and invest a lot of energy in creating a clean interfaces with great user experience

Responsibilities

Translate design requirements into functional, user-friendly products and interfaces
Conduct wireframing, prototyping and UI development, collect feedback on user experience and suggest improvements to enhance the overall customer experience
Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, such as designers, data scientists, and product managers and drive internal alignment
Work closely with backend developers to understand and properly use the systems APIs
Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks
Design rapid prototypes for early customer validation of new interfaces
Collaborate closely with designers and customers to design the best user experiences with sustainable frameworks
Collaborate with data scientists to integrate data-driven features and insights into the user interface
Collaborate with product managers to implement tools and features that align with overall product strategy and client needs
Develop high quality, well documented, and efficient code

Key Skills

6+ years of experience as a frontend developer building modern JavaScript-based web applications
Experience as a Developer on a cross-functional agile team preferred
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering

Technical Skills

Expert in HTML, CSS/LESS/SCSS, JavaScript, responsive design
Proficient in native or web-to-native mobile development tools and frameworks
Skilled in using frameworks like React (preferred), Angular, and others.
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and their practical application
Ability to write effective unit, integration, and end-user automation tests
Experience in integrating various systems, especially CATI systems.
Mindset and attributes
Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align organization on decisions
Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply
Utilizes team collaboration to create innovative solutions efficiently