Backend Developer (Java/Python/Aws)

Company Description
Jobs for Humanity is partnering with Nielsen to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. Therefore, we prioritize individuals coming from the following communities: Refugee, Neurodivergent, Single Parent, Blind or Low Vision, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Military Veterans, the Elderly, the LGBTQ, and Justice Impacted individuals. This position is open to candidates who reside in and have the legal right to work in the country where the job is located.
Company Name: Nielsen
Job 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. 
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer 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 metadata software solution.
  • Design applications with a Platform-first mentality where scale, consistency and reliability are at the core of every decision.

Job Description

• • 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 vertical.
  • Immediate focus on building our next generation ingestion pipeline leveraging automation at the core requiring minimal human intervention.
  • Interact with Product, Editorial and Client Experience teams to constantly refine the Gracenote offering. 

Role Requirements / Desired Skills

• • 1-3 years of experience working in Software Development 
  • At least 1+ years of experience in Java, Python
  • Experience in AWS
  • Experience with Unix/Linux based platforms.
  • Experience with databases like Postgre, MySQL etc. 
  • Experience with API’s, JSON(P) and XML
  • Experience in Terraform, Ansible and ORM technologies
  • Experience in writing unit test code
  • A solid grasp of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management and distributed systems
  • Proficiency in software engineering tools
  • Ability to document requirements and specifications
  • Energetic team player
  • Experience working in an Agile environment.
  • Good communication skills and able to share knowledge with the team.
  • Good knowledge of the English language, both spoken and written.
  • B.E / B.Tech in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.

Additional skill set (Good to have)

• • Experience in automated testing platforms like Selenium
  • Experience with containers (docker, containers) and kubernetes.
  • Experience with Presto, Trino, Spark, Airflow, Prometheus, ELK, or similar technologies.
  • Have an affinity with Video, Music & Sports domain
  • Like to understand and brainstorm about architecture
  • Have knowledge of other technologies like orchestration tools, database optimisation, server/application optimisation
  • History of open source contributions
  • Experience with DevOps Practices and software
  • A passion for exploring new programming languages

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