Principal Software Engineer
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Job Description
Its an exciting time to be a builder. Constant technological advances are creating an exciting new world for those who understand the value of data. The mission of NIQs Media Division is to turn NIQ into the global leader that transforms how consumer brands plan activate and measure their media activities.
Recombine is the delivery area focused on maximising the value of data assets in our NIQ Media Division. We apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to unlock deeper insights whilst integrating data from multiple internal and external sources. Our teams develop data integration products across various markets and product areas delivering enriched datasets that power client decisionmaking.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer for our Recombine delivery area to provide technical leadership within our development teams ensuring best practices architectural coherence and effective collaboration across projects. This role is ideal for a highly experienced engineer who can bridge the gap between data engineering data science and software engineering helping teams build scalable maintainable and wellstructured data solutions.
As a Principal Software Engineer you will play a handson role in designing and implementing solutions while mentoring developers influencing technical direction and driving best practices in software and data engineering. This role includes line management responsibilities ensuring the growth and development of team members. The role will be working within an AWS environment leveraging the power of cloudnative technologies and modern data platforms
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
Act as a technical architect ensuring alignment between the work of multiple development teams in data engineering and data science.
Design scalable highperformance data processing solutions within AWS considering factors such as governance security and maintainability.
Drive the adoption of best practices in software development including CI/CD testing strategies and cloudnative architecture.
Work closely with Product Owners to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Handson Development & Technical Excellence
Lead by example through highquality coding code reviews and proofofconcept development.
Solve complex engineering problems and contribute to critical design decisions.
Ensure effective use of AWS services including AWS Glue AWS Lambda Amazon S3 Redshift and EMR.
Develop and optimise data pipelines data transformations and ML workflows in a cloud environment.
Line Management & Team Development
Provide line management to engineers ensuring their professional growth and development.
Conduct performance reviews set development goals and mentor team members to enhance their skills.
Foster a collaborative and highperforming engineering culture promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement beyond team boundaries.
Support hiring onboarding and career development initiatives within the engineering team.
Collaboration & CrossTeam Coordination
Act as the technical glue between data engineers data scientists and software developers ensuring smooth integration of different components.
Provide mentorship and guidance to developers helping them level up their skills and technical understanding.
Work with DevOps teams to improve deployment pipelines observability and infrastructure as code.
Engage with stakeholders across the business translating technical concepts into businessrelevant insights.
Governance Security & Data Best Practices
Champion data governance lineage and security across the platform.
Advocate for and implement scalable data architecture patterns such as Data Mesh Lakehouse or eventdriven pipelines.
Ensure compliance with industry standards internal policies and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications :
Requirements & Experience
Strong software engineering background with experience in designing and building productiongrade applications in Python Scala Java or similar languages.
Proven experience with AWSbased data platforms specifically AWS Glue Redshift Athena S3 Lambda and EMR.
Expertise in Apache Spark and AWS Lake Formation with experience building largescale distributed data pipelines.
Experience with workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions.
Cloud experience in AWS including containerisation (Docker Kubernetes ECS EKS) and infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation).
Strong knowledge of modern software architecture including microservices eventdriven systems and distributed computing.
Experience leading teams in an agile environment with a strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines automated testing and DevOps practices.
Excellent problemsolving and communication skills with the ability to engage with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Proven line management experience including mentoring career development and performance management of engineering teams.
Additional Information :
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- EmployeeAssistanceProgram (EAP)
About NIQ
NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through stateoftheart platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90 of the worlds population.
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NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients communities and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce measurement and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative ActionEmployer making decisions without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability status age marital status protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global nondiscrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: https://nielseniq/global/en/newscenter/diversityinclusion
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
