Principal Architect

**Company Description**

At NielsenIQ Technology, we are evolving the Discover platform, a unified, global, open data cloud ecosystem. Organizations around the world rely on our data and insights to innovate and grow. As a Platform Architect, you will play a crucial role in defining the architecture of our platforms to realize the company’s business strategy and objectives. You will collaborate closely with colleagues in Architecture and Engineering to take architecture designs from concept to delivery. As you gain knowledge of our platform, the scope of your role will expand to include an end-to-end focus.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Architect new products using NIQ’s core platforms.
- Assess the viability of new technologies as alternatives to existing platform selections.
- Drive innovations through proof of concepts and support technology migration from planning to production.
- Produce high-level approaches for platform components to guide component architects.
- Create, maintain, and promote reference architectures for key areas of the platform.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to govern the architecture design.
- Create High-Level Architectures (HLAs) and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for new requirements.
- Maintain architecture designs and diagrams.
- Provide architecture reviews for new intakes.

**Qualifications**
- 15+ years of experience, including a strong engineering background with 5+ years in architecture/design roles.
- Hands-on experience building scalable enterprise platforms.
- Proficiency with SQL. Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, document-oriented databases such as MongoDB, and search engines such as Elasticsearch.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, and/or JavaScript. Familiarity with common frameworks like Spring, OpenAPI, PySpark, React, Angular, etc. Background in TypeScript and Node.js a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field (required; master’s preferred).
- Strong knowledge in Azure and GCP public cloud providers desirable.
- Good knowledge of Azure Cloud technologies, including Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and Azure cloud storage (ADLS/Azure Blob). Experience with Snowflake is a definite plus.
- Good knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including BigQuery, Workflows, Kubernetes Engine and Cloud Storage.
- Good understanding of Containers/Kubernetes and CI/CD.
- Knowledge of BI tools and analytics features is a plus.
- Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability.
- Experience in agile software development practices.

**Additional Information**

**Our Benefits**
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

**About NIQ**

NIQ is the world’s 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 insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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