Java Backend Engineer Junior to Senior level-Chennai/Pune

Company Description
Job Description
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Our NielsenIQ Technology teams are revamping multiple platforms to create a unified, global, open data ecosystem powered by Microsoft Azure. Our clients around the world rely on NielsenIQ's data and insights to innovate and grow

As a Software Engineer with NielsenIQ Technology based in Pune, you will be provided with a great opportunity to work as part of an agile feature team of technologist within the NielsenIQ Technology product ecosystem. Specifically, you will work in a squad (mixing other developers, SREs, UI/UX designers, Product Owners, and Product Managers) dedicated to a project for the NIQ GfK Client Platform.

You would mainly work with the technology team to deliver high end and high-quality products as individual contributors with blend of achieving team goals by monitoring and helping them to grow in their JAVA, Spring boot, REST, JPA and DB technology stack. You would initially help us in our migration phase from some of our current internal and external services and splitting some of our core applications into Microservices. Therefore, this role would require someone with more focused backend experience with Databases and data modelling. That said, a good grasp of SQL and data analysis techniques is crucial for this role as you will lead data transformation, schema design and query read/write optimization efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Primarily looking in Spring boot migration of a product written in some other language (TIBCO)
• Writing simple, medium and complex micro services
• Guiding fellow team members with technical expertise and bringing solutions to complex problems
• Code reviews and coming with innovations
• Interacting with multiple stakeholders
• Leading by an example – post some leading a team and owning one complete solution/application
• Writing simple to medium SQL queries as per project needs
• Understanding user needs and how they fit into the overall, global solution design
• Configuring & Implementing Application and Integration Service to support Business needs
• Prototyping new features and integrations aligned to business strategy by introducing innovation through technology
• Following source & test-driven development best practices
• Troubleshooting and identifying root cause analysis while resolving the issues

Qualifications

• 1 to 10 years of applicable software engineering experience
• 1 years+ solid programming skills in Java (JDK 8+ and Spring)
• 1 years+ working experience of databases and SQL
• 1 years+ working experience of Microservices and RESTful APIs
• CLoud expertise
• Good knowledge of Cloud
• Strong fundamentals with experience in back-end and knowledge in front-end object-oriented programming, including proficiency in Java, Spring boot and RDBMS
• Solid knowledge of relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL
• Knowledge in TDD and unit testing
• Experience with Design Patterns and Object-Oriented design
• Solid computer science/engineering fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms
• Experience with Source-Control systems, CI/CD pipelines and containerization
• An interest in helping other engineers become even better
• Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to effectively interface across cross-functional technology teams and the business
• Willingness to work as individual contributor as well as technical lead as an when team needs you
• Minimum B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

Nice to have:

• Experience of micro-services at scale
• Experience in Agile development like SAFe
• Managing small to medium size team as tech lead
• Experience using Object-oriented languages Java
• Experience using Atlassian tool suite, including JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket
• Experience working with testing tools and Automation test needs
• Teaching and embracing best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement
• Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges

In the Role expectation is to:

• Utilize TDD, that is a test first approach in writing unit and integration tests
• analyze Postgres query plans (execution plan)
• Identify and address application and data issues that affect application integrity
• Fix any defects and performance problems discovered in testing
• Work with the architects and an Agile team to influence the system architecture and performance goals
• Contribute to Agile practices, such as estimating and planning
• Collaborate well with team members
• Document technical effort from time to time

Additional Information
Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At NIQ, we are steadfast in our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that mirrors the rich diversity of the communities and markets we serve. We believe that embracing a wide range of perspectives drives innovation and excellence. All employment decisions at NIQ are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We invite individuals who share our dedication to inclusivity and equity to join us in making a meaningful impact. To learn more about our ongoing efforts in diversity and inclusion, please visit the