**Job Description**

• Nielsen’s Lineup & Metadata services are the definitive source of channel line-ups, program schedules, and content identifiers that power our audience-measurement products. Accuracy, coverage, and near-real-time delivery are mission-critical: they directly influence ratings quality, client billing, and viewer discovery.

 

• The Member of Technical Staff 2(MTS2) is ultimately responsible for delivering technical solutions: starting from the project's onboard until post launch support and including development, testing and user acceptance.

**Qualifications**

Responsibilities

• System Deployment: 

  • Build new UI screens and client‑side capture logic in React (TypeScript). Create/extend Java (Spring Boot) micro‑services and GraphQL / REST endpoints. Model and persist data in PostgreSQL / Aurora and S3 / Parquet for analytics.

• CI/CD Implementation:

  • Leverage CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.

  • Ensure continuous integration and delivery of features, improvements, and bug fixes.

• Code Quality and Best Practices:

  • Adhere to coding standards, best practices, and design principles.

  • Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality.

• Performance Optimization:

  • Profile React bundles, optimise API latency, instrument with Prometheus/Grafana, and help triage production issues.

• Team Collaboration:

  • Follow best practices.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure a cohesive and unified approach to software development.

• Security and Compliance:

  • Implement security best practices for both client and upload components.

  • Adhere to industry standards and regulations related to web application security.

Key Skills

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Frontend: React (16+), TypeScript, Redux/Context, Jest/RTL.

• Backend: Java 17, Spring Boot, REST/GraphQL, Kafka or Kinesis.

• Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL), MongoDB, schema design, performance tuning

• Testing: JUnit 5, Cypress/Playwright, Pact/contract testing.

• Good understanding of CI/CD principles and tools. 

• Good problem-solving and debugging skills.

• Good communication and collaboration skills with ability to communicate technical concepts 

• Utilizes team collaboration to contribute to innovative solutions efficiently

Other good to have skills

• Exposure to the AWS tech stack.

• Working knowledge of Java and SQL

**Additional Information**

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