Senior Software Engineer Lisboa

Senior Software Engineer
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Company Description

Nielsen
IQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

To provide an insightful service, we use a vast range of technology and software that are mostly developed internally, together with some of our partners. This is a key asset for our business. To keep innovating in the technology area, The Strategic Analytics & Insights division established across three Global Technology Centers: US, India, and Portugal. The European Technology Centre in Portugal has a mission to be part of the global team that actively develops and evolve our core technology platforms.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Software Engineer to join our Technology Center in Portugal. You will join a local team that is part of a wider international development team spanning the US, Portugal, and India. On this role you’ll be contributing to evolving the next generation of our core technology platforms. You’d be implementing new features over core market research applications, incorporating strategic market research and AI capabilities into our platforms and client offering, and you’ll also have a great opportunity to help us thrive as part of our global engineering practice.

Join us and play a pivotal role in ensuring our innovative products are powered by the best technology, while working in a dynamic and collaborative global environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop new
  - page web applications and develop key system features.
• Explore and evaluate new technologies to advance our Saa
  S platform and grow our business
• Serve as a developer on teams that will execute projects from beginning to end, including working with product management, gathering requirements, brainstorming solutions, building final applications and testing.
• Work closely with architects, and other teams to design and implementation cross functional requirements
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Follow community best practices and team SDLC guidelines
• Develop for scale and robustness leveraging the cloud and microservice
• Analyze existing services and modules for potential risks and mitigations
• Participate in Agile grooming and propose designs that solve business problems
• Support business operations by helping resolve production issues as required
• Mentor more junior engineers

Expected competencies

• Business domain knowledge
• Business domain analysis
• Technical design
• In-team influencing ability
• Cultivates initiative in teammates

Growth areas

• Architectural analysis
• Inter-team communication
• Team leadership
• Mentoring team members
• Scheduling and cost projections

Education and experience

• 5 to 8 years of software development / engineering experience
• MS/BS in Software Engineering or related discipline

Technical skills

• Experience programming in Java
• Experience with microservice development is a plus
• Experience programming with Javascript frameworks like Angular and Ember
• Experience in web application development
• Understanding of relational databases such as MS SQL Server
• Experience with non relational databases like Mongo
  DB is a plus
• Familiarity with Agile process
• Passion for learning new technologies
• Experience with Iaa
  S & Paa
  S from a cloud vendor is a plus. Azure preferred.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• Linked
  In 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 Gf
K, 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
-
-
- 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.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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 Action-Employer, 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
- discrimination 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.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion