The Nielsen Company: Principal Member Technical Staff — Bengaluru, India

About The Nielsen Company

The Nielsen Company works in audience measurement, data and analytics for the media industry. It measures how audiences watch, listen and interact across television, digital and other platforms and provides ratings and related data used by broadcasters, advertisers and streaming services. Nielsen was separated from NielsenIQ, its former consumer-measurement business, in 2021, and now concentrates on media measurement rather than consumer goods data.

The position and its setting

The Nielsen Company lists Principal Member Technical Staff in Bengaluru, India, under reference 71730885-20260503. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Technology
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 16 October 2026
• Brands: The Nielsen Company

Responsibilities and work described

• Gracenote is the content business unit of Nielsen that powers the world of media entertainment
• Our metadata solutions help media and entertainment companies around the world deliver personalized content search and discovery, connecting audiences with the content they love
• We’re at the intersection of people and media entertainment
• With our cutting-edge technology and solutions, we help audiences easily find TV shows, movies, music and sports across multiple platforms
• Our metadata entertainment solutions have a global footprint of 80+ countries, 100K+ channels and catalogs, 70+ sports and 100M+ music tracks, all across 35 languages
• Job Purpose:
• Architecture: & Design our flagship metadata software solutions
• Design: applications with a Platform-first mentality where scale, consistency and reliability are at the core of every decision
• Driving Technology & good practices in Engineering in their respective teams
• Partner with the Product team to translate vague business requirements into concrete, feasible technical roadmaps
• Actively participate in development along with team members for as much as 60% of their time, creating modules & systems that can then be treated as a working reflection of the best practices
• Cross-System Integration ensuring data flow seamlessly & consistently across ingestion, processing and data deliveries to end customers
• Work: closely with Data Science, DevOps, and Frontend architects to ensure our backend infrastructure supports emerging needs
• Being responsible for Scaling, Performance & Quality
• Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you can create
• Implementation of long-term technology vision for your teams

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of professional experience in software development
• Experience: designing, developing and scaling enterprise grade applications, including developing solutions from scratch
• In depth knowledge and proficiency of messaging queue concepts
• Proficiency: Java/Python frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, or similar
• Experience: RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Knowledge: machine learning and data science concepts
• Champion of SDLC practices
• Understanding: software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Understanding: application development, infrastructure management, data engineering and platform constructs
• Deep understanding of various datastores: SQL & NoSQL
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience: cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Familiarity: containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge: CI/CD tools and practices
• Experience: test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Familiarity: front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: Bengaluru, India

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment

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Relevant skills

• Python
• Java
• JavaScript
• SQL
• NoSQL
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• Docker
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure
• APIs
• AI/ML