Data Engineer

NielsenIQ (NIQ) is the world's leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior. With operations in more than 90 countries, NIQ provides manufacturers and retailers with accurate, actionable insights to innovate and grow.

Job Description

As a Data Engineer, you’ll be part of a team which works with cutting-edge technologies such as Spark, (Scala & Pyspark), python, Databricks, Airflow, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and other Data engineering tools.

Responsible to maintianing & assembling data pipelines that consume large datasets, runs the complex data transformations that are needed to generate the facts for the clients.

Responsible for integrating finished models into the pipelines that also helps in building the insights for the customer.

Use your spark skills to optimize spark code (including data science models).

Building required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using Azure, Databricks and SQL technologies

Write and maintain documentation for features you work on & transition them to L2 support.

Qualifications

Minimum 5-8 year of experience as Data engineer.

Experience modeling or manipulating large amounts of data is a must.

Hands-on experience as a data engineer

Highly proficient in using the spark framework (python and/or Scala)

Knowledge of Data Warehousing concepts, strategies, methodologies is good to have.

Programming experience in Python/scala, SQL.

Direct experience of building data pipelines using Apache Spark (Databrics/Fabric), Airflow.

Experience with CI/CD & DevSecOps is a plus.

Experience with Retail business is a plus

Any cloud certification for Data engineer.

Must be team oriented with strong collaboration, prioritization and adaptability skills required

Ability to write efficient code in terms of performance / memory utilization

Basic exposure to AI tools will be good to have.

Additional Information

Our Benefits

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

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ's principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ's AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles:

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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