Member Technical Staff II

Nielsen Holdings Plc; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nielsen Holdings Plc is seeking an experienced Lead Developer to guide backend delivery for a team. You will design and ship backend capabilities, ensure reliability, and work with product and engineering teams on requirements and architectural trade-offs.

The role requires hands-on coding in Java/Spring, strong PostgreSQL and caching skills, and experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows. Collaboration with UI and infra teams is expected.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience shipping production backend services in Java (Spring Boot) or an equivalent JVM stack.
• Experience with REST APIs, validation, auth integration (OAuth2/JWT), and Spring patterns.
• PostgreSQL design, migrations, indexing, transactions, and debugging slow queries.
• Caching with Redis (or Valkey): keys, TTLs, invalidation, and failure modes when cache is down.
• Build with Gradle or Maven, unit/integration tests, code reviews, and CI-friendly workflows.
• Docker; deploying or operating services on AWS (configs, secrets, logs, metrics).
• Observability with metrics, logs, and tracing for production issues.
• API design with versioning, backward-compatibility, and idempotency considerations.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Git with collaborative branching and reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and review features and APIs (services, integrations, data access).
• Own reliability for services: correctness, performance, observability, and safe releases.
• Architect and improve systems (db schema, caching, deployment, runbooks).
• Collaborate with product and other teams on requirements and trade-offs.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of quality and learning.
• Drive process improvements: better tests, CI/CD hygiene, reduced toil.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for onboarding and operations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

OAuth2/JWT

PostgreSQL

Redis

Gradle/Maven

CI/CD

Docker

AWS

Kubernetes

Git

React/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

AWS

Kubernetes

Git

Terraform

CloudFormation

React

TypeScript

Job description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it's consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Developer to lead technical delivery for a team: hands-on coding, architecture alignment, and raising the bar on quality and operations. You will design and ship backend capabilities, partner on requirements and trade-offs, and help the team deliver reliably in production.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and review features and APIs (services, integrations, data access).

Own reliability for services you touch: correctness, performance, observability, and safe releases.

Work with the team on architecture for new capabilities and on improving existing systems (database schema, caching, deployment, operational runbooks).

Partner with product and other engineering teams on requirements, estimates, and technical trade-offs.

Review code, clarify design, and mentor engineers informally; contribute to a culture of quality and learning.

Identify and drive process improvements: clearer contracts, better tests, CI/CD hygiene, and reduced operational toil.

Create and maintain technical documentation where it helps onboarding and operations.

Qualifications

4+ years of professional experience shipping production backend services in Java (e.g. Spring Boot) or an equivalent JVM stack; comfortable with REST APIs, validation, auth integration (e.g. OAuth2 / JWT), and common Spring patterns.

Data stores - solid PostgreSQL: schema design, migrations (e.g. Flyway or similar), indexing, transactions, and debugging slow queries.

Caching - hands-on use of Redis or Valkey (or similar): cache keys, TTLs, invalidation, and failure modes when cache is down or stale.

Build and quality - Gradle or Maven, unit/integration tests, constructive code review habits, and CI-friendly workflows.

Containers and cloud - Docker; deploying or operating services on AWS (or similar): configs, secrets, logs, metrics.

Observability - metrics, logs, and tracing sufficient to find regressions and latency issues in production.

API and integration design - clear contracts, versioning or backward-compatibility discipline, and safe handling of errors and idempotency where it matters.

Education - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Version control - strong experience with Git and collaborative branching/review practices.

Preferred skills

Ad tech or high-QPS adjacent - experience with auctions, bidding, strict latency budgets, or very high read/write traffic.

Rust or other systems languages - for performance-critical services or tooling.

Kubernetes and GitOps-style deployments.

UI collaboration - comfort reading, debugging, or occasionally contributing to our web UI built with React, TypeScript, Vite, Material UI (MUI), TanStack Query, React Router, and Tailwind CSS (pairing with UI engineers on API contracts, auth flows, and end-to-end behavior).

Infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).

Prior mentoring, technical leadership, or leading small initiatives.