Senior Software Engineer VB.NET

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future. 

Nielsen is seeking an organized, detail oriented, team player, to join the Engineering team in the role of Software Engineer. Nielsen’s Audience Measurement Engineering platforms support the measurement of television viewing in more than 30 countries around the world. Ideal candidates will have exceptional skills in programming, testing, debugging and problem solving as well as effective communication and writing skills. 

Qualification:

• 5+ yrs Development experience with Microsoft Visual C++ /.NET, VB.NET and C#
• Development experience GoLang
• C++ experience on Windows platform
• SQL Programming (Microsoft SQL Server)
• Work with web technology including AWS, Docker, Python.
• Experience in writing unit/integration tests including test automation.
• Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting Resourceful, self-starter, and a team-player
• Bachelor’s degree in computer or electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent
• Desire to be deeply involved in product supplementation and automation
• Appreciation for and commitment to clean, reusable and well-tested code, architecture, and documentation
• Experience working in an Agile environment (scrum, kanban)
• Solid understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment environments
• Strong analytical skills and sense of technical creativity
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Detail oriented with a commitment to innovation
• Effective communication and writing skills are a must
• Ability to communicate in English (conduct written and spoken daily
• conversations with English speakers from 30+ countries around the world)

Additinal skills

• SQL Programming (PostgreSQL)
• Experienced in building RESTful APIs.
• Work with web technology including AWS, Docker, Python.
• Experience in writing unit/integration tests including test automation.
• Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical
• abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting