Python Developer

Job description

Date: Sep 13, 2018

Location: New York, NY, US

Company: Nielsen

Everyone knows about the Nielsen Ratings - but what happens when demographics aren't enough?

Nielsen's Media Analytics team creates the tools and algorithms to help our clients make sense of the chaotic and rapidly changing media industry.

We're building a team to develop and impliment new software and models that the biggest brands, best-known media companies, and fastest growing digital companies will use to make sense of how consumers engage with television and the web

Job Responsibilities

·  You'll help as we transition scripts and internal web-applications from an on-prem Netezza environment to a managed Spark platform on AWS
·  You'll work with our commercial team and our clients to develop the methods that inform their strategies and decisions.
·  You'll own what you build, - and take full control of seeing it go live.
·  You'll be a technology thought-leader for our team

Role Requirements

·  BS in Computer Science or Statistics (or related) with experience in the other
·  3-5 years in application development, data science or similar role (Python)

·  Experience with SQL on Hadoop (Spark preferred)
·  Experience developing and deploying web applications a plus
·  Experience with workflow orchestration (esp. Airflow) preferred
·  A passion for getting into the weeds and working with media data
·  An entreprenurial spirit and a willingness to take risks