Job Description

Slice (NielsenIQ) is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Engineering team. You will work on Java-based public web services and contribute to the evolution of our high-volume, distributed infrastructure that powers data extraction, classification, and low-latency delivery to consumer and partner applications. Our team focuses on scalability, resilience, architectural excellence, and building systems that operate reliably at massive scale. As a senior engineer, you will help design, optimize, and extend mission-critical components that drive Slice’s core platform.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Serve as a recognized expert in software design, architecture, and performance optimization across the domain.
- Lead end-to-end design and implementation of critical, high-impact systems with a focus on long-term scalability and maintainability.
- Define, document, and enforce system-wide design patterns, coding standards, and architectural principles.
- Architect and integrate scalable, event-driven, and resilient distributed systems for high-volume, low-latency workloads.
- Solve complex challenges in high-availability and fault-tolerant architectures, driving improvements in reliability and throughput.
- Design and evolve API contracts with backward compatibility, extensibility,



and cross-service interoperability.
- Define and implement observability and telemetry strategies to ensure deep insight into system behavior and performance.
- Apply polyglot persistence principles by choosing optimal data storage technologies for wide-ranging use cases.
- Work with cloud-based architectures and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) to improve deployment reliability and efficiency.
- Establish scalable automated testing frameworks and quality gates used across multiple engineering teams. Drive DevOps excellence by improving automation, strengthening security, and advancing operational best practices.
- Conduct deep design and code reviews, ensuring alignment with engineering excellence standards.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to resolve architectural dependencies and align system roadmaps.
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies, frameworks, and patterns to enhance engineering efficiency and platform performance.
- Incorporate AI-assisted analysis to explore architectural alternatives and improve component design.
- Lead domain-level CI/CD modernization efforts, introduce secure-by-default patterns, and drive adoption of automated quality and security tooling.

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Java Developer) (Pune)
🏢 Nielseniq
📍 Pune