Company Description

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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Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of skilled engineers — potentially including subordinate managers — delivering enterprise-grade platforms on Java, Spring Boot, Python (NumPy), REST APIs, Flask APIs, and Azure.
Responsibilities:
• Manage a team of professional employees, occasionally including subordinate M5/M6 managers; adapt plans and priorities to meet team service, business, and operational objectives





• Apply a deep understanding of the business and how your area integrates with others to achieve departmental objectives

• Make decisions that impact the finances, results, effectiveness, and level of service provided by the team, guided by policies, departmental plans, budgets, and resource requirements

• Identify and solve functional and organizational problems in a specialized area of expertise; understand and recognize broader impact across the department

• Own the technical health and delivery of a portfolio of services built on Java, Spring Boot, Python (NumPy), REST/Flask APIs, and Azure

• Drive architectural governance, engineering standards, and platform quality/performance/reliability improvements across teams

• Own resource planning, budgets, and team plans; manage capacity, hiring, and vendor engagement as needed

• Champion DevSecOps maturity and AI adoption across the SDLC —

📌 Senior Manager, Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Nielseniq
📍 Chennai