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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 agile 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

About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Database Engineer with a strong foundation in PostgreSQL to take full ownership of our database infrastructure. In this role, you will lead the design, optimization, scaling, and reliability of our core relational databases while actively exploring emerging frameworks.



This position is ideal for a proactive engineer who bridges the gap between database architecture and application logic, thrives on solving performance bottlenecks, builds resilient cloud architectures, and is excited to leverage AI and modern technologies to drive our data strategy forward.
Key Responsibilities
• Infrastructure Reliability & HA: Design, implement, and manage High Availability (HA) architectures. Configure and maintain streaming & logical replication, clustering, and automated failover mechanisms.

• Disaster Recovery (DR): Develop, execute, and test robust disaster recovery plans. Ensure data durability through automated backup strategies and rapid point-in-time recovery (PITR) procedures.

• Database Design & Architecture: Architect, model, and deploy scalable database schemas that align with complex application requirements and business logic.

• Cloud & Infrastructure Management: Deploy and manage PostgreSQL databases within modern cloud environments (e.g.,

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