Senior Software Engineer, Chennai**

The Backend Software Engineer within the NIQ Activate R&D; organization is a senior individual contributor role responsible for designing, developing, and scaling backend services that power innovative product solutions for our growing customer base. Working in a collaborative and innovation-driven environment, you will leverage modern cloud-native technologies, microservices architectures, and AI-assisted development tools to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions while influencing technical direction, architecture, and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities :

- Responsible for implementing micro-services from design to production.
- Take ownership of development, maintenance, testing strategy, design discussions, and operations of the team, with containerized API services
- Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, and deployment.
- Responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of new product features / components
- Work with a small, cross-functional team on products and features to drive growth.
- Learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies to grow
- Research and suggest new technologies for boosting the product.
- Have an impact on product development by making important technical decisions, influencing the system architecture, development practices and more.

Qualifications

- A Must have B.Sc. in Computer Sciences or similar
- At least 6+ years of experience in Java backend development
- Profound knowledge in OOP and design patterns




- Experience and knowledge of server-side technologies such as Java, Spring
- Experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes and Cloud environments
- Expertise in testing methodologies (Unit-testing, TDD, mocking)
- Fluent with Relational databases (SQL)
- Good problem-solving and analysis abilities
- Excellent team player with robust communication skills
- Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and enhance engineering productivity.
- Advantage Experience with Azure / GCP cloud services
- Experience with large scale SQL / NoSQL databases (SingleStore, Postgres)
- Experience with Agile Development, or Extreme Programming methodologies

Additional Information - Our Benefits

- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

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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