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NielsenIQ is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Financial Services Engineering team in Toronto. We use alternative datasets to help global public equity make better investment decisions and work with some of the largest hedge funds in the world.

As a Senior Data Engineer you will be at the cutting edge of the alternative data space where you will develop market research products by gleaning valuable insights from a large set of diverse data sets. These insights are hidden within large amounts of data, and it is our goal to identify and separate the meaningful trends and patterns from the noise by applying statistical methods, big data technologies and high-level programming languages.

In this role, you would also get the opportunity to work with world-class big data and cloud services, such as: AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Airflow, and Looker. Apply now to start taking your career to the next level!

Responsibilities 

• Develop ETL pipelines to automate data ingestion, data transformation processes (such as extracting, cleansing, standardizing, mapping data), and ensure client delivery.
• Work closely with our Equity Research Analysts to develop data pipelines to cleanse and transform data, for new market-research reports.
• Assist internal and external customers in investigating anomalies in our datasets.
• Work with the R&D team to develop and maintain data pipelines and automate custom raw data feeds.
• Work with our Data Operations team to identify, escalate and resolve potential data quality or data processing issues.
• Practice disciplined engineering (testing, code reviews, and writing readable code).
• Build flexible solutions that can adapt quickly to changing requirements.

• 4+ years programming in Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with a cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their data infrastructure services (e.g., S3, Redshift, etc.).
• Familiarity with a business intelligence tool such as Looker, Tableau or Qlik.
• An understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience with DevOps.
• Ability to work in an entrepreneurial environment and be a self-starter.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Science or related technical or quantitative discipline.

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Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Health insurance
• Parental leave
• Life assurance 

About NielsenIQ

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company providing the most complete and trusted view of consumers and markets in 90 countries covering 90% of the world’s population. Focusing on consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and FMCG and retailers, we enable customers to defy what’s possible. How? We combine unparalleled datasets, pioneering technology, and the industry’s top talent to create insights that unlock innovation. Join us and change the landscape.

Learn more at: www.niq.com

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

NielsenIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide.

Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NielsenIQ News Center: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion/