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Data Science is at the core of Nielsen’s business. Our team of researchers come from diverse disciplines and they drive innovation, new product ideation, experimental design and testing, complex analysis and delivery of data insights around the world. We support all International Media clients and are located where our clients are.\n\nLead Data Scientist - Remote - 101791\nData Science - Remote \n\nThe Lead Data Scientist’s primary responsibility in the Audio Data Science team is to develop creative solutions to enhance the data and analysis infrastructure and pipeline which underpins the survey quality for all Nielsen Audio survey products.  In order to deliver high quality standards, the Data Scientist will work as subject matter expert on a team of analysts to establish, maintain and continuously improve data tools and processes supporting the Audio data science team.  \nTasks will include developing system enhancements, procedural and technological documentation, working with cross functional teams to implement solutions into production systems, supporting survey methodology enhancement projects, and supporting client facing data requests.\n\nWhat will I do?\nMaintain and continuously improve the variety of data infrastructure, analysis, production and QA processes for the Audio Data Science team\nAssist in the transition of the data science tech infrastructure away from legacy systems and methods\nWork with cross-functional teams to implement and validate enhanced audience measurement methodologies\nBuild and refine data queries from large relational databases/data warehouses/data lakes for various analyses and/or requests\nUtilize tools such as Python, Tableau, AWS, Databricks etc. to independently develop, test and implement high quality custom, modular code to perform complex data analysis, visualizations, and answer client queries\nMaintain and update comprehensive documentation on departmental procedures, checklists and metrics\nImplement prevention and detection controls to ensure data integrity, as well as detect and address quality escapes\nWork closely with internal customers and IT personnel to improve current processes and engineer new methods, frameworks and data pipelines\nWork as an integral member of the Audio Data Science team in a time-critical production environment\nKey tasks include – but are not limited to – data integration, data harmonization, automation, examining large volumes of data, identifying & implementing methodological, process & technology improvements\nDevelop and maintain the underlying infrastructure to support forecasting & statistical models, machine learning solutions, big data pipelines (from internal and external sources) used in a production environment\n\nIs this for me?\nUndergraduate or graduate degree in mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, economics, business or fields that employ rigorous data analysis\nMust be proficient with Python (and Spark/Scala) to develop sharable software with the appropriate technical documentation\nExperience utilizing Gitlab, Git or similar to manage code development\nExperience utilizing Apache Spark, Databricks & Airflow\nExpertize with Tableau, or other data visualization software and techniques\nExperience in containerization such as Docker and/or Kubernetes\nExpertize in querying large datasets with SQL and of working with Oracle, Netezza, Data Warehouse and Data Lake data structures\nExperience in leveraging CI/CD pipelines\nExperience utilizing cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, etc\nStrong ability to proactively gather information, work independently as well as within an multi disciplinary team\nE- Proficiency in MS Office suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word) and/or Google Office Apps (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Gmail)\n\nPreferred\nKnowledge of machine learning and data modeling techniques such as Time Series, Decision Trees, Random Forests, SVM, Neural Networks, Incremental Response Modeling, and Credit Scoring\nKnowledge of survey sampling methodologies\nKnowledge of statistical tests and procedures such as ANOVA, Chi-squared, Correlation, Regression, etc\n#LI-SF1\n\nABOUT NIELSEN\nAs the arbiter of truth, Nielsen Global Media fuels the media industry with unbiased, reliable data about what people watch and listen to. To discover what’s true, we measure across all channels and platforms⁠—from podcasts to streaming TV to social media. And when companies and advertisers are armed with the truth, they have a deeper understanding of their audiences and can accelerate growth. \nDo you want to move the industry forward with Nielsen? Our people are the driving force. Your thoughts, ideas and expertise can propel us forward. Whether you have fresh thinking around maximizing a new technology or you see a gap in the market, we are here to listen and take action. Our team is made strong by a diversity of thoughts, experiences, skills, and backgrounds. You’ll enjoy working with smart, fun, curious colleagues, who are passionate about their work. Come be part of a team that motivates you to do your best work!  \n\nNielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 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.\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Data Science, Executive, Cloud, Git, Python, Engineer and Apache jobs that are similar:\n\n $80,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nYou are a passionate developer with prior experience building complex, large applications in Java, Spring. At Modus Create you will collaborate daily on a cross functional, distributed scrum team to build better products. We pride ourselves on not just being excellent, but an excellent remote workforce.\n\nYour Duties in this role: You will use Java and Spring Boot to analyze, code and deliver functionality for a microservices platform for our client in the Education / Career Preparatory space. You will collaborate daily with UX, Engineering, QA and DevOps to build and deliver an intuitive, highly visible web app and Consult to our end client regarding development best practice.\n\nThis is a full time, contract role that will be performed from a remote location. However, you must be willing to collaborate at least 5 hours per day with the client located in EDT or GMT-4.\n\n\nIn this Role you Must Have\n\n\n* Experience using Java, Spring Boot, and React.js to code, modify, and prototype applications\n\n* Microservices architecture experience.\n\n* Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills.\n\n* Previous experience building an application with Spring Boot\n\n* Excellent experience with server-side NodeJS\n\n* Have good understanding of developing web applications with focus on UI layer\n\n* Experience on Docker, Apache Mesos, Kubernetes, or similar\n\n* Have experience in PostgreSQL\n\n* Experience in following Agile/Scrum SDLC\n\n* Familiar with latest Java versions.\n\n* Basic understanding of ExtJS.\n\n* Be comfortable communicating in a virtual environment\n\n* Previous remote team experience\n\n* A consistent, reliable internet connection\n\n\n\n\n\nLet’s Talk about You\n\nYou value outcomes above all else: You have a proven track record shipping great mobile and web products. By understanding the big picture, you articulate strategy and vision with strong written and verbal communication.\n\nYou Lead by Doing: You realize that the big picture is worthless without getting your hands dirty in the technical details for strategic and tactical problem solving. You understand the value of situational leadership and can adapt to the needs and strength of your team.  \n\nYou Love Work, Growth and Learning:   You dream of working in a culture that values hard work, continued learning and innovation with a commitment to building amazing products for clients and their end users. You’ll stop learning when you are dead, and until then you desire to gain deeper knowledge in technology and business.\n\n\n\nLet’s Talk About Us\n\nModus Create is a Product Studio offering consulting services and SaaS products for strategic planning, design and execution of web-based and mobile products. We work across multiple industries with Fortune 1000, ISVs, and startups to validate, plan and launch new products. Headquartered in Reston, VA, we are a global, bootstrapped team that has grown from 2 to 140+ people in 30+ countries in 7 years, committed to building the best product consulting firm on the planet. We offer a highly collaborative, autonomous and effective working environment. We love and believe in what we do. This is your chance to be part of building something great.\n\n\nWhy Modus Create\n\n\n* Competitive compensation\n\n* Ability to work remotely / telecommute\n\n* Working side-by-side with thought leaders in emerging tech\n\n\n\n\n\nDo you have what it takes to join the DC area's most awesome tech company? Let’s start a conversation.\n\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Full Stack, Developer, Digital Nomad, DevOps, Education, Java, Mobile, SaaS and Apache jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nAt Elastic, we have a simple goal: to solve the world's data problems with products that delight and inspire. As the company behind the popular open source projects — Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats — we help people around the world do great things with their data. From stock quotes to Twitter streams, Apache logs to WordPress blogs, our products are extending what's possible with data, delivering on the promise that good things come from connecting the dots. We unite Elasticians across 34 countries (and counting!), 18 timezones and 30 different languages into one coherent team, while the broader community spans across over 100 countries.\n\nElastic is seeking a Senior Engineer to join our talented QA area team in Cloud Engineering. Our approach to QA is based on test automation, scalable frameworks, and tight collaboration with our core engineer teams. We work together with the Product Development and Operational teams to release quality software reliably and continuously on our Cloud platform.\n\nWhat You Will Do:\n\n\n* Participate in all aspects of QA product lifecycle: Scoping, test case creation and maintenance, feature, regression, integration /end-to-end test execution and automation\n\n* Work on frameworks that enables engineers across the board to contribute tests easily\n\n* Collaborate with the SRE team to investigate production issues and improve any testing gaps that result from investigations\n\n* Construct test cases for the defined test plan; modify the existing test cases as the test requirements change\n\n* Grow and share your interest in technical outreach (blog posts, tech papers, conference speaking, etc.)\n\n\n\nWhat You Bring Along:\n\n\n\n* You have a software engineering background with a deep understanding of backend testing methodologies\n\n* You are passionate about developing test software and frameworks in Java or Scala. \n\n* You care deeply about resiliency and quality of the features your team ships\n\n* Experience automating tests across multiple OS platforms and on server side infrastructure\n\n* Experience with CI systems like Jenkins\n\n* Knowledge of scripting languages\n\n* Good working knowledge of Linux is required\n\n* Ability to work independently and lead the QA activities for the projects assigned\n\n* Experience with Docker\n\n\n\nBonus Points:\n\n\n\n* Experience deploying AWS resources for test environments\n\n* Experience testing distributed systems at scale\n\n* Working knowledge of HTTP/S \n\n\n\nAdditional Information:\n\n\nWe're looking to hire team members invested in realizing the goal of making real-time data exploration easy and available to anyone. As a distributed company, we believe that diversity drives our vibe! Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life.\n\n\n* Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary\n\n* Stock options\n\n* Global minimum of 16 weeks of paid parental leave (moms & dads)\n\n* Generous vacation time and one week of volunteer time off\n\n* Your age is only a number. It doesn't matter if you're just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.\n\n\n\n\nElastic is an Equal Employment employer committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for all applicants and employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. Elastic also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled employees consistent with applicable law. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Cloud, Engineer, Testing, Java, Senior, Apache, Linux and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nWe are looking for an ambitious and innovative architect or full-stack / lead developer who is capable and prepared to assume a full technical leadership role within Quarem.  It is not guaranteed, but expected this candidate will be technically and professionally capable to be promoted to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) position.  We care more about passion and drive than a resume full of corporate pedigree.\n\nWhat you would be doing (Hint: this is the motherload of beyond awesome job)\n\nQuarem leadership has decided to develop an entirely NEW flagship application which is multichannel enabled, to organize, track and manage the full life-cycle of commercial real estate properties, leases, assets and projects.  This application, internally referred to as Q5, will be architected and built using the latest technologies (stack to be determined and driven by this hire) and will include many additional key functionalities and integrated features that will make it the market leader in the North American market with the intent of expanding globally.  This application will serve as an IWMS platform (Integrated Workplace Management System) to incorporate both organic features and integrated 3rd party point solutions.  Scope includes the development of a corresponding integrated mobile app.\n\nWhereas primary functional requirements have been documented, this position would assume full responsibility and oversight of its requirements, documentation, architecture, development and deployment.  This includes structuring and contributing to both the platform’s business as well as technical features.\n\nThis position will additionally have a leadership role in the management of our existing application, Quarem Vantage, which has been in production since 2013.  This includes working with Quarem management to decide the roadmap of the solution from a scalable point of view and whether to retain the existing platform in production or replace it with Q5.\n\nCompany & Current production application Overview:\n\nQuarem® develops and supports cloud-based Lease Administration & Portfolio Management applications specifically for the commercial real estate industry.  The company was founded in 2001 in Dallas and relocated to Houston in 2013. \n\nQuarem Vantage is our collaborative software platform that incorporates property/lease administration, contact management, document management, critical date tracking, and process-flow accountability into one centralized system. \n\nQuarem Vantage facilitates the management of numerous multi-geographic leases/properties/projects and allows corporate users, brokers and others, such as attorneys, contractors and property managers to collect, analyze and share all relevant information.  The Quarem® application is uniquely designed to manage the specific aspects of multiple real estate disciplines, and also allow online collaboration from all parties involved on a project. The system is designed to track and convert multinational currencies and space/area measurements. Its detailed and thorough access controls, which are unrivalled in the CRE industry, also make the application an excellent internal tool as well as an external client/vendor management platform.\n\nQuarem® allows corporate users, landlords, and brokers to maintain complete control of their Properties, whether they are leased, owned or subleased. Clients have a central platform to manage tasks, team members and other service providers associated with any location, worldwide. Quarem® automatically notifies specified parties of critical dates, houses extensive lease abstract & property data, maintains market surveys and has full reporting capabilities. In addition, Quarem® also provides the flexibility of integration with other financial, asset management and accounting applications.\n\nDescription\n\nThe Vice President’s role is to execute the company’s business mission through the development and deployment of Quarem’s commercial real estate management applications. This requires envisioning the company’s service offerings as a web-based business, architecting and leading implementation of web applications, and planning for risk and growth.\n\nThe position requires a senior Java/full-stack/BPM/web developer who is capable of architecting and leading a team to develop and deploy sophisticated Business Process Management (BPM) software solutions for the commercial real estate industry. Candidate will be responsible for working with US-based and global clients/partners in understanding business requirements, gathering technical requirements, designing the Business Flow and the application architecture on which the flow will run. The VP will implement the solution and coordinate and execute QA and UAT testing with multiple upstream and downstream component application teams. Successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute directly to the re-engineering of legacy frameworks and be involved in the migration of existing business processes flows onto the new strategic platform.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n\n* This position will be the full-stack architect & development leader on Quarem’s NEW flagship application and corresponding mobile app, which will organize, track and manage the full life-cycle of commercial real estate properties, leases, assets and projects.\n\n\n\n\n\n* In partnership with the company’s founders, participate in the development of the strategic objectives, functional requirements, and lead the architecture, documentation and development of the new flagship application.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Recruit, screen, hire and manage the technical team responsible for the developing the application.  This includes management and oversight of our offshore team in Hyderabad, India.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Select or define the company’s software development methodology.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Establish coding conventions and documentation standards.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Establish and supervise the software development process, setting short-term objectives and assessing progress as defined by the selected software development methodology\n\n\n\n\n\n* Lead technical strategic planning by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services as a web-based business, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Communicate the company’s technology strategy to management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Advancement to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) intended expectation, but certainly priority potential.  \n\n\n\n\nImplementation & Deployment\n\n\n* Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.\n\n* Identify technology trends and evolving social behavior that may support or impede the success of the business.\n\n* Establish a specification conformance and testing regimen based on user stories and the User Experience design.\n\n* Conduct code reviews and specification conformance testing as defined by the selected software development methodology.\n\n* Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing.\n\n* Select, deploy, and monitor performance profiling tools and procedures.\n\n* Review and approve proposed development releases and manage the release process.\n\n* Evaluate and select web application hosting providers. Currently AWS.\n\n* Establish an application deployment process and supervise deployment to staging and production servers.\n\n* Monitor application performance and review any application failures in staging or production.\n\n\n\n\nOperational Management\n\n\n* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices by attending relevant conferences and reading widely.\n\n* Define and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or developing systems, equipment, or software within the company.\n\n* Ensure that technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization.\n\n* Share knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization’s investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard to the company’s technological vision, opportunities, and challenges.\n\n* Ensure company technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.\n\n* Contribute to open source software development, standardization of technologies, and evolution of best practices by collaborating with peers outside the company,  presenting at conferences, and writing for publication (online or offline).\n\n\n\n\nPosition Requirements\n\nFormal Education & Certification\n\n\n* University degree in the field of computer science, engineering, MIS or another related discipline. Prior experience or knowledge of basic commercial real estate is a plus.\n\n\n\n\nKnowledge & Experience\n\n\n* Experience in managing full-stack web application development.\n\n* Hands-on experience coding in more than one currently popular web application framework.\n\n* Familiar with more than one software development methodology.\n\n* Ability to discern user requirements and develop specifications.\n\n* Experience with open source code and other platforms including Java/J2EE, Apache, Apache Tomcat, MySQL, Struts2, Spring3, JPA/Hibernate, JSP, HTML, Jquery, CSS, XHTML, AWS, one or more Javascript frameworks, and AJAX.\n\n* Knowledge of web standards.\n\n* Experience with LINUX system administration and web server configuration.\n\n* Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management.\n\n* Exposure to business process development, budgeting and financial systems, governance processes, and administrative operations.\n\n* Experience or exposure to the commercial real estate industry a plus.\n\n\n\n\nPersonal Attributes\n\n\n* We're looking for someone with strong character, great analysis skills, responsible, and driven to get things done.\n\n* Enjoys and is comfortable interacting with internal team and with clients.\n\n* Bring a sense of humor and some great stories. \n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Full Stack, Accounting, JavaScript, Education, Mobile, Senior, Apache and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n