Architect/Lead Software Engineer

Do you know what consumers buy? What consumers watch? Nielsen Knows!
Nielsen is the world’s leading marketing and media information company. We’re passionate about measuring and analyzing how people interact with digital and traditional media, and in-store environments-locally and globally. Businesses worldwide use our services to better manage their brands, launch and grow product portfolios, and optimize their media mix.

Nielsen knows...great minds don’t think alike!
Diversity is key to our success in providing clients with information they need to succeed. We encourage creativity, fresh thinking and a blend of diverse perspectives. We are constantly striving to improve our clients’ understanding of their consumers in everything they do - from buying detergent to buying a car, from going to the movies to surfing the web. The Nielsen Company is a public company and active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in New York.
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You will join a small and focused yet, growing team working directly on our iPhone code. We need an experienced engineer, with the desire and skills to step into a hands-on coding position.

• Work on iPhone/iPad /iPod application architecture and drive development using the latest mobile standards in music and social gaming.• Participate in all phases of our software development life cycle to convert concepts and specifications into released iPhone/iPad/iPod applications and features.• Interact daily with the systems and processes used in professional software development, including source control, bug tracking, testing, etc.Requirements:• Fluency in and a deep knowledge of CocoaTouch and iOS programming.• Objective-C expertise, with knowledge of iPhone and/or Mac OS X frameworks.• Experience with JavaScript, JSON and interfacing iPhone/iPad applications to server side API’s.• Solid grasp of algorithms, memory management, object oriented programming, and concurrent programming.• Strong experience detecting and correcting memory usage issues, and optimizing code for application performance.• Enthusiasm for working in a high-profile, fast-paced startup. We ship to millions of people on a very regular basis, with tight schedules and small teams, and it takes a certain kind of energy and drive to get it done!
 
Nice to Haves:• Experience with one or more of the following: low latency audio, low latency networking, performance analysis, CoreAnimation, OpenGL with Social API’s (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)• Scalability
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

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