Manager, Engineering (Full stack + AI)

The Engineering Manager within NIQ Analytics will report to the Director, Analytics Engineering and lead a high-performing team of software engineers in delivering scalable, AI-enabled product solutions. The role combines strong engineering leadership with hands on technical direction across Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Generative AI, and Agentic AI, driving modern architecture, engineering excellence, and successful delivery of innovative solutions for NIQ's growing customer base. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a balanced allocation of responsibilities, with approximately 50% focused on engineering leadership activities such as technical reviews, planning, stakeholder management, talent development, and delivery oversight, and 50% dedicated to hands-on software engineering, including architecture, coding, design reviews, technical problem solving.

Shapes best practices, coding standards, and software architecture at an organizational level
Lead solutions that improve API services quality, performance, and reliability across the organization
Lead solutions that improve Frontend – Angular code quality, performance, and reliability across the organization
Lead the development of AI-powered solutions that enhance end-user experience, simplify workflows, and drive greater productivity
Optimize computing cost, performance using the appropriate software engineering principles
Work closely with PL, Arch, PMO, Interfacing teams to productionize features
Progressive coverage in unit testing
Develop engineering talent through coaching, technical mentorship, constructive reviews, and clear accountability for delivery outcomes
Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices that can strengthen the product and platform. • Makes technical decisions with a clear understanding of business impact, cost efficiency, and long-term sustainability
10+ years of professional experience in Platform Engineering, building scalable frontends and API Services layer integrating with upstream and downstream

Balanced short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability
Should have experience in design, build, deploy, refactor enterprise grade applications
Deep expertise in Angular, Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices
Good to have hands-on experience in Agentic AI development using frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, or Google ADK
Good to have hands-on experience building RAG-based applications and solutions
Strong expertise Database (RDBMS, NoSQL, Mongo, Postgres, Snowflake)
Experience integrating LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, or equivalent providers
Experience in Modern cloud ecosystems with Azure/ AWS/ GCP
Strong expertise in DevSecOps pipeline, quality gates, tools (code coverage, testing, sast, dast)
Experience working in agile methodologies and sprint planning. • Must have a bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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