# Senior Software Engineer - Python

About Job Senior Software Engineer, Chennai A highly experienced Senior Engineer in Python and Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for driving architecture, technology strategy, and engineering excellence across multiple teams. Provides deep domain expertise, solves complex technical challenges, influences key technology decisions, and ensures scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions aligned with business objectives. Key Responsibilities Act as the primary SME for critical business and technology domains. Define architecture, design standards, and engineering best practices. Lead complex technical initiatives and strategic transformation programs. Provide expert guidance on system design, performance, scalability, security, and reliability. Mentor engineers, conduct design/code reviews, and elevate team capabilities. Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions. Drive innovation, technology adoption, and continuous improvement. Enterprise Architecture & Solution Design. Strong proficiency in Python and object-oriented programming. Experience with SQL databases and Git. Familiarity with automat

- **Id**: 3697019
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nielseniq-senior-software-engineer-python>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chennai, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T16:00:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T20:20:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3994
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Market Research, Retail & Pricing Analytics

## Company

- **Id**: 9378
- **Name**: NielsenIQ
- **Domain**: nielseniq.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nielseniq>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 22
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Pytest** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T18:20:57Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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