Senior Software Developer

Job Description

Purpose
• NielsenIQ's Brandbank Software Developers work collaboratively alongside other development team members, Product Owners & Scrum Masters to realise business goals.
• Working within dedicated domains, the Software Developer - using an incremental delivery approach - is responsible for developing new and existing products by understanding and translating backlog items into solutions.

Qualifications
• B.Tech/BE/M.Tech
• 2+ years of professional experience in the domain

Job Responsibilities
• Approach work from an Agile mindset applying practices and principles wherever possible
• Attend and participate in all Sprint events to achieve desired outcomes
• Interact with stakeholders/Product Owner to clarify requirements and provide input into the creation of User Stories
• Responsible for estimation, sprint planning and managing all their own tasks and reporting on progress
• Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and the team’s success
• Develops new or amended features, resolves bugs and carries out other tasks as required to realise business goals
• Produces high quality code and takes responsibility for the quality of their own code - writing unit tests and conducting unit testing where applicable
• Maintains broader code quality through peer code reviews
• Assist with live releases in line with the team’s release schedule
• Identify improvement opportunities to improve team processes and agree on actionable improvements
• Provide 2nd/3rd line support within his/her domain environment

Role Requirements
• Degree qualification (BE or B.Tech) in a relevant field of work or equivalent professional qualification or experience
• Strong hands on technical skills across some or all of the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies:
• .NET (C# preferable)
• MS Azure
• Javascript / Typescript (React preferable)
• SQL Server
• ASP, MVC, WPF
• Unit Testing (NUnit, MSTest, Moq)
• GIT
• XML, JSON
• Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of latest technologies
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly
• Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product lifecycle from inception to delivery
• Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design
• Good understanding of data and databases
• Proven track record or working as part of a team to deliver software solutions to meet customer needs
• Thorough and detailed approach with the ability to identify appropriate user/business solutions
• Some experience of code reviews and coding standards
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• An analytical mind

Our Benefits

Additional Information
• 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.

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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.

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