Role Overview
Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Our Insights colleagues are experts in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers.
We are looking for a talented Principal Engineer to join our engineering community. Together we are building, enhancing and supporting the next generation of our platform. This role is perfect for a highly experienced software engineer or software architect who loves to work as a team whilst building elegant and simple solutions that scale.
Key Responsibilities
To design and build world-class software systems and platforms that meet the needs of our global customer community. Our platform must be stable, resilient and performant, as well as highly secure and yet adaptable to change, since we are adding new features and products all the time. You can expect to use cutting-edge approaches to problem-solving and we want you to keep learning.
As a Principal Engineer, you will mentor or coach other engineers, support on architectural design and establishment of technical standards, aiming the group to deliver the best solutions possible. You will need to coordinate and organize work to be done by the teams, support on high-level estimates, guarantee quality processes and architectural design. You’ll provide technical support both within and outside the work group, discussing architectural and technical solutions, guaranteeing platform resilience and recovery strategies, as well as foster for security compliance. You will be collaborating with other teams, Software Test engineers, Product Owners, Analysts, Architects and DevOps specialists etc., sharing and learning together. You will need to plan work systematically, communicate effectively and ensure documentation is clear and up to date.
Capabilities and Experience
Several years of hands-on development experience including all aspects of object-orientated programming and genuine expertise with Microsoft .Net Core, C# and supporting technologies
2-4 years of experience as a principal software engineer, lead software engineer or software architect. Please note this role requires hands-on coding at times, across a wide variety of languages, technologies, and patterns.
Strong understanding of Microservice or similar architecture
Strong understanding of various types of testing
Knowledge on UI development technologies such as Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML5, CSS 3.0, Materialize and bootstrap frameworks
Strong knowledge of object-oriented software development concepts, SOLID principles and design patterns
Experience working with SQL Databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL or Postgres in constructing complex queries and stored procedures.
Experience in No-SQL databases would be a plus
Fluency in Synchronous/Asynchronous communication via Web APIs or Messaging frameworks
Strong practical understanding of cyber security threats and secure coding practices
Strong experience in web application development and designing cloud solutions with Azure or similar enterprise Cloud solution such as AWS is valued
Proficiency on Git or similar Source Control systems
Understanding on container-based development such as Docker is a plus
Excellent communication and team collaboration skills
Ability to document and provide knowledge transfer materials for work completed
Excellent time management and teamwork skills
Ability to follow technical specifications and production processes
Why join Kantar?
We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.
And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.