Senior Software Engineer

London, (hybrid/remote) occasional travel to the office required.

As a Senior Software Engineer your goal is to design and build great, high-quality software to delight our users.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into functional, high-performance software solutions. Be adept at writing clean, efficient code, conducting rigorous testing, and continuously improving software quality. You will contribute to system scalability, security, and innovation while adhering to best practices and industry standards.

The role involves problem-solving, staying updated on emerging technologies, and delivering user-centered solutions that drive business objectives.

What you’ll do…

• Build user interfaces and client-side (B2B and B2C) functionality using technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frontend frameworks (i.e. Vue.js).
• Develop server-side logic, databases, and APIs using technologies like C#, Python, Java etc., ensuring data handling, security, and server performance.
• Design and implement the architecture of the entire software systems, considering how frontend and backend components interact and scale.
• Database design, optimisation, and data storage, including SQL, to ensure data integrity and efficiency.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and performance quality assurance to identify and resolve issues in both frontend and backend components.
• Work closely with cross functional teams, collaborating with designers and product managers, taking part in some project management tasks to deliver complete and functional software solutions.

Who we are looking for….

• You'll have great technical full-stack experience with a proven delivery track record
• You’ll have a passion for new technology and sharing knowledge with your team mates
• You'll have experience of working in an agile environment.
• You’re a great team player, strong verbal and written communicator.
• You’ll have strong analytical skills – Great understanding of business requirements
• You’re an enthusiastic learner, with natural curiosity and mental agility
• You’re a pragmatic problem solver
• You take pride in the quality of your development and understand ‘Shift Left’ principles
• You’ll have knowledge of dev-ops pipelines and understand CI/CD principles
• You’ll have experience of working with Microservices architecture
• You believe in continuous improvement and see every problem as an opportunity

Don’t be put off if you don’t tick every item on our list today, passion and enthusiasm for learning new skills are just as important as what you know already.

Kantar Profiles Division

Unleash your potential at Kantar's Profiles division, home to the world’s largest audience network.

Join our expert team in survey design, sampling methodologies, and data science, we leverage cutting-edge technology to provide our clients with seamless access to real people and unparalleled insights.

Backed by industry-leading anti-fraud technology, our Profiles Audience Network comprises over 170 million individuals, in more than 100 markets worldwide. Our clients include many of the world’s leading brands, who trust us to collect reliable insights.

Be part of a team that shapes the future of panel market research and drives results for brands everywhere!

Some key facts:

• Our team is made up of 600 people globally.
• We are present in 27 countries.
• Profiles currently holds a 10% share in the $3b panel industry but we have ambition, a robust 3-year business plan and the financial backing of our private equity owners (Bain Capital) to grow to be the #1 player in this sector.
• We provide an ideal environment for professional growth, offering:
• A ‘start-up’ atmosphere in which you can make a big impact and get credit for it.
• The chance to learn all aspects of the business and influence the decision-making process.
• The opportunity to network and learn from highly experienced, senior members of our teams from across the business, globally.

JOIN US

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well-being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.