Software Engineer at Kantar

Alfena, , Portugal -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C#, .Net Core, Angular, React, Microservices, Web APIs, Asynchronous Messaging, Object-Oriented Programming, SOLID Principles, Design Patterns, SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Test Automation, Docker, Git, Azure DevOps

Industry

Market Research

Description

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. To start a career that is out of the ordinary, please apply... Job Details We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. About the job We are seeking a dynamic Software Engineer to join our innovative team in Porto, where your expertise will drive the evolution of our world-class platform. This role is pivotal in creating scalable, secure, and resilient applications that impact our global customer community. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, you’ll play an integral role in shaping the future of data and insights. As a Software Engineer, you will deliver high-quality solutions that meet evolving needs, as well as review code from your peers. Collaborating closely with Product Owners, Analysts, Architects, and DevOps specialists, you’ll ensure seamless integration within our wider team. Together, we’ll push boundaries to craft solutions that inspire. If you’re ready to grow, lead, and make an impact, we invite you to be part of our journey! Job Goals Are you ready to make a real impact in an innovative team working on cutting-edge technology? As a Software Engineer, your first year will be packed with exciting challenges and opportunities to grow. Here’s what we’ll need you to achieve in your first year: Drive innovation: Tackle complex technical challenges with creativity and precision to deliver impactful solutions. Collaborate effectively: Work closely with multi-functional teams, including engineers, architects, and product owners, to align technical goals and ensure seamless execution. Enhance code quality: Ensure the team delivers high-quality, secure, and scalable applications by instituting best practices and writing automated tests. Shape the roadmap: Contribute to estimate and define the technical roadmap for key applications managed by the team, ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives. Deliver results: Spearhead efforts to bring new microservices and micro-frontends into production efficiently, optimizing performance for our global customer base. Quality Assurance: Participate on testability and test automation, finding paths for well-created testing code (code tests similarly to production level code) Inspire progress: Continuously push boundaries, exploring new technologies and methodologies to refine processes and drive growth. This role is your opportunity to lead, influence, and innovate in a vibrant, global environment. Ideal Skills & Capabilities Are you prepared to shape the future of technology and join a team committed to innovation and excellence? As a Software Engineer, you’ll have the chance to work on cutting-edge projects and make a significant impact. Here’s what we’re looking for in a candidate: Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with C#, Microsoft .Net Core, and related technologies, combined with good experience in front-end frameworks like Angular or React. Microservices architecture experience: Knowledge of microservice architecture, coupled with experience in building and consuming Web APIs and asynchronous messaging systems. Problem-Solving Skills: A good understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, SOLID principles, and design patterns to create scalable, efficient, and maintainable solutions. Database Proficiency: Experience with SQL, MySQL or NoSQL databases, including data modelling, constructing complex queries, and an ability to optimize database interactions for performance. Automation testing: Experience using test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, XUnit/NUnit. DevOps Savvy: Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and good experience in Git or similar source control systems, ensuring smooth development workflows. Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD practicies is a plus. What’s in it for you On top of all your normal benefits like holiday, meal cards and life assurance, we also offer: Five days of Life Leave per year; for those days when life just…gets in the way. Birthday leave – one extra day of holiday taken on the nearest workday to your birthday Two days a year to give back and volunteer with an organisation of your choice. Enhanced primary and secondary carer leave for however you choose to grow your family. The chance to hit the beach on your lunch break (yes, we have somewhere you can store your surfboard!) Please be aware, the majority of our roles are hybrid, working three days a week in our office. We’re not able to offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation support for this role. Please make sure you’ve got the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying. What part of Kantar might I be joining? You’ll be joining our Insights division, the masters of using data to resolve challenges. They help brands define what they should stand for, how to reinvent and renew their offer, how to better reach audiences, and how to win with consumers. By blending human insights expertise with the latest technology advances, Insights make sure we can deliver innovative information to brands everywhere. 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 if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest AI technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights. 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 works for them. 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. Privacy and Legal Statement At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics. PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager. #LI-CS1 Location Porto, R. Dom João IPortugal Kantar Rewards Statement 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. 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. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow. KANTAR 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. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer, you will deliver high-quality solutions and review code from peers while collaborating with multi-functional teams. You will also drive innovation and contribute to the technical roadmap for key applications.