Backend Developer

WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey, and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

What you'll be doing:

• Working with a small team delivering cloud data solutions to a variety of stakeholder and business units.
• Analysing business requirement to design and implement the required technical solution.
• Developing standalone and integrated data solutions employing cloud technologies.
• Identify the most efficient way to implement the required technical solution.
• Identify opportunities for reuse and standardization so that solution can be built and maintain as efficiently as possible.
• Ensuring that all solutions are secure and have a minimal visible footprint.
• Identify areas for code and process improvements.
• Working with the team to design solutions and working practices.

• Identify new technologies that will enhance the capability of the team and the organisation.
• Work closely with engineering and QA resources to support ongoing development.
• Perform post-development Quality Assurance testing to ensure functionality has been developed to required specifications.
• Support Product Owner & Technical Lead as key advisor by identifying system efficiencies and functionality enhancements that should be considered.
• Provide operational support for business users.

What you'll need:

• Education:  Combination of education/experience that would enable incumbent to meet essential duties and required competencies.

• Personality andWorking Practice: Team player, with good communication skills, analytical thinking, attention to detail and the ability to think about the big picture.

• Essential Experience and Knowledge: 

• 5+ years software development using C#, .NET Core and .NET Web API.
• 3+ years of cloud-native application development and continuous delivery patterns (Azure).
• Using both SQL & NoSQL technologies
• Experience with Azure Data Engineering Stack (Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, Event Hub, Storage, Function app)
• Good understanding of other Azure services

• Good understanding of Data Warehouse Architecture, Data Modelling and design concepts
• Knowledge of PowerShell, Source Control, ARM templates, JSON and deployment automation.
• Experience working with operational programming tasks, such as version control, CI/CD, testing and quality assurance.
• Strong SQL skills to data Validations and data profiling.

• Building Microservices in an AKS environment include readiness probes and integration with azure monitor.
• Understanding of Message Based Architectures
• API design and development and documentation (REST, OpenAPI, GraphQL)
• Authentication and authorisation methods and technologies (OAuth, OKTA, OPA)
• Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban)

• Desirable Experience and Knowledge: 
  • Design and development of ETL pipelines that operate on a variety of sources, such as APIs, FTP sites, cloud-based blob stores, and databases (relational and non-relational) using Azure Data Factory.
  • API Integrations (M365 JS API / SharePoint / Graph API)
  • Understanding of PowerBi and its integration with data sources
  • Experience of Terraform for AWS/GCP cloud providers.
  • ITIL principles and these can be used within the team.

• Languages: very good English skills, any other language is a plus

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology, and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients, and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.