Senior Software Engineer

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.

Why this job is important

We’re looking for someone wants to build the next generation of market research platforms using the Microsoft Tech Stack. It’s the perfect role for someone who wants to build simple solutions that scale. We’ll be looking to you to make sure our platforms are resilient and stable, as well as able to be adapted to the newest technologies and AI solutions.

You can expect to use new approaches to problem-solving; we don’t stop learning. As a senior member of our team, you’ll mentor and support other engineers, helping to grow our collaborative environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Influence and contribute to the technical direction and architectural standards for microservices in .NET.

• Design and bring new microservices to production quickly, making sure changes are backed by robust automated testing.

• Plan the technical roadmap for the wider engineering team.

The skills & experience needed

• Expertise in building microservices with object-oriented programming using Microsoft .NET Core and C#.

• Experience of front-end programming with technologies such as Angular, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS 3.0, materialize, and bootstrap frameworks.

• Comfortable working in container-based environments like Docker.

• Ability to collaborate using Git.

• Fluency in Synchronous/Asynchronous communication via Web APIs or Messaging patterns.

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.

Why join Kantar?

You’ll be joining our technology team, right in the middle of our tech revolution. We’re undergoing the largest technology transformation Kantar has ever seen, investing in new AI and cloud technologies. By modernizing all our tech systems, we can respond our clients' needs faster and more efficiently – and keep Kantar as a market leader for insights.

And what about Kantar itself? Well, 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.

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.