Software Developer

Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid owned and earned media their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

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Job Details

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms Kantar Medias data and audience measurement targeting analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries we have the worlds fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint underpinned by versatility scale technology and expertise to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Job Title: Software Developer

Location: London Grays Inn Road
Full time/Permanent/Hybrid

About the Project/Role

We are seeking a Software Developer with a strong focus on developing production-grade software extensive experience with Azure services and proficiency in Java Python PySpark.

Job Role Requirements

• Owning the development and services in design development coding testing.
• Keep up to date with the latest development software.
• Hands on development and should follow coding standrads
• Provide mentorship to the team and ensure they enforce to development standards.
• Ensure adequate documentation exists.
• Build alliance and work with other partner pillars within Kantar for a shared goal.

Role Requirements

• Experience in the data processing applications
• Practical production experience in software implementation
• Experience working with high-level sophisticated problem definition using algorithms.
• Good social skills
• Experience working in a distributed team.
• Background in software development or in a hands-on technical role
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Desirable:

• Spark data processing
• Cloud technologies Azure DataBricks Kubernetes
• Software Architectural skills
• DevOps
• Agile / Scrum certified.
• Strong understanding of data security including encryption/decryption.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams and collaborating with third-party vendors.
• Soft Skills: Strong leadership communication and organizational skills. Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Education: A bachelors degree in engineering particularly in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field is highly desirable.

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.

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 to support a pay for performance culture where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

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 wellbeing 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.

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