Principal Engineer

Were the worlds leading data insights and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

About the job

Were looking for someone wants to take the lead in building simple and elegant solutions for the next generation of market research platforms. Its the perfect role for someone who wants to work with the latest Microsoft technologies and is excited to build them into our platforms roadmap. Well be looking to you to deliver the best solutions possible blending hands-on engineering work with design and architectural activities. Youll make a real impact on the future of our products.

Job Goals

• Use deep engineering experience and fast learning skills to quickly solve technical challenges in diverse areas including software development (back-end front-end microservices APIs) cloud architecture data engineering and DevOps practices

• Improve technical standards and support architectural design

• Work to guarantee platform resilience and ensure effective recovery strategies ensuring security compliance

• Leverage AI techniques appropriately as part of our continual improvement philosophy

• Mentor and coach more junior engineers.

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

• Expertise in building resilient applications and services using Core and C#.

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

• Understanding of working with SQL Databases to construct complex queries and stored procedures.

• Experience with data engineering techniques Python and notebooks advantageous

• Strong practical understanding of cyber security threats and secure coding practices.

• Comfortable working in container-based environments like Docker.

• Ability to collaborate using Git.

• Fluency inSynchronous/Asynchronouscommunication via Web APIs or Messaging patterns.

Whats 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 justgets 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.

Were not able to offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation support for this role. Please make sure youve got the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying.

What part of Kantar might I be joining

Youll 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 youre not an exact match wed 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.

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