Senior Software Engineer | Tech | UK

Savanta is looking for an ambitious Senior Software Engineer to take ownership & drive delivery.

About Us:

Savanta is a leading data market research and advisory company helping the worlds leading brands make better decisions faster. With over 500 people across offices in multiple countries we combine deep research expertise proprietary technology and high-impact consulting to give our clients a complete view of their markets their customers and their competitors.

Our platform gives clients access to over 100 million respondents globally alongside a suite of intelligence products covering brand tracking market monitoring consumer trends and AI-powered insight delivery. We work with leading organisations across financial services retail CPG media technology and the public sector.

About the Role:

Our evolving roadmap is full of ambitious and exciting delivery milestones across the full range of our products and services. Senior Software Engineers can see their work deployed to production as soon as its ready and watching users use your solutions. We have three product teams and you will be working in one of those teams with three to six engineers alongside product managers UX designers QA and business stakeholders. Longer initiatives are broken into smaller projects to ensure frequent deliveries we like test and learn!

Youll play a key role in:

• Making technical decisions and simplifying complex problems.
• Championing testing performance and security.
• Mentoring junior engineers and supporting their growth.
• Driving delivery with a user-first mindset.
• Leading projects independently.
• Contributing to planning and retrospectives actively working towards raising quality standards.
• Collaborating with Product Managers & stakeholders UX designers & Quality Assurance on projects across the SDLC.
• Keeping abreast of latest developments in relevant areas of technology & engineering improve/automate engineering processes test and introduce new tools and then help the wider team adopt them.

Our Tech Team works within a learning and collaborative environment where empowerment is key to our success along with developing a culture of innovation and creating an environment where everyone can excel. Our development teams have a lot of autonomy in how to work day-to-day with support from other roles as needed.

Our tech stack includes:

• .NET 8: C# with Web API
• React and TypeScript
• Snowflake
• Microsofts Azure cloud platform for hosting and infrastructure.
• Github Azure Dev Pipelines and Octopus Deploy.

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About You:

You excel in agile fast-paced settings and are dedicated to delivering high-quality user-centric software. With and modern front-end skills you solve problems proactively and make sound architectural decisions. Collaboration mentoring technical influence and a commitment to continuous improvement are key along with a growth mindset and clear communication.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of agile rapid release iterations.
• Experience specifically with C# or closely related languages (Java Python Scala) inc. modern functional idioms.
• Full product delivery mindset focused on a tested user experience.
• Promotes test-first development in stories for strong automated coverage.
• Adaptable to ambiguity shifting priorities and managed change.
• React & TypeScript experience.

Desirable Criteria:

• Strong RDBMS experience and strong experience with at least one dialect of SQL: e.g. postgresql mysql or Oracle.
• Experience configuring Azure services.
• Experience/interest of informal leadership or formal management experience.
• Snowflake experience

And in return Savanta offers:

• Salary range: 60000 - 70000
• Bonus scheme
• Unlimited annual leave
• Hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible working practices
• Health & wellbeing package
• Ongoing Learning & Development
• Financial health (pension life assurance etc.)
• Team & Company Socials
• Committees for Health & Well Being Charities & Volunteering and DE&I

Why Join Us:

The company was founded on the belief that tech should be integral to its success and this culture of tech innovation makes us best placed to put Savanta at the heart of our clients businesses offering solutions before they even know the problem.

Part of the vibrant Next 15 Communications Group we have an entrepreneurial and inclusive company culture that actively recognizes and values its people and offers unrivalled scope for career development including mentoring coaching as well as extensive training programs.

Savanta is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and continuously strives to be an employer of choice. Our people are our greatest asset - we value workplace diversity and inclusion oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates of all backgrounds.

All candidates will be considered equally however unfortunately we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

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