Nielsen Brandbank Software Developers work collaboratively alongside other development team members, Product Owners & Scrum Masters to realize business goals. 

Working within dedicated domains, the Software Developer - using an incremental delivery approach - is responsible for developing new and existing products by understanding and translating backlog items into solutions

Job Responsibilities

• Approach work from an Agile mindset applying practices and principles wherever possible
• Attend and participate in all Sprint events to achieve desired outcomes 
• Interact with stakeholders/Product Owner to clarify requirements and provide input into the creation of User Stories  
• Responsible for estimation, sprint planning and managing all his/her own tasks and reporting on progress
• Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and their success
• Develops new or amended features, resolves bugs and carries out other tasks as required to realise business goals
• Ability to write production standard code - taking responsibility for the quality of his/her own code - writing unit test and conduct unit testing where applicable
• Maintains broader code quality through peer code reviews 
• Identify opportunities to improve team processes and agree on actionable items
• Provide 2nd/3rd line support within his/her domain environment

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent professional qualification or experience
• Experience across some or all of the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies:

          ·       .NET (C# preferable)

          ·       SQL Server

          ·       Javascript / Typescript (React preferable)

          ·       GIT

          ·       XML, JSON

• Ability to learn new languages and technologies at a reasonable pace
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• Some understanding of software architecture, issues and design
• Some understanding of data and databases
• Working as part of a team to deliver software solutions to meet customer needs
• An analytical mind in identifying appropriate solutions for business requirements
• Some experience of code reviews and coding standards (Preferred).
• Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of latest technologies (Preferred).
• Some experience working within an agile software development environment (Preferred).

About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge.  We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.