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

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

• Approach work from an Agile mindset applying practices and principles wherever possible
• Work with the Scrum Master in coaching and mentoring other team members to help them embrace the Agile mindset
• Attend and participate in all Sprint events to achieve desired outcomes, taking a leading role where required to ensure events have a good outcome 
• 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 their own tasks and reporting on progress
• Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and their success
• Take responsibility for the quality of the team’s code - writing unit tests and conduct unit testing where applicable
• Maintain broader code quality through peer code reviews 
• Perform live releases in line with team release schedule  
• Identify improvement opportunities and agree on actionable improvements
• Provide 2nd/3rd line support within his/her domain environment
• Be available, on a best endeavors basis, to support the resolution of Severity 1 and 2 incidents for applications owned by your team between 7am and 10pm local time on local working days as well as providing retrospective feedback

Role Requirements 

• Demonstrable experience of mentoring other more junior Developers
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent professional qualification or experience
• Strong hands on technical skills across some or all of the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies:
• .NET (C# preferable)
• MS Azure
• Javascript / Typescript (React preferable)
• SQL Server
• ASP, MVC, WPF
• Unit Testing (NUnit, MSTest, Moq)
• GIT
• XML, JSON
• Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of latest technologies
•  Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly
• Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product lifecycle from inception to delivery
• Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design
• Good understanding of data and databases
• Proven track record or working as part of a team to deliver software solutions to meet customer needs
• Thorough and detailed approach with the ability to identify appropriate user/business solutions
• Some experience of code reviews and coding standards
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• An analytical mind

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 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 Nielsen 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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.