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Nielsen Brandbank Software Developers work collaboratively alongside other development team members, Product Owners & Scrum Masters to realise 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 their own tasks and reporting on progress 

• Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and the team’s success 

• Develops new or amended features, resolves bugs and carries out other tasks as required to realise business goals 

• Produces high quality code and takes responsibility for the quality of their own code - writing unit tests and conducting unit testing where applicable 

• Maintains broader code quality through peer code reviews  

• Assist with live releases in line with the team’s release schedule   

• Identify improvement opportunities to improve team processes and agree on actionable improvements 

• Provide 2nd/3rd line support within their domain environment 

Role Requirements E=essential, P=preferred 

E – Degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience 

E - Ability to work independently across some or all the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies: 

• .NET Core 6 

• Javascript / Typescript (Angular preferable plus React) 

• Unit Testing (XUnit, NSubstitute etc) 

• GIT 

• JSON, YAML 

• DevOps tools (preferably Azure DevOps using YAML pipelines) 

• Cloud platforms (preferably Azure) 

• SQL/Database technology (preferably PostgreSQL) 

E - Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly 

E - Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design 

E - Good understanding of data and databases 

E - Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product lifecycle from inception to delivery 

E - Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal 

E - An analytical mind in identifying appropriate solutions for business requirements 

P - Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of the latest technologies 

P - Some experience of code reviews and coding standards 

About NielsenIQ

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