Company Description

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Our Nielsen Brandbank team is one of the world's most trusted providers of digital product content, delivering an end to end solution for brands, retailers and wholesalers across the globe. Within Nielsen Brandbank Technology, we work diligently to provide best-in-class solutions, using an incremental delivery approach to develop new & existing products. 

Job Description

• 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 his/her domain environment 

Qualifications

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: 

• Javascript / Typescript (React essential) 

• (PHP – API responses/follow logic) 

• MS Azure 

• SQL Server 

• Unit Testing (NUnit, MSTest, Moq) 

• GIT 

• XML, JSON 

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 life cycle 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 

Additional Information

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™.

NIQ, is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit NIQ.com.

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