Backend Senior Software Engineer

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Kantar’s Profiles division is home to the world’s largest audience network.

With access to 170m+ people in over 100 global markets, we offer unrivalled global reach with local relevancy. Validated by industry leading anti-fraud technology, Kantar’s Profiles Audience Network delivers the most meaningful data with consistency, accuracy, and accountability – all at speed and scale.

Job Details

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be part of the team that is responsible for panel management and the panel platform, which is the core engine that drives the profiles business. You will work on building and maintaining the system that matches panellists to the right surveys at the right time, using event-driven microservices, node or ruby, and Kafka. You will also collaborate with the data science team to implement machine learning algorithms that help optimise the experience and conversion rate of panellists.

What You'll Do!

• Develop new features and functionality to support running surveys and survey matching across multiple panel brands and markets
• Ensure high quality and performance of the system by writing unit tests, integration tests, and code reviews
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues and bugs in the system
• Work in an agile fashion using lean Kanban methodologies
• Coach and mentor more junior members of the team
• Become an expert in the domain and contribute to the design and architecture of the system

What You'll Bring...

• Backend software engineering experience in node or ruby, or other languages (we are a polyglot environment)
• Experience with databases, both SQL and NoSQL
• Experience with systems at scale, dealing with high volume and complex data
• Experience with event-driven microservices and event streaming platforms (e.g Kafka)
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote team
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

What’s in it for you?

• Working as a senior engineer on a critical part of the Kantar Profiles business that matches panellists to surveys in real time and optimises the experience and retention of panellists.
• Working in a very agile and flexible team that uses event driven microservices, node or ruby, Kafka, and various databases.
• Working closely with the data science team to implement machine learning algorithms that inform the survey matching models.
• Coaching and mentoring more junior members of the team and becoming an expert in the domain.
• Working remotely with occasional visits to the office in London or Reading.

Benefits include: starting with 25 days annual leave (increasing with tenure), private medical health cash plan, income protection, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contribution; plus award winning voluntary flexible benefits (lifestyle, health, wealth, wellbeing).

Kantar Profiles Division

Unleash your potential at Kantar's Profiles division, home to the world’s largest audience network.

Join our expert team in survey design, sampling methodologies, and data science, we leverage cutting-edge technology to provide our clients with seamless access to real people and unparalleled insights.

Backed by industry-leading anti-fraud technology, our Profiles Audience Network comprises over 170 million individuals, in more than 100 markets worldwide. Our clients include many of the world’s leading brands, who trust us to collect reliable insights.

Be part of a team that shapes the future of panel market research and drives results for brands everywhere!

Some key facts:

• Our team is made up of 600 people globally.
• We are present in 27 countries.
• Profiles currently holds a 10% share in the $3b panel industry but we have ambition, a robust 3-year business plan and the financial backing of our private equity owners (Bain Capital) to grow to be the #1 player in this sector.
• We provide an ideal environment for professional growth, offering:
• A ‘start-up’ atmosphere in which you can make a big impact and get credit for it.
• The chance to learn all aspects of the business and influence the decision-making process.
• The opportunity to network and learn from highly experienced, senior members of our teams from across the business, globally.

Join Us

At Kantar, we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well-being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

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Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.