Senior Software Engineer

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

About the job

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Software Engineer to join our innovative team in Porto, where your expertise will drive the evolution of our world-class platform. This role is pivotal in creating scalable, secure, and resilient applications that impact our global customer community. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, you’ll play an integral role in shaping the future of data and insights.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will mentor teammates, review code, and deliver high-quality solutions that meet evolving needs. Collaborating closely with Product Owners, Analysts, Architects, and DevOps specialists, you’ll ensure seamless integration within our wider team. Together, we’ll push boundaries to craft solutions that inspire. If you’re ready to grow, lead, and make an impact, we invite you to be part of our journey.

Job Goals

Are you ready to make a real impact in an innovative team working on cutting-edge technology? As a Senior Software Engineer, your first year will be packed with exciting challenges and opportunities to grow. Here’s what we’ll need you to achieve in your first year:

• Drive innovation: Tackle complex technical challenges with creativity and precision to deliver impactful solutions.

• Collaborate effectively: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineers, architects, and product owners, to align technical goals and ensure seamless execution.

• Lead by example: Set the technical direction by designing and building robust microservices, improving architecture, and mentoring teammates to elevate the team’s performance.

• Enhance code quality: Ensure the team delivers high-quality, secure, and scalable applications by instituting best practices and writing automated tests.

• Shape the roadmap: Contribute to estimating and defining the technical roadmap for key services managed by the team, ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives.

• Deliver results: Spearhead efforts to bring new microservices into production efficiently, optimizing performance for our global customer base.

• Quality Assurance: Be a driver for testability and test automation, finding paths for well-created testing code (code tests similarly to production level code)

• Inspire progress: Continuously push boundaries, exploring new technologies and methodologies to refine processes and drive growth.

This role is your opportunity to lead, influence, and innovate in a vibrant, global environment.

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

Are you ready to shape the future of technology and join a team committed to innovation and excellence? As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll have the chance to work on cutting-edge projects and make a significant impact. Here’s what we’re looking for in a candidate:

• Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft .Net Core, C#, and supporting technologies, combined with proficiency in front-end frameworks like Angular, React, or TypeScript.

• Microservices Mastery: In-depth knowledge of microservice architecture, coupled with expertise in building and consuming Web APIs and asynchronous messaging systems.

• Problem-Solving Skills: A deep understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, SOLID principles, and design patterns to create scalable, efficient, and maintainable solutions.

• Database Proficiency: Proficient with SQL, MySQL or NoSQL databases, including data modelling, constructing complex queries, and an ability to optimize database interactions for performance.

• Automation testing: Good experience using test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, XUnit/NUnit.

• DevOps Savvy: Good experience with containerization tools like Docker and proficiency in Git or similar source control systems, ensuring smooth development workflows. Experience with Azure