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 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 Software Engineer, you will deliver high-quality solutions that meet evolving needs, as well as review code from your peers. 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 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 multi-functional teams, including engineers, architects, and product owners, to align technical goals and ensure seamless execution.

• 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 estimate and define the technical roadmap for key applications managed by the team, ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives.

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

• Quality Assurance: Participate on 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 prepared to shape the future of technology and join a team committed to innovation and excellence? As a 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 C#, Microsoft .Net Core, and related technologies, combined with good experience in front-end frameworks like Angular or React.

• Microservices architecture experience: Knowledge of microservice architecture, coupled with experience in building and consuming Web APIs and asynchronous messaging systems.

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

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

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

• DevOps Savvy: Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and good experience in Git or similar source control systems, ensuring smooth development workflows. Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD practicies is a plus.

What’s in it for you

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