Junior Software Engineer

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Job Title: Junior Software Engineer

Location: London, Grays Inn Road

Full time/Permanent/Hybrid

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About the Project/Role

We are seeking a Junior Software Engineer with a strong focus on developing production-grade software, extensive experience with Azure services, and proficiency in Java, Python, PySpark.

We welcome applications from candidates with 1–2 years of professional experience who are looking to grow their careers in software development. This role is ideal for someone early in their journey who is eager to take on more responsibility, contribute to meaningful projects, and develop leadership skills in a supportive environment.

Job Role Requirements

• Owning the development and services in design, development, coding, testing.
• Keep up to date with the latest development software.
• Hands on development and should follow coding standrads
• Provide mentorship to the team and ensure they enforce to development standards.
• Ensure adequate documentation exists.
• Build alliance and work with other partner pillars within Kantar for a shared goal.

Role Requirements

• Experience in the data processing applications
• Practical production experience in software implementation
• Experience working with high-level sophisticated problem definition using algorithms.
• Good social skills
• Experience working in a distributed team.
• Background in software development or in a hands-on technical role
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Desirable:

• Spark data processing
• Cloud technologies – Azure, DataBricks, Kubernetes
• Software Architectural skills
• DevOps
• Agile / Scrum certified.
• Strong understanding of data security, including encryption/decryption.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams and collaborating with third-party vendors.
• Soft Skills: Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Education: A bachelor’s degree in engineering, particularly in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, is highly desirable.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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 to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

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 wellbeing 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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