Job Description

Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.
Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.
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Job Details
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: Software Developer
Location: London, Grays Inn Road

Full time/Permanent/Hybrid

About the Project/Role
We are seeking a Software Developer with a strong focus on developing production-grade software, extensive experience with Azure services, and proficiency in Java, Python, PySpark. You will manage a small team and collaborate with a third-party vendor to deliver robust, scalable solutions.
Job Role RequirementsOwning 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 RequirementsExperience 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 pipelines)

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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Country
United Kingdom
Why join Kantar?
We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.
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.