Senior PHP Engineer

NielsenIQ; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

Job summary

NIQ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Chennai to lead an Agile delivery approach within the NielsenIQ Brandbank software team. You will guide junior engineers, translate backlog items into scalable solutions, and collaborate with Product Owners to ensure timely, quality software delivery.

You will actively participate in sprints, review code, and support incidents during local hours. Strong knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Elasticsearch, and related tools is required, with excellence in

Qualifications

• E - Demonstrable experience of mentoring other more junior Engineers
• E - Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent professional qualification or experience
• E - Strong hands on technical skills across some or all of the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies: PHP
• E - MySQL
• E - PHPUnit
• E - Elasticsearch
• E - GIT
• E - XML, JSON
• E - Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of latest technologies
• E - Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly
• E - Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product lifecycle from inception to delivery
• E - Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design
• E -Good understanding of data and databases
• E - Proven track record or working as part of a team to deliver software solutions to meet customer needs
• E - Thorough and detailed approach with the ability to identify appropriate user/business solutions
• E - Some experience of code reviews and coding standards
• E - Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• E - An analytical mind

Responsibilities

• Approach work from an Agile mindset applying practices and principles wherever possible
• Attend and participate in all Sprint events to achieve desired outcomes, taking a leading role where required to ensure events have a good outcome
• Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and their success
• Maintain broader code quality through peer code reviews
• Identify improvement opportunities and agree on actionable improvements
• Be available, on a best endeavors basis, to support the resolution of Severity 1 and 2 incidents for applications owned by your team between 7am and 10pm local time on local working days as well as providing retrospective feedback

Skills

Mentoring

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Microsoft stack

PHP

MySQL

PHPUnit

Elasticsearch

GIT

XML

JSON

Agile

Software architecture

Data and databases

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field or equivalent

Tools

PHP

MySQL

PHPUnit

Elasticsearch

GIT

XML

JSON

Job description

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

Job Description

NielsenIQ Brandbank Software Engineers work collaboratively alongside other development team members, Product Owners & Engineering Managers to realise business goals.

Working within a dedicated delivery team, the Senior Software Engineer - using an incremental delivery approach - is responsible for guiding the team in developing new and existing products by understanding and translating backlog items into solutions

Job Responsibilities:

Approach work from an Agile mindset applying practices and principles wherever possible

Attend and participate in all Sprint events to achieve desired outcomes, taking a leading role where required to ensure events have a good outcome

Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and their success

Maintain broader code quality through peer code reviews

Identify improvement opportunities and agree on actionable improvements

Be available, on a best endeavors basis, to support the resolution of Severity 1 and 2 incidents for applications owned by your team between 7am and 10pm local time on local working days as well as providing retrospective feedback

Qualifications

Role Requirements E=essential, P=preferred

E - Demonstrable experience of mentoring other more junior Engineers

E - Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent professional qualification or experience

E - Strong hands on technical skills across some or all of the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies:

PHP

MySQL

PHPUnit

Elasticsearch

GIT

XML, JSON

E - Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of latest technologies

E - Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly

E - Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product lifecycle from inception to delivery

E - Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design

E -Good understanding of data and databases

E - Proven track record or working as part of a team to deliver software solutions to meet customer needs

E - Thorough and detailed approach with the ability to identify appropriate user/business solutions

E - Some experience of code reviews and coding standards

E - Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal

E - An analytical mind

Additional Information

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job‑related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the‑art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

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