Senior PHP Engineer

NielsenIQ; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Job summary

NIQ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Brandbank Software Engineering team in Chennai. The role involves mentoring junior engineers and delivering solutions using PHP, Azure, and JavaScript/TypeScript with React.

You will participate in Agile ceremonies, collaborate across teams, and help maintain high code quality through peer reviews. Strong experience with MySQL, PHPUnit, Elasticsearch, Git, XML/JSON is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Proven mentoring experience of junior engineers.
• Strong hands-on skills with Microsoft stack and key techs listed (PHP, Azure, JavaScript/TypeScript, MySQL, PHPUnit).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and end-to-end product lifecycle.
• Experience in code reviews and maintaining coding standards.

Responsibilities

• Approach work with an Agile mindset and apply best practices.
• Attend and lead Sprint events to ensure successful outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with team members to share responsibility for the sprint backlog.
• Maintain code quality through peer reviews and actionable improvements.
• Be available for incident support within local business hours on a best-efforts basis.

Skills

Mentoring

Azure

PHP

JavaScript/TypeScript

React (JSX)

MySQL

PHPUnit

Elasticsearch

Git

XML/JSON

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Tools

React

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.

• 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

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

• MS Azure

• Javascript / Typescript (React preferable)

• 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

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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.

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