Senior Php Developer

Nielseniq India; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Job summary

NielsenIQ Brandbank is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to guide a delivery team in transforming backlog items into robust software solutions. You will work within an Agile framework, coordinate sprint activities, and help maintain code quality through peer reviews.

The role emphasizes mentoring, evolving architectures, and rapid incident support. You will collaborate across engineers, product owners, and managers to deliver features end-to-end while continuously improving processes and

Qualifications

• Mentor junior engineers.
• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent qualification.
• Strong hands-on skills across PHP, MS Azure, JavaScript/TypeScript (React), MySQL, PHPUnit, Elasticsearch, Git, XML, and JSON.
• Excited by technology with up-to-date knowledge.
• Ability to learn new languages quickly.
• Familiarity with Agile development methods and full product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Approach work from an Agile mindset applying practices and principles wherever possible
• Attend and participate in all Sprint events, taking a leading role to ensure good outcomes
• Collaborates closely with all team members to share responsibility for the sprint backlog and success
• Maintain broader code quality through peer code reviews
• Identify improvement opportunities and agree on actionable improvements
• Be available, on a best endeavours 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 and provide retrospective feedback

Skills

Mentoring

Agile

Communication

Analytical mind

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PHP

MS Azure

JavaScript/TypeScript

MySQL

PHPUnit

Elasticsearch

Git

XML

JSON

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 - Bachelors 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

Additional Information

Our Benefits

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