Software Developer – Front End

Job Description

Job Description
Nielsen Brandbank Software Developers work collaboratively alongside other development team members, Product Owners & Scrum Masters to realise business goals.
Working within dedicated domains, the Software Developer – using an incremental delivery approach – is responsible for 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
Interact with stakeholders/Product Owner to clarify requirements and provide input into the creation of User Stories
Responsible for estimation, sprint planning and managing all their own tasks and reporting on progress
Collaborates closely with all team members to take a shared responsibility for the sprint backlog and the team’s success
Develops new or amended features, resolves bugs and carries out other tasks as required to realise business goals
Produces high quality code and takes responsibility for the quality of their own code – writing unit tests and conducting unit testing where applicable
Maintains broader code quality through peer code reviews
Assist with live releases in line with the team’s release schedule
Identify improvement opportunities to improve team processes and agree on actionable improvements
Provide 2nd/3rd line support within his/her domain environment
Qualifications
Role Requirements E=essential, P=preferred

E – Degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience

E – Ability to work independently across some or all the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies:

Javascript / Typescript (React essential)
(PHP preferred – API responses/follow logic)
MS Azure
SQL Server
Unit Testing (NUnit, MSTest, Moq)
GIT
XML, JSON
E – Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly

E – Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design

E - Good understanding of data and databases

E – Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product life cycle from inception to delivery

E – Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal

E – An analytical mind in identifying appropriate solutions for business requirements

P – Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of the latest technologies

P – Some experience of code reviews and coding standards