Full-stack Developer, Nielsen Brandbank Norwich

About The Job

• 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent professional qualification or experience
• Ability to work independently across some or all of the Microsoft Stack and other key technologies:
  
  • .NET (C# preferable)
  • MS Azure
  • SQL Server
  • Javascript / Typescript (React preferable)
  • ASP, MVC, WPF
  • Unit Testing (NUnit, MSTest, Moq)
  • GIT
  • XML, JSON
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies quickly
• Good understanding of software architecture, issues and design
• Good understanding of data and databases
• Familiarity and good experience with Agile development methodologies and the complete product lifecycle from inception to delivery
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• An analytical mind in identifying appropriate solutions for business requirements
• Excited by technology, with up to date understanding of latest technologies
• Some experience of code reviews and coding standards

• 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