time left to apply End Date: October 5, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

job requisition id R096881

Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Work pattern: Full time/Permanent/Hybrid

This is a full-time permanent position, based in our London office. We operate in a hybrid capacity and require 2 days in the office. All applicants must have the legal right to live and work permanently in the UK.

Role Description:

The primary focus of the TGI Technology unit is to produce technological solutions for one of the Kantar Media’s flagship lines of business, TGI. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Software Developer who is looking to take a step up into Lead role.

As Lead Software Developer at Kantar Media, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of TGI software development initiatives. In this role, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of our software products through use of DevOps and Scrum methodologies and toolsets. In the challenging landscape of ever-increasing data volumes and advancing technologies you will be leading a team of talented software engineers, developing best-in-class solutions that will help to accelerate the growth of our organisation.

Job Role Requirements

• Responsibility for development and maintenance of client facing tools and platforms with C++ and C# codebases.
• Responsibility for development and maintenance of analytical calculation engines and implementation of mathematical algorithms.
• Drive adoption of new technologies and advise on products technical direction.
• Closely collaborate with Product and Operations teams to gather development requirements.
• Facilitate Analysis and Design sessions with the development and QA teams.
• Drive and champion implementation of technological and methodological aspect of DevOps
• Ensure good coding standards are met and maintained.
• Ensure comprehensive technical documentation is produced.
• Collaborate with Information Security department to meet high security standards of software solutions.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency.
• Assume line management responsibility empowering your team to succeed in their roles.
• Contribute to maintaining company’s ISO9001 standard and accreditation.
• Proficiency in Azure Cloud Platform and Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of document-based NoSQL database systems, preferably MongoDB
• Understanding of RESTful API concepts and implementation with C#

Role Requirements

• Expert knowledge C++ MFC, STL, COM/COM+
• Advanced or higher knowledge of C# .NET
• Full understanding of all aspects of SDLC
• Background in mathematics, knowledge of statistical analysis desirable
• MSc in Computer Science, Computer Science degree or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior developer’s role.
• Experience in working in DevOps environment and Agile Scrum methodology.

Our offer

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear, and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion, and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate because of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Privacy and Legal Statement

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visit www.kantar.com

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Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

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Job Details

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Job Title: Lead software developer

Location: Grays Inn Road & Hanger Lane, London

Work pattern: Full time/Permanent/Hybrid

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This is a full-time permanent position, based in our London office. We operate in a hybrid capacity and require 2 days in the office. All applicants must have the legal right to live and work permanently in the UK.

Role Description:

The primary focus of the TGI Technology unit is to produce technological solutions for one of the Kantar Media’s flagship lines of business, TGI. We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Software Developer who is looking to take a step up into Lead role.

As Lead Software Developer at Kantar Media, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of TGI software development initiatives. In this role, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of our software products through use of DevOps and Scrum methodologies and toolsets. In the challenging landscape of ever-increasing data volumes and advancing technologies you will be leading a team of talented software engineers, developing best-in-class solutions that will help to accelerate the growth of our organisation.

Job Role Requirements

• Responsibility for development and maintenance of client facing tools and platforms with C++ and C# codebases.
• Responsibility for development and maintenance of analytical calculation engines and implementation of mathematical algorithms.
• Drive adoption of new technologies and advise on products technical direction.
• Closely collaborate with Product and Operations teams to gather development requirements.
• Facilitate Analysis and Design sessions with the development and QA teams.
• Drive and champion implementation of technological and methodological aspect of DevOps
• Ensure good coding standards are met and maintained.
• Ensure comprehensive technical documentation is produced.
• Collaborate with Information Security department to meet high security standards of software solutions.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and implementing opportunities for efficiency.
• Assume line management responsibility empowering your team to succeed in their roles.
• Contribute to maintaining company’s ISO9001 standard and accreditation.
• Proficiency in Azure Cloud Platform and Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of document-based NoSQL database systems, preferably MongoDB
• Understanding of RESTful API concepts and implementation with C#

Role Requirements

• Expert knowledge C++ MFC, STL, COM/COM+
• Advanced or higher knowledge of C# .NET
• Full understanding of all aspects of SDLC
• Background in mathematics, knowledge of statistical analysis desirable
• Excellent communication skills
• MSc in Computer Science, Computer Science degree or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior developer’s role.
• Experience in working in DevOps environment and Agile Scrum methodology.

Our offer

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear, and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion, and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate because of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Privacy and Legal Statement

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visit www.kantar.com

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Why join Kantar?

We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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