Lead Engineer: Fullstack

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.

dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro.

Job Responsibilities:

• Be the expert about the product within the team and assist the Engineering Manager on technical topics when required
• Be the mentor and coach about any technical topics for the team and beyond
• Conduct requirements analysis, balance different requirements and make technical trade off decisions at application level (e.g. component design).
• Lead exciting end-to-end projects and ensure Service Level Agreements are successfully delivered. Define and develop solutions to technical problems that arise.
• Use your expertise to input into reengineering and design.
• Act as a subject matter expert for focus areas across the technology space.
• Establish coding standards for the team, ensure the high code quality.
• Actively look for the latest tools and technologies within or outside dunnhumby. Actively learn and help implementing the new industry standards related to products, people, and processes.
• Identify the inefficiencies in the process and help the team to improve them to maximize the team’s performance.
• Collaborate with different stakeholders on managing project milestones, short term, and long-term planning etc.
• Help identifying the dependencies, risks, and bottlenecks in the projects proactively. Work actively with the Engineering Manager to resolve them.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience working with either React or Angular (React preferred).
• Strong proficiency in C# and .NET Core, with a deep understanding of developing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with unit testing and ensuring code quality.
• Familiarity with any relational database (Postgres preferred).
• Knowledge and experience with Docker.
• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and cloud platforms such as GCP or Azure.
• Knowledge of micro-services and event-driven architecture, particularly Pub Sub.
• Experience incorporating best practices around logging, monitoring, and tracing of cloud-based platform.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (GitLab, Octopus preferred)

 Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with serverless computing platforms such as GCP Cloud Functions or Azure Functions
• Experience with messaging technologies
• Familiarity with application security best practices and standards such as OWASP TOP 10

What you can expect from us

We won’t just meet your expectations. We’ll defy them. So you’ll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you’d expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect.  Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off.

You’ll also benefit from an investment in cutting-edge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble, small-business feel that gives you the freedom to play, experiment and learn.

And we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day – with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One and dh Thrive as the living proof.  We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please let us know how we can make this process work best for you. For an informal and confidential chat please contact [email protected] to discuss how we can meet your needs. 

Our approach to Flexible Working

At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

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