Software Developer

YouGov is an international online research data and analytics group.

Our mission is to offer unparalleled insight into what the world thinks.

Our innovative solutions help the world’s most recognized brands, media owners and agencies to plan, activate and track their marketing activities better.

At the core of the YouGov platform is an ever-growing source of consumer data that has been amassed over our twenty years of operation. We call it living data. All of our products and services draw upon this detailed understanding of our 24+ million registered panel members to deliver accurate, actionable consumer insights.

As innovators of online market research, we have a strong reputation as a trusted source of accurate data and insights. Testament to this, YouGov data is regularly referenced by the global press, and Meltwater 2022 report concluded that YouGov is the most quoted research company in the world.

With operations in the UK, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, we have one of the world's largest research networks.

What will you do?

We are looking for a mid level full-stack C# .NET developer with Devops experience as well as proven experience with:

• SQL Server
• web front end / back-end development
• configuration and maintenance of CI/CD pipeline
• automated deployment processes.

YouGov Sport has developed a proprietary web-based dashboard to allow our clients access to in-depth, comprehensive research data, enabling them to carry out instant, ad-hoc analysis of key metrics relating to their effectiveness across multiple media channels. You will be responsible for planning, building and implementing functionality into the dashboard, debugging and testing and ensuring the quality of the finished product.

Overall role objectives:

• Take ownership and responsibility for the maintenance and development of the YouGov Sport dashboard.
• Provide support to internal analysts with data management relating to client dashboards
• Develop new processes and enhancements to the dashboard to deliver improved internal and external user experience

Key responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of YouGov Sports media Applications
• Developing windows apps and tools to assist in the handling of this data, ultimately enabling the data team to manually extract data in ways that they need
• Development of data-scraping infrastructure, working with proxies and browser emulation
• Optimizing stored procedures, dynamic SQL queries, and indexes in SQL Server database Implement and maintain automated deployment process
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipeline
• Manage releases of code to test, staging, and production environments.
• Develop automation for testing and deploying software to test, staging, and production
• Assisting data team with extracting data in various formats directly from SQL Server database
• Assisting data team with handling bulk updating of large volumes of data in SQL Server database
• Liaise with media analysts and client service to rectify issues
• Producing reports in various formats for clients in SQL or producing C# applications to generate the reports
• Analyzing ways to improve how data is imported and extracted from the system, to find bottlenecks and more efficient processes
• Modifying the main website tools and import processes to improve data validation, error reporting

What do you need to bring with you?

Technical: Core skills / experience required

• 3+ year's experience of building solutions with the Microsoft .NET
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of ASP.NET, C#, MVC 5, JavaScript
• Experience with SQL Server, ORM Frameworks and Database Design, and experience optimizing and writing high-performance database queries and stored procedures for large data-sets
• Experience of integrating with 3rd party APIs
• Excellent knowledge and understanding RESTful Web services
• Knowledge of AWS
• Good front end experience (React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Entity Framework 6 / Linq
• Experience working with large volumes of data
• Good understanding of OO software development
• Previous experience of working with dashboards an advantage
• Previous experience of working with social media data would be beneficial
• Previous experience of working with GIT, GitLab , CI/CD , Agile , Scrum an advantage

Our Tech Stack:
C#, ASP.NET, MVC 5, SQL Server, Web API, RESTful API , Java Script ,HTML, CSS, GIT , Agile , Scrum

Soft Skills

• Problem solver who can identify issues and deliver solutions quickly
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively to non-technical teams and to propose alternative ways of working; understand the commercial request and translate that into technical delivery
• Evidence to support dynamic and self-motivated work
• Ability to multi-task whilst consistently maintaining a high level of quality and productivity
• Proven accuracy and attention to detail
• Self-sufficient: can take on a piece of work and complete it to a high standard with minimal help

Education and qualifications
Ideally educated to at least degree standard

The Culture

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to YouGov. We are committed to giving the world a voice by capturing the opinions of all groups, including the ones that are often under-represented in research. We are also committed to making sure that our products and tools are free from any bias, as accuracy is key to what we do. None of the above can be done without having a truly diverse workforce, in an inclusive workplace. We are very keen on attracting and retaining the best talent. And best talent also means a diverse pool of talent, with various backgrounds and perspectives.

Supporting the wellbeing of our staff, including maintaining a good work and life balance, is important to us.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are made on the basis of occupational qualifications, merit, and business need.

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