Company Description
R25_0018379
Hybrid working model in Colombia, Bogota
As a Senior Software Engineer at NIQ Brandbank, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the success of our products and our team. This isn’t just a seniority title; it’s a responsibility. You’ll be hands-on with development, but equally invested in guiding others, driving clarity in sprint ceremonies, and ensuring smooth releases. You’ll be the go-to person for technical leadership, collaboration, and quality delivery.
Job Description
How You’ll Contribute
Your time will be spent across a mix of responsibilities, from developing features and fixing issues, to guiding other developers, supporting testers, and collaborating with product owners, domain tech leads and architects. The balance may shift sprint to sprint, but your impact will be felt across the entire delivery lifecycle.
Sprint Ceremonies and Agile Delivery
- Actively participate in refinement sessions, contributing to solution design, acceptance criteria, development notes, and testing focus areas.
- Help align the team when story scoring differs, explaining technical effort and guiding consensus.
- In planning meetings, highlight blockers and dependencies, and ensure clarity around sprint goals and commitments.
- Share honest updates in daily standups and respond proactively to blockers raised by teammates.
- In retrospectives, reflect on learnings, celebrate wins, and suggest actionable improvements.
- Lead release ticket reviews, guiding product owners in selecting appropriate tickets and preparing for deployments in staging and production environments.
Development and Technical Leadership
- Deliver high-quality code using the Brandbank tech stack, including but not limited to .NET, C#, React, SQL Server, and Azure services.
- Support testers during sprint and release testing, ensuring issues are resolved promptly.
- Own and execute deployments in higher environments, ensuring stability and accountability.
- Provide third-line support and troubleshoot production issues with care and urgency.
- Mentor other developers, guiding them on architecture, coding standards, delivery practices and sprint work.
Team and Stakeholder Collaboration
- Liaise with product owners, testers, and other team members to ensure clarity and alignment.
- Collaborate with domain tech leads and solution architects for technical guidance and direction.
- Guide product owners on technical priorities and feasibility of sprint items.
- Ensure that sprint commitments make sense from both technical and business perspectives.
Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Strong experience with C#, .NET (ASP.NET, MVC, Core) and SQL Server.
- Familiarity with React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern front-end frameworks.
- Experience with Azure services (App Services, Service Bus, Functions, Cosmos DB, Storage Accounts, etc.).
- Proficiency in GIT, unit testing frameworks, and working with JSON/XML.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them effectively.
Professional Experience
- 5+ years in software engineering roles, with proven experience in agile environments
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design principles, and data modeling
- Experience mentoring developers and supporting cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable managing own tasks and supporting others to stay on track
What Success Looks Like
- You help the team deliver better, not just through your own code, but through guidance, collaboration, and proactive support.
- You’re proactive in identifying risks, blockers, and opportunities for improvement.
- You’re a trusted voice in sprint ceremonies, release planning, and retrospectives.
- You’re accountable for production changes and ensure stability for live users.
- You mentor others, raise the bar for quality, and help the team grow.
Additional Information
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
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