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Front-end Engineer

GfK. Growth from Knowledge.Harnessing the power of our workforce, the greatest asset we have is our people. As part of GfK, talents can take their future into their own hands. We value talent, skills and responsibility and support personal development within our international teams. We are proud of our heritage and our future: Currently we are in the latter stages of a transformational journey from a traditional market research company to a trusted provider of prescriptive data analytics powered by innovative technology. This is only possible with extraordinary people and this is why we are looking for bright talents to help shape our future. For our employees as well as for our clients we pursue one goal: Growth from Knowledge!#TeamGfK - Employee Value PropositionWe offer an exciting working environment that brings people together and encourages an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. We know what makes consumers' hearts beat - globally and locally -  as we work on projects for successful companies in virtually every major industry. We make use of the latest digital technologies. We are looking for self-starters, who accept challenges and create solutions. Be part of a dedicated, creative team that embraces collaboration and experimentation to deliver true client impact!  Meaningful impact"You want to serve global players and brands?"The world’s leading brands and companies rely on our data, insights and recommendations to inform their business decisions. Be thrilled to help our influential clients grow!


About your future team
GfK is providing a solution to measure consumption of digital advertisements and content, including news, video, audio streams. You are responsible to enable GfK’s clients to integrate the required measurement SDKs into their apps and websites. While doing your job you will automatically learn a lot about GfK’s measurement solution, which is a fully cloud-based, highly scalable, high traffic and big data application. This wider knowledge base will help you to perform your job in a self-organized manner and to analyse complex issues independently.


About You
You are a seasoned software engineer passionate about building functional and performant Web SDKs or applications that delight their users. You understand how web-based applications are built, delivered to and execute their code within browsers. You build TypeScript code with software engineering best practices and have effectively scaled these practices to the size of an engineering team. You are obsessed about the quality and usability of your code, you see writing automated acceptance tests as an inseparable part of feature development. You follow the technology trends within web software development, know of the framework of the month but have learned to write code that stands the test of time. You have used various transpilers and modules, you know and have used in the past some of these tools and languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, WebPack, GitHub.


Mission of the role 
You will be a pivotal member of our team and will have the opportunity to build a robust Content Tracking SDK to be used by GfK's clients in order enable them knowing their audience and reach metrics.

You will be working as part of a cross functional agile team of a Big Data engineer, an SRE, iOS & Android Developers, Web SDK Developers, a Scrum Master and a Product Owner.

As a Front-end Engineer you will be: 


  • A leading TypeScript developer

  • Part of a multi-disciplinary agile team

  • Building Content Tracking Web SDK

  • The example web engineer of that team who helps others to gain some basic web development skills

  • Taking ownership of solving problems - your own problems as well as problems the client has while integrating the SDK 

  • Pair programming with your team mates to bring together your skills and knowledge to rapidly build high quality software

  • Promoting and sharing knowledge around app development, specifically on mobile platforms



Now that you know what a Front-end Engineer does, what skills, qualifications and experience do you need?  


  • 5+ years of experience in engineering software, of which the majority and/or most recent experience is with web-based development

  • A solid TypeScript and JavaScript background

  • Packaged your apps using tools like WebPack

  • The opportunity to also become involved (if wished) in native Android Java, Kotlin, Swift , Scala, Bamboo, SonarQube, BrowserStack

  • An open and collaborative mindset both within and outside your team

  • Excellent level of English – both written and spoken

  • University degree or apprenticeship in computer science or similar qualification



It would be a great addition if you have experience with:


  • The media, advertising or market research industry 

  • AWS tools like S3 or Cloudfront

  • CI/CD pipelines and tools like Bamboo and Bitbucket/Git 

  • German language – both written and spoken



Join our team and benefit from the following advantages: 


  • Exciting work environment that brings people together

  • Use of the latest digital technologies

  • Initial and ongoing trainings to support your development

  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth

  • Competitive remuneration and bonus scheme linked to individual performance and company results

  • Flexible working hours and home office

  • 3 additional non-working days annually

  • Food vouchers

  • Health insurance

  • Discount program with external vendors

  • Eco friendly travelers are welcome to the office – parking places for bikers and free card for public transportation are available to all employees

  • Last but not least – GfK Sofia office is located close to the city centre and easily accessible from any point by public transportation – 47A Tsarisgradsko Shose Blvd


 
All documents will be treated in the strictest confidentiality.
Only short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview.

За обявата

June 10th, 2022

София

Административни, Офис и Бизнес дейности