Country: United States of America
Job Family: Technology
For almost 90 years, GfK has been a reliable and trusted insight partner for the world’s biggest companies and leading brands who make a difference in every consumer’s life - and we will continue to build on this. We connect data, science and innovative digital research solutions to provide answers for key business questions around consumers, markets, ROI, brands and media. With our headquarters in Germany and a presence in around 60 countries worldwide, you benefit from our global company with a diverse community of 8,000+ employees.
Harnessing the power of our workforce, the greatest asset we have is our people. As part of GfK, you can take your future into your own hands. We value talent, skills and responsibility and will support your development within our international teams. We are proud of our heritage and our future, as we continue our evolution from Market Research provider to SaaS data solutions and consulting partner. We value extraordinary people and this is why we are looking for YOU to help create our future. For our employees as well as for our clients we pursue one goal: Growth from Knowledge!
About MRI-Simmons:
MRI-Simmons is the leading provider of insights on the American consumer. With thousands of attitudinal and behavioral data points, gathered through ongoing surveys and passive measurement, MRI-Simmons empowers advertisers, agencies, and media companies with deeper insights into the “why” behind consumer behavior.
The company’s flagship product (MRI-Simmons USA) is the leading multi-media study of Americans and is widely recognized as the industry standard for magazine audience ratings. Powered by address-based probabilistic sampling, MRI-Simmons USA measures real people, chosen at random to represent the US population in all its variations. This methodological approach ensures stability of insights and provides the most accurate view of the American consumer.
Job Description:
The Software Engineering Manager is responsible for balancing the development team’s work between cross-functional strategic projects. You will support and develop the engineers on your team by providing advice, coaching, and educational opportunities, as well as propose and drive processes to facilitate and promote communication, transparency, and trust. Together with the team, you will support delivery by providing estimations, context, and clarity to ensure the team delivers the agreed work with quality and excellence.
As Software Engineering Manager, you will have following key accountabilities:
- Plans and leads the development of new software products and/or enhancements
- Oversees the analysis, design, development, and maintenance of software solutions
- Oversees the definition and documentation of business and technical design requirements
- Ensures all software solutions and enhancements are fully tested, debugged and meet product quality standards prior to release to QA
- Ensures all projects are delivered on time, within budget and a high level of corporate quality standards
- Ensures all reported system issues are resolved
- Determines practicality of ideas based on projected costs and sales potential
- Oversees application administration activities
- Ensures technology solutions support the needs of the customer and/or organization
- Performs continuous review of technologies, industry standards and industry-related developments and makes recommendations relative to the need for further research and associated changes
- Coordinates work and services with other departments, contract service providers, and vendors
- Provides consistent leadership to everyone; sets objectives; reviews performance, produces career development plans, and addresses concerns
- Train and mentor new employees
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- Minimum 4 years of experience in Java programming language
- Minimum 2 years of experience with Snowflake
- Minimum 2 years of experience supporting services in a production environment
- Minimum 2 years of experience leading/managing a team of software engineers
- Must have experience working with remote teams
- Experience working on a team with a CI/CD process
- Experience working in agile development model
- Familiarity using collaboration tools like Jira to communicate and plan team’s work
- Great problem-solving abilities
- Ability to make decisions quickly
Salary commensurate with experience, annual base salary range: $120,000 - $130,000
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
We are not responsible for any fee related to unsolicited resumes from 3rd party staffing and recruiting agencies (whether submitted through this website or sent directly to employees) unless a written agreement is in place between the agency and GfK (“Company”) and an authorized Company representative makes a written request to the agency to assist with this requisition. Similarly, no fee will be paid for candidates who apply and claim to be represented by an agency. Any unsolicited resumes, CVs, or other candidate information submitted by an agency will become the property of GfK, and no fee will be paid in the event such candidate is hired.
We are an ethical and honest company that is wholly committed to its clients and employees. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal employment opportunity, focusing on all of our employees reaching their full potential.
We respect and value every employee regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, personality, experience, culture, faith, socio-economic status, or physical or mental disabilities.
We endorse the core principles and rights set forth in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Social Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, promoting the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality, and solidarity.
At GfK we work collaboratively with our colleagues but offer a flexible working approach, including dividing our time between office & remote working as well as the opportunity to flex our working hours around team core hours.
We offer an exciting work environment that brings people together. We encourage an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and make use of the latest digital technologies. We are looking for self-starters, who accept challenges and create solutions.
Can there be a better place to take center stage in the digital revolution? We are excited to get to know you!
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