Job Title: Lead Engineer – .Net (Data Strategy & Engineering)
Location: Bangalore

About Kantar
Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. Our Analytics practice delivers solutions across Brand & Marketing ROI, Brand Strategy, Innovation, Content Analytics, Data Strategy & Engineering, and Customer Analytics, enabling smarter business decisions through advanced data and technology.

Role Overview
We are hiring a Lead Engineer – .Net to drive development and delivery within the Data Strategy & Engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable software platforms/products using Microsoft technologies and NoSQL solutions (ElasticSearch preferred).
• Analyse business and technical problems and deliver effective solutions independently. [
• Participate in full product lifecycle: requirements, development, deployment, and documentation.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, testing alignment, and best practices.

Leadership & Technical Skills

• Mentor and coach team members; drive code reviews and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, UX and cross-functional teams for timely delivery. [
• Strong understanding of Agile (Scrum/Kanban), CI/CD and release management.
• Hands-on experience in .NET Core (6+), C#, ASP.NET, Angular (16+), HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Experience with Elasticsearch / NoSQL (Logstash, Kibana preferred).
• Strong SQL Server skills (queries, stored procedures) with exposure to MySQL.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Qualification

• BE/B.Tech or ME/M.Tech/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5–7 years of hands-on software development experience.