WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data. WPP Media is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, X-axis and data and technology company Choreograph. WPP Media's portfolio includes Data & Technology, Investment and Services, all united in a vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business. The WPP Media IT team in WPP IT are the technology solutions partner for the WPP Media group of agencies and are accountable for co-ordinating and assuring end-to-end change delivery, managing the WPP Media IT technology life-cycle and innovation pipeline. This role will work as part of the Global Investment Systems Team. You will be responsible for product development and maintenance of data solutions. You will collaborate with the implementation function for supporting solution roll-out. What you'll be doing: Design, develop, and maintain applications, modules, and common functionality. Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed software infrastructure and integration with applications and user interfaces Analyze and improve performance and efficiency characteristics of platform components used with the applications. Perform code review of team members to learn new techniques while providing code quality review. Assist in analysis of interacting systems to ensure changes made to one system will not impact other systems. Work closely with the Business Analyst to ensure proper documentation of requirements. Prepare technical specifications and other system and programming documentation in accordance with internal standards. Provide knowledge transfer to Support and Operations personnel related to changes to systems. Work with Quality Analysts to ensure changes are thoroughly tested before release. Write unit and integration tests for new code. Assist with the diagnosis of problematic applications and system testing. Stay informed of advances and pertinent changes in hardware and software technologies. Work with the system and application product engineering groups to define new common functionality and diagnose problems. What you'll need: Education: completed university studies in Computer Science, Information Technology or comparable Personality and Working Practice: team player, good communication skills, analytical thinking and structured Experience and Knowledge: 5+ years of full stack development experience – .NET/C# preferred with features such as Web API, .NET Core, and Azure Web hosting solutions 2+ years of React/Angular development, web services and usage of frameworks Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines Proficient with API/microservice architecture development Proficient with HTML5, Single Page Applications, CSS, Redux, Typescript, JavaScript, and JavaScript libraries such as React. An understanding of and ability to use Git Experience with Applications Performance Monitor (APM) Database experience (SQL Server) and good knowledge in query optimization. Experience with distributed architectures, REST and GraphQL APIs. Cloud technology experience – Azure and GCP Good knowledge in Cybersecurity best practices Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Proficient with database technologies, relational or NoSQL Strong organizational skills Experience working in an Agile scrum-based environment Experience working with Azure DevOps and Git Media / advertising industry experience is a plus
Languages: very good English skills, any other language is a plus Who you are: You're open : We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working. You're optimistic : We believe in the power of creativity, technology, and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients, and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected. You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day. What we'll give you: Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work. Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry. Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge? WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. Please read our Privacy Notice ( https://www.wpp.com/en/careers/wpp-privacy-policy-for-recruitment ) for more information on how we process the information you provide.