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Kantar

Senior Software Engineer

Kantar

Senior Software Engineer building distributed backend services for AI-driven applications. Focus on scalable systems and event-driven architectures in a flexible hybrid working environment.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeReading • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKafkaMicroservicesNode.jsPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Designing and building technology that can grow with our ambition
  • Creating scalable, distributed backend services for AI‑driven applications
  • Building event‑driven systems that process large volumes of behavioural data in real time
  • Developing services in Node.js/TypeScript and/or Python
  • Designing APIs that support high‑throughput, low‑latency workloads
  • Helping orchestrate and optimise AI agent‑based systems running at scale
  • Contributing to technical direction, mentoring others, and helping to continuously improve how we build and operate our platforms.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Strong backend engineering experience with cloud‑based systems (Azure, AWS or GCP)
  • Experience designing distributed or event‑driven architectures (Kafka or similar)
  • Proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js and/or Python
  • Experience building scalable APIs and microservices
  • Working knowledge of containers and cloud‑native delivery approaches
  • Curiosity about AI‑enabled systems and how they scale responsibly
  • Experience with LLMs, AI agent orchestration, or tools such as RAG, vector databases or LangChain is a bonus, but not essential.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible hybrid working
  • 25 days leave, 2 days paid for volunteering and life event leave
  • Competitive salary and bonus (bonus dependent on role)
  • Company pension
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Healthcare options
  • Wide range of flexible benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools
Node.jsTypeScriptPythonAPI DevelopmentMicroservicesEvent-Driven SystemsDistributed ArchitecturesCloud-Based SystemsContainersAI Agent Orchestration
Soft Skills
MentoringCuriosity