Senior Backend Engineer

Company:  Publicis Media
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 08/11/2024
Salary: £125 - £150 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through global agency brands CJ, Performics, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ((Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40), Publicis Media's digital-first, data-driven global practices deliver client value and increase growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in more than sixty countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.

Job Description

As a backend engineer in our technology team you will develop and deliver solutions that enable our agency teams to win in a marketplace. You will be working with a Product Owner and other engineers to deliver transformative solutions. The right candidate will be somebody who is motivated, loves to continually learn and builds software utilizing modern technologies and strong engineering practices.

The software engineer's responsibilities will be to design and develop these applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. In addition, background in the following areas will significantly elevate the candidate's ability to hit the ground running:

  • Cloud infrastructure and data processing technologies.
  • Strong understanding of media business.

This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

You will report to Senior Vice President, Data Engineering.

Responsibilities:

  • Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
  • Design, develop, and maintain APIs and microservices using C# and .NET technologies.
  • Integrate with 3rd party API's for data consumption.
  • Work with data storage solutions such as MSSQL Server, MongoDb, AWS Redshift
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
  • Optimize and scale backend systems for performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
  • Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code while following best practices.
  • Implement security best practices to protect data and sensitive information.

Required Skills:

  • Proven experience as a backend engineer with a focus on C# and .NET.
  • Strong understanding of RESTful API's and knowledge of API design and management.
  • Strong knowledge of various AWS services like API Gateway, ECS, EKS, Lambda, ElasticCache etc.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL.
  • Strong understanding of MPP data warehouse technologies like Amazon Redshift.
  • Experience with lake house technologies like DataBricks.
  • Knowledge of Entity Framework/Dapper, OWIN, IoC, WebAPI required.
  • Good knowledge of design patterns.
  • Experience working with Agile Scrum teams and tools like JIRA.
  • Proficient understanding of Git based code versioning tools like Azure DevOps.
  • Familiarity with continuous integration tools like TeamCity.
  • Experience with creating microservices out of monolithic applications.
  • Experience with migrating .NET applications from Windows to Linux platforms

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 7+ years of development experience.
  • Adopting a "team first" mentality and working collaboratively and meet shared goals.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Req #24-5737

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