Savanta is one of the fastest growing agencies in market research with teams in the UK, Americas, and APAC. Our research solutions are driven by our technology. It’s central to driving innovation across the entire research process; helping us deliver agile solutions globally. We’ve developed technology to help clients Make Better Decisions.

We are looking for someone with extensive industry experience of software engineering (preferably in C# and .NET) as an influential member of a team.

We’re mostly based around Cambridge and London in the UK. We’re a hybrid working team, so you can work from home, but we’d like you to spend 1-2 days per week in the office.

You will work on our Vue research platform which helps us provide a full service to our wide range of clients. Each dev team focuses on a different area of the research pipeline: This ranges from survey scripting, fieldwork, and data collection, through to analysis and delivery - including online exploration or integration with our APIs.

You can see examples of some of the work we do for clients, which our platform underpins, here.

All candidates will be considered equally, however, unfortunately we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

Your role as a Staff Engineer at Savanta

Our evolving roadmap is full of ambitious and exciting delivery milestones across the full range of our products and services.

We are a (small a) agile team, so you can expect to see the impact of your work very quickly.

Our teams are made up of 3 to 6 Engineers, a UX Designer, Product Manager, and generally one or two QA Engineers. You’ll also work closely with business stakeholders on each project, and customer success to ensure delivery of our platform is well supported.

We use:
C# – latest stable version of .NET
React, TypeScript, Webpack
SQL Server 2019+ hosted in Azure
GitHub
Azure AI Studio for GPT API access
Azure DevOps and Octopus Deploy
SaaS by default (e.g., Shortcut, Octopus Cloud, Freshdesk)

Day to day, you will be involved in:
Full stack development
Delivering products and solutions that are customer focused and offer a great user experience
Supporting our platform and products as part of a DevOps culture
Helping to define architecture, and set technical direction for projects within your team and, when needed, across teams
Building fast, scalable, flexible systems
Working directly with stakeholders, and understanding their needs

We want you to dive in, get your hands dirty, and figure things out, but also to be someone your team can rely on for help and guidance when they need it.

Our Tech Team works within a learning and collaborative environment, where empowerment is key to our success, along with developing a culture of innovation and creating an environment where everyone can excel. Our development teams have a lot of autonomy in how to work day-to-day, with support from other roles as needed.

We’re looking for somebody:
With a product delivery mindset focused on customer delight and a great user experience
Experienced in delivering software in an agile environment
Extensively experienced with C# and .NET, or in closely related languages such Java, including modern functional idioms
Strong relational database experience: familiar with common database design principles along with at least one enterprise grade SQL dialect from RDBMSs such as SQL Server, Oracle or PostgreSQL
Who encourages a test first approach as part of stories aiming for high automated coverage
Comfortable with spiking and similar exploratory and derisking strategies
Able to guide their team in iterating towards long-term scalable architectures


In return, Savanta offers:
Salary range: £70,000 - £90,000
Biannual bonus scheme
Unlimited annual leave
Hybrid working
Flexible working practices
Health & wellbeing package (private medical insurance or a flexible, tailored suite of well-being benefits)
Financial health (pension, life assurance, etc.)
Team & company socials
Committees for health & wellbeing, charities & volunteering, and DE&I

Why Join Us
With teams in the UK, US, Canada, and India, over 650 staff globally, and ambitious growth plans, Savanta offers the benefits of scale, whilst our specialist teams make life at Savanta feel more like working at a smaller agency. Our client portfolio includes some of the world’s best-known brands, including Sainsbury's, Heathrow, Samsung, Toyota, NatWest Group, Sky, The British Red Cross, Citizens Advice, Gousto and Sport England.

Part of the vibrant Next 15 Communications Group, we have an entrepreneurial company culture that actively recognises and values its people and offers unrivalled scope for career development.

Savanta is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and continuously strives to be an employer of choice. Our people are our greatest asset - we value workplace diversity and inclusion, oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination, and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates of all backgrounds.

All candidates will be considered equally, however, unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship.
To apply please click here:

https://savanta.bamboohr.com/careers/419?source=aWQ9MjY%3D