Data Engineer

Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

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Job Details

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Our versatility, scale, technology, and expertise enable our 5000 people across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America, and Africa to understand audiences and help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

Job Title: Data Engineer

Location: Hybrid, Istanbul 

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Role Description

Join our dynamic and international team as a Data Engineer. We are seeking a skilled data engineer who is eager to take on diverse responsibilities encompassing data integration, data architecture, database infrastructure, and ETL development. The ideal candidate will possess strong critical thinking skills, and collaborate well with cross-functional, international, and local teams.

Role Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test and maintain robust data pipelines that ensure seamless data integration.
• Design and implement scalable and efficient data architecture solutions to support business requirements.
• Evaluate and enhance various database systems (MS SQL, Oracle, Access, MySQL, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, etc.) for optimal storage, retrieval, and analytical efficiency. 
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with data infrastructure and ensure data quality and integrity.
• Write and optimize Python scripts for data processing, and automation solutions.
• Create impactful visualizations using Power BI, SSRS, or equivalent tools.
• Conduct reverse engineering on software applications, understanding internal structures, algorithms, and functionalities; analyse scripts, binaries, and source code for interpretation. 
• Analyse and organize raw data, ensuring data is reliable for consumption by data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrate flexibility in taking on various tasks and adapting to changing priorities.
• Stay current with advancements in data engineering technologies and practices.

Required:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field. 
• At least 2-4 years of experience dealing with large volumes of data
• Fluent in both English and Turkish. 
• Experience in SQL programming for effective database design, optimization, and querying. 
• Experience in Python scripting for data processing and automation.
• Good understanding of database administration, data warehousing concepts, and architectures. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for effective troubleshooting of data issues. 
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, conveying intricate technical concepts effectively. 
• Exhibit trustworthiness, resilience, and a quick-learning aptitude. 
• Experience year : 2-4 years.
• Tools which are used: Python, SQL

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion, and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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Country

Türkiye

Why join Kantar?

We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.