WPP

6 days ago

Lead Developer

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Job Summary

Lead the engineering of custom extensions, integrations, data flows, and application components for the Chase Media Central programme. Provide technical direction and set coding standards across developers while translating requirements into scalable integration patterns. Design and build solutions using C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and Azure, collaborating with Product, QA, Implementation, Data, BI, and market teams. Own technical documentation, code reviews, and production troubleshooting to ensure reliable, enterprise-grade platform growth.

Location: Chennai

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Provide technical direction across integrations, application components, and platform workflows.
•Define and enforce coding standards, branching strategies, documentation expectations, and review practices; lead code reviews.
•Design and develop integration solutions between Media Central (Business Central) and local or global media/finance systems using Microsoft technologies.
•Investigate and resolve complex technical issues with structured root-cause analysis; support business-critical applications through troubleshooting and fix delivery.
•Collaborate with Product, QA, Implementation, Data, BI, and market teams to align code, interfaces, and workflows with business requirements; contribute to requirement refinement and technical documentation.

Key Requirements

•5–7 years of application development experience with deep expertise in Microsoft technologies (C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Azure).
•Strong understanding of integration practices such as REST patterns, scheduled data sync, and data transformation logic.
•Solid grounding in development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall), CI/CD, version control, and modern DevOps-aligned workflows.
•Ability to design and review technical architecture components, data flows, interface contracts, and solution documentation.
•Experience preparing and validating technical specifications, user stories, test cases, and design artefacts.

Experience:5-7 years

Skills:Technical leadershipProblem-solvingCommunicationAnalytical thinkingOwnership

Languages:English

Tech Stack:C#ASP.NETSQL ServerAzureRESTCI/CDDevOpsBusiness CentralPowerAppsPower BIPower AutomateO365SAPOracle

Company Brief

WPP

Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.

Industry: Advertising Media Groups

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1971

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