Survey Programmer

**About the company**:
Ducker Carlisle is a global consulting and M&A advisory firm with an unrivalled continuum of insights, benchmarking and strategy solutions that optimize business performance and accelerate growth. We leverage decades of experience and proprietary insights to enhance revenues, improve margins and mitigate risks our clients face in an ever-changing global economy. We strive each day to demonstrate our core values of integrity, scientific curiosity, inclusivity, collaboration and commitment.

**About the position**:
Survey Programmer’s primary role is to program clients’ questionnaires, focus on the client requirements for survey design, interpret project needs and requirements, develop and debug web-based survey programs, and perform maintenance as needed throughout the lifecycle of the project.

Office Location
- Bengaluru / NCR | This role is Bengaluru based.
- The role requires working during off-shift hours but does not involve a full overnight (graveyard) shift.

**Responsibilities**:

- Review survey questionnaires and formulate recommendations to ensure efficient programming and optimal data layout. Proactively suggest improvements and promote best practices on question types, logic, quotas, survey structure with respondents and data quality in mind
- Accurately program surveys and conduct quality control checks to ensure error free deliverables.
- Identify and raise questions about loopholes or inconsistencies between project requirements and provided material
- Assist the project manager in preparing technical notes or questions needing clarification from the client. Ensure client expectations are in line with what can be provided
- Work directly with the project manager and senior team members to explore custom solutions needed for meeting unique client needs
- Continue to broaden the understanding of our platform and its offerings and proactively escalate to the lead programmer when in doubt. Maintain and improve the level of quality and efficiency of projects through code reviews, process improvements, and new technology
- Identify and implement innovative programming techniques and non-standard solutions to programming challenges. Think outside the box to identify and solve problems that come up during planning, development, or fielding of surveys
- Coordinate and consult with stakeholders on how to best structure the survey for efficient data delivery and tabulations. Provide post-delivery support.
- Ensure completion of projects by established deadline and/or notify appropriate staff with alternate plans when necessary.
- Integrating graphic, multimedia and specialty survey components-based exercises, including but not limited to custom sliders, shelf-tests, media evaluations, drag and drops, shopping carts and page turners etc.
- Interact with Survey Programmers regarding programming and technical requirements of the project.

**Skills and attributes and**experience in survey programming**
- Experience of 3 years & above
- Experience in Decipher and or Sawtooth
- Good verbal and written communication

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of 3 years of experience programming surveys on the Decipher platform
- Strong programming aptitude and knowledge of the below (minimum of 2 years working experience,
- XML
- Python
- HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
- JS libraries & frameworks such as jQuery, moment, Angular, React
- CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap, Materialize
- REST APIs
- Excellent understanding of logic and ability to identify errors
- Good understanding of marketing research, surveys and data
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects and priorities
- Strong problem-solving skills, including an ability to “think outside the box”
- **Benefits**:

- Opportunity to join a successful company within a growing industry
- An open and supportive culture
- Competitive salary package
- Professional development and career advancement
- A fun, vibrant and challenging work environment
- Please Note: In order to facilitate a healthy work-life balance and to build a strong ethos of team camaraderie, we offer a Hybrid work schedule to all our employees. We encourage all our staff to work from our Office in Bengaluru as often as is feasible; or at least 3 days a week._
- Ducker Carlisle is an equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, qualified veteran's status, disability, or any other categories protected by law._