Survey Programming & Data Scrubbing Consultant

Job description

Job Opportunity We are seeking a highly skilled, technical Survey Programming Consultant to join our growing Global Programming & Hosting (P&H) team. In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for translating our clients' complex research requirements into highly functional, error-free online surveys. As a consultant-level scripter, you will own the technical execution of the survey lifecycle, from initial scripting and logic testing to quality assurance, hosting, and final data delivery. You will work closely with Project Managers and client stakeholders to ensure our surveys are engaging, accessible, and optimized for maximum data quality. What You'll Do Survey Scripting & Execution: Program and script complex, multi-country surveys using industry-leading programming platforms. Technical Consulting: Review client questionnaires and logic requirements, advising on best practices for survey design, routing, and user experience. Quality Assurance & Testing: Conduct rigorous QA testing on programmed surveys to ensure logical pathways, quotas, skip patterns, and device compatibility are flawless. Data Validation: Manage the backend survey data, ensuring data structures are clean and properly formatted for delivery (SPSS, Excel, CSV, etc.). Troubleshooting & Support: Quickly diagnose and resolve technical scripting bugs, link tracking issues, or respondent flow bottlenecks during live fieldwork. Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner directly with internal Project Managers and client-side researchers to clarify requirements and provide updates on project timelines. Data Scrubbing: Clean and scrub survey data to remove duplicate or fraudulent responses while preserving dataset integrity. Data Privacy & Compliance: Handle respondent data in line with confidentiality requirements, ensuring PII is scrubbed or anonymised before delivery. What We’re Looking For Experience: 6+ years of hands-on survey programming experience within a market research, panel, or data collection environment. Platform Expertise: Advanced proficiency in major survey programming platforms (such as Decipher, Qualtrics, Alchemer or similar ResTech tools). Technical Skills: Strong working knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to customize survey interfaces and design. Experience with Python or XML is a strong plus. Eye for Detail: Exceptional analytical and QA skills with a track record of delivering clean, error-free survey logic and data files. Client facing: strong experience collaborating with internal stakeholders (Project Managers, Commercial teams, etc) and external clients, managing expectations, resolving technical queries and ensuring timely delivery. LI-PU1 #LI-Remote Our Values Collaboration is our superpower We uncover rich perspectives across the world Success happens together We deliver across borders. Innovation is in our blood We’re pioneers in our industry Our curiosity is insatiable We bring the best ideas to life. We do what we say We’re accountable for our work and actions Excellence comes as standard We’re open, honest and kind, always. We are caring We learn from each other’s experiences Stop and listen; every opinion matters We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. More About Cint We’re proud to be recognised in Newsweek’s 2025 Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces®, reflecting our commitment to a culture of trust, respect, and employee growth. In June 2021, Cint acquired Berlin-based GapFish – the world’s largest ISO certified online panel community in the DACH region – and in January 2022, completed the acquisition of US-based Lucid – a programmatic research technology platform that provides access to first-party survey data in over 110 countries. Cint Group AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, this growth has made Cint a strong global platform with teams across its many global offices, including Stockholm, London, New York, New Orleans, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. () Additionally, in a world of AI, we want our candidates to understand our approach to the use of AI during the interview and hiring process, so we'd appreciate you reading our AI usage guide . Cint is a pioneer in research technology (ResTech). Our customers use the Cint platform to post questions and get answers from real people to build business strategies, confidently publish research, accurately measure the impact of digital advertising, and more. The Cint platform is built on a programmatic marketplace, which is the world’s largest, with nearly 300 million respondents in over 150 countries who consent to sharing their opinions, motivations, and behaviours. We are feeding the world’s curiosity!