Developer Specialist for a European Institution

General description

Primarily technical work related to the development, maintenance and support of Information Systems, typically under the supervision of a Project Manager.

Nature of the tasks

• Develop and maintain applications in accordance with specifications and technical best practices
• Requirements analysis
• Create process and data models, draw up technical specifications, build prototypes
• Investigate technical solutions which meet a list of requirements and standards
• Assist the project manager in making proposals for the definition of tasks, estimates and deliverables
• Participate in functional working groups and progress meetings
• Develop unit and integration test suites, plans and programs
• Define and integrate technological components or applications
• Produce technical and user documentation
• Assist business users of the system
• Assist with deployment and configuration of the system
• Take part in application support by investigating issues (3rd level support etc.)
• Coach and support less skilled developers

Educational qualifications

Bachelor for Junior and Standard levels. Master for Senior level.

Technical expertise

• IT development: server and client-based libraries and technologies relating to Java, JavaScript, Oracle DB, scripting languages, servlet containers etc.
• Knowledge of web standards, CSS-based design, cross-browser compatibility
• Knowledge of REST and working with APIs, developing APIs, etc.
• Knowledge of issue-tracking and ticketing tools
• Knowledge of application integration
• Knowledge in database management system

Professional experience

Minimum 1 year for Junior level, minimum 4 years for Standard level, and minimum 8 years for Senior level, of professional experience in the following areas:

• Experience in application development
• Experience with UML or case tools
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience with AGILE, Scrum or DevOps is a plus.
• Experience with programming languages such as those listed above in technical expertise.

Language skills

Good knowledge of English or French (independent user – B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)).

Other specific expertise

• Very good analytical skills and ability to see the overall picture
• Ability and willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to participate in multilingual and multicultural meetings
• Ability to work independently as well as in team, through a methodological approach
• Ability to cope with changing technologies and environments
• Up-to-date with the latest development trends, techniques and technologies