Software developer

Your job

As a software developer for Wageningen Marine Research, you facilitate researchers in setting up data structures and developing complex software and applications.

Together with your colleagues from the application support team, you will develop and manage various applications for collecting, verifying, storing, and distributing diverse datasets. You will work on different projects with various stakeholders within Wageningen Marine Research (WMR). Through this intensive collaboration with researchers, you will also initiate many projects and improvement proposals yourself.

Your tasks and responsibilities as a software developer are:

• Developing, testing, and implementing new (complex) (web) applications within WMR;
• Working independently on specific development tasks within projects;
• Participating in projects related to (new) solution directions;
• Advising both researchers and WMR's clients, such as ministries or commercial parties, on modern data access/distribution possibilities;
• Providing support within the application support team in other areas such as functional management, testing, and database development;
• Maintaining and further developing existing applications, implementing new software, and fixing bugs in existing software.

Team
You will be working with a small and dedicated team of IT specialists for WMR in IJmuiden. The team consists of a Database Developer, Functional Manager, Technical Manager, Application Developer, a Content Data Specialist, and an Information Manager.

Wageningen Marine Research and IT Environment
We operate in an applied scientific environment focused on marine and freshwater ecology, where we collect and store field data for analyses and complex models. For development, we primarily use Python and Django/CSS, and we deploy software through containerization and Kubernetes. Our databases primarily run on PostgreSQL. Development takes place for both Windows and Linux platforms. As part of a small team, you will regularly collaborate with approximately 190 WMR colleagues.

Your qualities

You are an enthusiastic, eager-to-learn, and ambitious software developer who strives to achieve the highest possible goals together with our researchers. You work meticulously, enabling you to write, test, and document efficient, reusable, and clean code. You can work independently and collaborate effectively within a team. Additionally, you are customer-oriented, allowing you to build strong relationships with researchers while keeping the end result in sight.

You also possess:

• A completed degree in computer science or another relevant technical field at the university (WO) or higher professional education (HBO) level;
• Demonstrable work experience with Python and its associated toolboxes;
• In addition to experience with Linux, knowledge of Kubernetes and API development is a plus;
• Proficiency in the Dutch language.

We offer you

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• the option to accrue additional compensation hours by working more;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed December bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between € 3.088,- and € 5.035,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 10). Additionally, a contract for 32 hours can be discussed. You will initially receive a one-year contract, which will be extended to an open-ended contract upon in mutual enthusiasm.                                                                                                    
Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a multi-faceted position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family.

Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example helping your partner to find a job, housing, or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.

Do you want more information?

For more information about this position, please contact Martin Klompmaker, manager, via martin.klompmaker@wur.nl.
For more information about the procedure, please contact Dax Teunissen, corporate recruiter, via recruitment.asg@wur.nl.

Do you want to apply?
You can apply directly using the apply button on the vacancy page on our website which will allow us to process your personal information with your approval.

This vacancy will be listed up to and including September 2, 2024. 

Procedure
As part of our selection process, an assessment may be incorporated within the procedure

Equal opportunities
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.

We are

Wageningen University & Research
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,700 employees (7,000 fte), 2,500 PhD and EngD candidates, 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch this video to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves and do not appreciate unasked for services from recruitment agencies. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.