Netherlands Job Openings

GEANT

Software Engineer

Amsterdam

October 17, 2024

About The Role

We’re looking for a talented software engineer to join our development team and build extraordinary software that changes how the Research & Education networking community collaborates, innovates and shares knowledge.

GÉANT is a unique, diverse, and collaborative organisation, serving the National Research and Education Networks in 40 European countries. With a head office in Amsterdam and a branch office in Cambridge, UK, GÉANT enables research, education, science and innovation across the globe via our high-speed data communications networks and secure access technologies.
In this role, you’ll be working on projects to support various business functions across the organisations (e.g. our Events, Finance, Network Operations teams), developing, testing and implementing bespoke systems in Python and related technologies. You will also contribute to projects that facilitate collaboration in our R&E community and to help manage and improve the GÉANT network. You will also enjoy regular contact with the Solution Architects, other Software Developers, and the Product Owners and stakeholders in an agile environment.

We’re looking for someone to work from our Amsterdam office so you’ll need to have the right to work in the Netherlands as well as live within commuting distance of the office. This is a hybrid working role so you will need to spend at least two days in the office each week. The role will be offered as a 1-year definite contract, with the possibility of becoming indefinite thereafter.

About You

To be considered for this opportunity you will need;

Degree, or equivalent, in computer science or information systems or comparable work experience.
Excellent programming knowledge using recent versions of Python 3.x, and experience with pip, setuptools, tox and other common tools.
Demonstrable knowledge of web-based front-end technologies, such as Java Script, Type Script, node, React.
Good relational database experience, particularly My SQL, Postgre SQL.
Understanding of common LAN protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP.
Understanding of the full-stack software development lifecycle.
Extensive experience working with git.
A high level of experience and comfort working with Linux (RHEL 7/8, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04), bash and other common cli tools.

Please see job description for full details.

About Us

Why work for GÉANT?

GÉANT is at the heart of research and education networking, we offer talented people the opportunity to be part of something meaningful and worthwhile. With 150 employees based in Amsterdam and Cambridge, together we deliver an information ecosystem of infrastructure and services to advance research, education, and innovation on a global scale. Thanks to our terabit network, 50 million researchers, scientists, academics and students can share record volumes of data unconstrained by location, solving some of humankind’s biggest challenges. Work at GÉANT and you’ll be supporting critical research into sustainable energy, deep space, high-energy physics, earth observation, environmental disasters, medicine and much more!

Benefits of working for GÉANT

You’ll receive excellent benefits at GÉANT – we offer a generous holiday allowance and a 5% end of year bonus/allowance as standard. The other benefits you receive will depend on the country you are employed in, but you can rest assured that these will include an appropriate pension scheme and medical insurance. For full details of our benefits package please see our careers website - https://careers.geant.org/why-work-for-geant/

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