A government organization is looking for an experienced software engineer to strengthen a team that develops and manages services for a government initiative. These services validate and register environmental documents and make them available via APIs, supporting permit applications and viewing documents in GEO-viewers. The team works closely with other development partners within an Agile SAFe framework, with two-week sprints and quarterly Program Increments.
The team is responsible for the full application lifecycle, from idea to production (DevOps).
What you will do.
- Actively contribute to the thinking and development of services
- Prepare and write stories
- Actively contribute during refinements
- Contribute to software architecture discussions
- Optimize configuration and performance
- Write solid, high-quality code, understandable by fellow developers
- Configure as code and apply tooling where appropriate
- Discuss software architecture & design, balancing YAGNI and future-proof design
- Ensure thorough test coverage and documentation
- Perform code reviews and share knowledge
- Analyze complex bugs and issues
- Perform DevOps management tasks
- Actively contribute to development guidelines
- Participate in the internal Java community
What they ask
- Fluent in Dutch, both written and spoken
- Minimum HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level, demonstrable with an HBO or university degree, or an MBO degree with at least 8 years of relevant work experience
- Minimum 8 years of work experience with Java development
- Minimum 5 years of work experience with Spring Boot, OpenAPI, Swagger
- Minimum 5 years of work experience with container technology (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud) and DevOps management
- CV and motivation letter written by the candidate
Wishes.
- Experience with software development in the public sector and in projects with a political/administrative character
- Experience working in a government initiative for environmental documents
- Experience with (layered) geodata and history models in registrations
- Experience with applying AI in software development
- Experience with DevOps and management activities such as monitoring and incident analysis and resolution
Profile
- Results-oriented
- Helicopter view
- Decisive
- Persistent
- Able to forge one's own path in a complex force field
- Able to operate independently within an organization
- Environmentally sensitive
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Customer-focused
- Proactive and initiative-taking
- Team player
- Analytical ability
- Sense of responsibility for one's own and others' work
- Knowledge of generally accepted software principles and technology (KISS, SOLID, YAGNI)
Practical
- Team consists of 10 developers, 1 test engineer, an information analyst, and a Product Owner, supported by a Scrum Master, integration specialists, and functional administrators
- Works with Agile Scrum in 2-week sprints, including daily stand-ups, planning, demo, retrospective
- Services consist of approximately 10 services (APIs), Java backends, and an Angular frontend management portal
- Runs on a Kubernetes cluster in the Azure Cloud
- Key techniques and tools: Java, Spring Boot, Angular, TypeScript, OpenAPI, Swagger, jOOQ, Hibernate JPA, Kotlin, Github Copilot, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, XML/GML, Geolson, Robot Framework, Container technology (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud), Traefik, CI/CD tooling (Git, Tekton, ArgoCD, Maven), Issue tracking (Jira), Agile, Scrum, DevOps
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