Software Developer

**Function title**: Software Developer
- **Reference**: NOC-EG-2025-FGIV/930
- **Location**: Brétigny-sur-Orge
- **Nature of the competition**: Internal and external competition
- **Applicable regulations**: Conditions of Employment of Contract Staff at EUROCONTROL
- **Function group**: Function group IV
- **Job level**: 13-15
- **Generic post**: Junior Specialist
- **Number of posts**: 2
- **Duration of engagement**: 3 Year(s)
- **Security clearance**: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security policies
- **Directorate/Service**: EGSD/INO/ENG - Engineering Centre of Expertise
- **Working arrangement**: Hybrid work (A blend of onsite and remote work). **Please note that EUROCONTROL does not offer full-time remote working arrangements.**:

- **Competition publication date**: 08/05/2025
- **Competition closing date**: 05/06/2025 (23:59 Brussels time)
- **Reserve list**: Applicable
- YOUR TEAM

Within the The European Green Sky Directorate, the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub (EIH) carries out research, innovation and simulation activities to help improve European aviation performance, safety and sustainability, bridging the gap between R&D and operations. The EIH also addresses emerging new technologies as well as deployment of drones and urban air mobility systems.

The Software Developer will, as a member of the development squad in the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub, design and develop new, dynamic, front-end and backend software by using creativity, a delivery focused approach and teamwork as core values.

You will be assigned to the Engineering Centre of Expertise (CoE) and be working for the modernisation of the simulator programme.
The EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub is seeking Software Developers who have experience in full-stack development.

YOUR ROLE

Your role will be to:

- Design, develop and implement front-end and backend software in the scope of EUROCONTROL’s innovation hub projects.
- Participate to projects:

- capture and analyse project needs in an iterative manner in collaboration with end-users.
- support users in refining the needs/requirements (expectations vs feasibility).
- identify and implement technical solutions.
- support projects during demonstration activities.
- For some projects, potentially:

- contribute to architecture & DevOps.
- Perform acceptance testing; analyse impact of incidents from a user’s perspective identified during testing and participate to validation activities.
- Analyse system performance to identify potential shortcomings and propose solutions.
- Produce technical documentation.
- Collaborate with internal & external teams and stakeholders on relevant technical matters.
- Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES
- University degree of at least 4 years (e.g. Master’s degree) in a relevant domain (e.g. Software Engineering, etc.) with minimum 2 years’ relevant professional experience.
- Experience of server-side technologies: Java, Spring Boot, web services (WSDL, XML, REST/HTTP, etc.).
- Experience in Gradle or Maven, and Linux.
- Knowledge or understanding in one of the following domains:

- Knowledge of browser technologies: React.js or equivalent, HTML5/CSS/SVG, TypeScript.
- Knowledge of server-side technologies: Java, Spring Boot, web services (WSDL, XML, REST/HTTP, etc.).
- Knowledge in database (MySQL, PostGreSQL, ElasticSearch, etc.).
- Understanding of Cloud technologies: Azure, Docker / Kubernetes, Message brokers (Kafka, Redis, NATS, etc.), Terraform.
- Analytical thinking: You analyse information and are able to identify relationships.
- Problem-solving: You anticipate and solve business issues.
- Communication: You are able to foster two-way communication.
- Quality focus: You set and foster high quality standards.
- Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
- Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
The levels relate to the European-framework-reference Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

USEFUL INFORMATION
- Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
- Information on salary and benefits can be found on our Careers site
- EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality and diversity. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.

JOB DETAIL

Reference number

NOC-EG-2025-FGIV/930

Date posted

08/05/2025

Closing date

05/06/2025